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Striving for operational excellence is crucial for business success today. In a previous article, I discussed driving operational success through an effective annual planning process. I encouraged ...

In today's highly competitive marketplace, organizations need to have the ability to execute effective business strategies consistently and achieve long-term sustainable growth; otherwise, they'll ...

According to the Process Excellence Network, 2025 will see a laser focus on operational excellence as a pillar of survival and competitiveness. Optimized process flows -- the right people, following ...

Following part one in this two-part series about operational excellence (OpEx) in the power industry, Hexagon discusses the value of setting milestones to help reach OpEx goals. In addition, the ...

Banks can employ the best people, but if their internal operations are supported by complex and broken technology, it will affect the smooth running of their operations. In turn, this will impact the ...

The route to a well-oiled operational machine for your QSR is through data that is captured from, and shared with, all systems and processes simultaneously. These five steps will help you establish ...

Many manufacturers treat continuous improvement like free samples at Costco — tasting a little bit of this and a little bit of that to see what they like. That can lead to good results, but a risk is ...

For the power and utility sector, operational excellence allows every member of a plant to visualize how workflows operate to produce optimal output. Doing so enables all personnel to identify issues ...

At first glance, the chief information security officer (CISO) and chief operating officer (COO) appear to operate in fundamentally different worlds — perhaps even at odds with one another. While the ...