#144 – EFFECTIVE CONCURRENT ENGINEERING REDUCES PRODUCIBILITY RISK – JOHN AYERS

Featured

Posted on by
Reply

AAAMost companies have policies and procedures for concurrent engineering but many are ineffective for various reasons resulting in poor implementation of improved producibilty in their products. I have made this observation based on working for a variety of companies in different industries. Three examples of different approaches I encountered are presented below for your consideration. Two of the examples were used by defense companies, one of which I consider excellent and the other poor. One method was used by a commercial company is one I consider to be very good. Continue reading →

#144 – CHAMPIONING WOMEN IN THE SOCIAL IMPACT SECTOR – KELLY EISENHARDT

Featured

Posted on by
Reply

Kelly EisenhardtSince launching The Wakeman Agency in 2003, Vanessa Wakeman has been recognized as a champion for nonprofits and progressive organizations at the forefront of innovation and social change. At the helm of an award-winning agency that produces high impact special events and public relations campaigns, Vanessa and her team help tell the stories of a diverse group of clients who want to make the world a better place. Ms. Wakeman has been featured and highlighted in media sources such as PR Week, The New York Daily News, ABC Eyewitness News, SmartMoney, Westchester, and Philanthropy Journal magazine. Continue reading →

#144 – GATHERING FIELD DATA FOR IMPROVING RELIABILITY – FRED SCHENKELBERG

Featured

Posted on by
Reply

ABC FredImportance of Field Data

Customers experience product failures. Understanding these failures that occur in the hands of customers is an essential undertaking. We need this information to identify increasing failure rates, component batch or assembly errors, or design mistakes. Continue reading →

#144 – BEHIND COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT FAILURES AT MITSUBISHI, VW, AND TARGET – GREG CARROLL

Featured

Posted on by
Reply

GregCarroll2016 has seen a virtual tsunami of compliance failures involving some of our largest companies. From Mitsubishi to VW, from ANZ to Target, almost weekly there have been media reports about some company employees having run amok – unbeknownst to their executives and boards. People are asking: “What happened to the compliance management systems that are supposed to monitor and prevent such abuses?” Executives and boards are naturally starting to question the entire compliance management function. Continue reading →

#144 – ARE YOU PLAYING ASSET ROULETTE? – KEITH RIDGEWAY

Featured

Posted on by
Reply

Keith ImageDid you know on average around 30% of all organisations do not know what they own, where their assets are located or who is using them; and over 65% of information recorded on asset registers is incomplete, inaccurate or even missing.   What’s more concerning is a number of these assets may not be statutory compliant e.g passenger/good/DDA lifts, fire, gas, pressure asset etc.

How effective is your asset management system and how accurate is your asset register; To find out please answers below the following questions  Continue reading →