Monthly Archives: October 2007

Every business has processes – simply put they define what a business does and how it does it. Delivering $ to the bottom line cannot be achieved by sheer luck – efficient and targeted processes can help deliver customer value – maximize productivity ensuring staff no what to do and when to do it. Ineffective … Continue reading

Enjoying your job can be a real struggle for many but having a bad boss can make the situation 100 times worse. Perhaps unsurprisingly research shows that a bad boss can have a huge impact on the workforce. Research by Florida State University describes a number of ways in which employees become disaffected with their … Continue reading

In part one of our Reliability and Maintainability series we discussed how R&M helped lower business cost through improving equipment effectiveness – in part two we’ll look further at the topic Whilst R&M activity is usually the responsibility of an organizations engineering department, R&M has far reaching repercussions. Many factors influence R&M from system design, … Continue reading

With most if not all equipment, one certainty holds true, parts wear out, fatigue and age takes their toll and equipment breaks down. The associated through life costs can account for a significant percentage (upto and sometimes in excess of 40%.) of total acquisition cost. This understandably guarantees a degree of management focus. Ensuring that … Continue reading