Author: Eng. Raúl A. Perez Verzini
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Professional Development and Personal Development
Success in your career and in life isn't something that happens to you. It happens through you.
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The Purchasing Role: Buying by Price or Buying by Cost
With the implementation of TPM, there is a significant paradigm shift regarding the role of the Purchasing Department. Before TPM, the Purchasing Department was measured by how much money it helped save by looking at the purchase price. All the buyers' efforts were focused on obtaining and "negotiating" prices. In the…
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The 5 Gen Philosophy: Keys to Understanding TPM
TPM is the path that leads a company to excellence. It doesn't matter the size or the industry sector. TPM teaches healthy habits for managing the 4Ps (Processes, People, Plant = Machines, and Products or Services delivered) by adopting a mindset or paradigm centered on the philosophy of the 5 Generations…
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Profitability of Administrative Processes
When seeking improvements, process optimization, and cost reduction, the focus is often placed on production areas, based on the prevailing paradigm that this is where the "cost" of manufactured products resides. However, the application of TPM, or even Lean Office as a methodology that aims to streamline and increase flexibility…
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The Necessary Competitiveness
The need to continuously gain competitiveness is undeniable in any company and becomes not just a temporary requirement but a permanent one in order to achieve the goal of "making money today and in the future," as Eliyahu Goldratt said. Assuming the company is locally viable, we understand competitiveness as the ability to reach…
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THE 16 GREATEST INDUSTRIAL LOSSES – TPM
The goal of TPM is to combat losses. The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) offers a list of 16 Major Industrial Losses that are independent of the sector or size of the company. Each company faces the challenge of investigating how each of these losses impacts its own organization, quantifying them, and eliminating them.