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 | Nov 20, 2024 | Executive Insights, Risk Management
Is your project ready for operations when you want to start up? Can you commission and start up with ease and expect to reach full and steady production quickly? Or is your experience with project start ups more chaotic? Chaos is natural Conceptually, entropy is a...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Oct 8, 2024 | Executive Insights
Few aspects of your operations impact the whole business as much as maintenance. Did you know that you can achieve: 10 – 20% maintenance cost reductions, up to 20% energy savings in all electrical driven equipment, up to 60% reduction in wasted maintenance efforts,...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Sep 10, 2024 | Executive Insights
Outside of periods of global warfare, the world is in it’s most unstable period in at least a century. Your business needs to survive and that means adapting quickly. Covid swept the globe and governments over-reacted with restrictions that have done far more...
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...