Operational Excellence Stack

This is a collection of 26 – Business901 Podcast Transcriptions, called Stacks (see below) through my Issuu channel: Operational Excellence A collection of Business901 Podcast Transcriptions that centered on Operational Excellence with a bit of Hoshin Kanri in the mix. Several people included are Art Bryne, Adam Zak, Ari Weinzweig and 23 others. Stacks are Read More …

ROI on Operational Excellence

David E. Adams is the executive director of the Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence of the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government at Saint Vincent College and was my guest on the podcast, Changing the Bottom Line thru Operational Excellence. Operational Excellence is the contemporary, cultural adaptation of the Toyota way and Read More …

Operational Excellence Summit Info and an excerpt on Developing Community

Few people will discuss their failures and I compliment David Adams (@commanderadams) for being so open during his upcoming podcast when I ask him about his failures and successes on developing a community. The podcast will not post next week but the following week of October 15th. However, I want to share the information about Read More …

Operational Excellence in Government

In a recent Business901 Podcast, Operational Excellence in Government, is it Possible?, Hundley Elliotte one of the authors of Building High Performance Government Through Lean Six Sigma: A Leader’s Guide to Creating Speed, Agility, and Efficiency discussed what it takes in government  to achieve operational excellence utilizing Lean Six Sigma. This is a transcription of Read More …

Xerox Operational Excellence Program

My guest on the Business901 Podcast was Tricia Bhattacharya. She authored the Guide to Operational Excellence that Xerox makes available to their print customers. It introduces a five-step plan to help in-plants remove waste like overproduction and idle time. The five steps are: understand the goal, measure the current state, analyze data, develop a plan, Read More …

Operational Excellence, Getting Started

This particular document covers Operational Excellence and how one would get started. Robert Stapp of OP-EX Direct Results was in the hot seat answering the questions. An excerpt from the transcript: “It’s when you decide that you want to move from being a good company to a great company. That’s when you say to yourself: “OK. Read More …