Category: Newsletters
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Process Reengineering to eliminate non-value-added tasks
Reengineering is Rethinking. What do we mean by Reengineering? Reengineering is the rapid and radical redesign of strategic value-added processes (…and the systems, policies, and organizational structures that support them). It studies all processes to see if they contribute to satisfying a value perceived by the customer. The processes that…
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5 “S” Strategy for Increasing Productivity
The result of implementing the 5S methodology is the creation of cleaner and safer workplaces that make daily tasks simpler and more satisfying. The 5S methodology itself produces changes that make processes more effective and facilitate the efficient implementation and development of other...
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What is TPM and what is it for?
Demand that exceeds supply capacity as a consequence of boom times. Or, depending on the economic cycle, an urgent need to improve competitiveness in a recessionary context. Increasingly scarce and expensive skilled personnel, attractive foreign markets, rising raw material prices, globalized competition, and equipment with untapped potential. These are…
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TPM: Total Productive Maintenance = Integrated Management System
TPM is a management method that identifies and eliminates losses in production and administrative processes, maximizes the utilization of industrial assets, and ensures the generation of high-quality products at competitive costs. It also provides knowledge capable of retraining people for preventative and continuous improvement actions…
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How to Improve Performance or the Parable of Felix the Flying Frog
Once upon a time, there was a man named José who had a pet frog named Félix. José lived a modest but comfortable life, supported by his salary as an employee of a major supermarket chain. Even so, he had always dreamed of being rich… “Félix!” he said one day, filled with a sudden inspiration, “let’s…”
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10 Steps to Process Redesign (Local Reengineering)
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