by James Reyes-Picknell | Feb 17, 2025 | Executive Insights
Efficiency is what you need, especially in turbulent and uncertain times. Efficiency gives you room for whatever comes along. Markets for your products are volatile and input costs are going up. Feeling out of control? What can you do? Efficiency With greater...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Feb 12, 2025 | Assessment, Executive Insights, Management Insights
The need Our Rapid Reliability Assessment is designed for small or budget constrained operations. Consulting engagements with the big firms are expensive and out of the question. This is for smaller operations that need something that is not overly intrusive, not...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Nov 27, 2024 | Executive Insights
Why not beat tariffs by lowering costs, and becoming more competitive? It will help in your “home” market, and if you can cut enough, you’ll level the playing field with trading partners. What’s more, if you’ve lowered your costs the...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Jul 30, 2024 | Executive Insights
Up to 68% of all breakdowns can be traced back to a human error of some sort. Slowing down to achieve more is a well known principal in lean manufacturing. If you plant is breaking down often, you are probably running too fast and hard. The risks go up when you push...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Jan 30, 2024 | Assessment, Business Case & Finance, Executive Insights, Management Insights, UPTIME
Businesses often attempt to maximize profits for owners or shareholders by taking measures to reduce costs. A reactive approach to plant and equipment breakdowns is very costly, and it reduces outputs. By failing to do what it takes to become proactive, they take...
