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 | Jul 26, 2024 | Executive Insights
You may not realize it yet, but maintenance cost reductions of 20% or more, and production capacity gains are both possible through use of the right maintenance. The costs to achieve can usually be repaid in less than a year. That’s more than a 100% ROI on...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Jul 25, 2024 | Executive Insights
In an operation with just 50 maintainers, annual maintenance costs can easily exceed $10 million. The more reactive (chaotic) your work environment is, the more you will be spending. Would you be interested in saving $2 million from that? In most organizations, there...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Jun 25, 2024 | Executive Insights
This is the last in our series of 12 “Uptime for Executives” videos. This video blog series provides just an overview of the book contents. For greater depth and insights, get the book. “Uptime for Executives” is written for senior level...
