A recent study by the Aberdeen Group found that Best-in-Class manufacturers substantially out-perform laggards. Duh... Of course Best-in-Class have higher yields, throughput, and profits, and are more likely to deliver product on time. What we wanted to know was why...
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I was showing a colleague the Data Cost / Value Matrix and describing the four aspects of data value. I was explaining the fourth aspect of data value: Data Visibility and Transparency when he made a comment that got me thinking: "For my customers, transparency isn't the key issue. The biggest issue is that they are drowning in data they can't use. If you can make the data they already have more usable then you're providing value.... "
There is an old story about Dr. W. Edwards Deming from back in the mid 1980s when he was working with the big three auto There There is an old story about Dr. W. Edwards Deming from back in the mid 1980s when he was working with the big three auto companies. I don't know if it is true, but the story goes that someone asked him: "Dr. Deming - fifty years from now, which companies will still be practicing your 14 points?" He was reported to have growled: ...
As I talk to people in many different businesses, I'm [...]
I've been following Forrest Breyfogle for some time. You may [...]
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Recently Larry Coburn, the Sr. VP of Operations at Crown [...]
Data is a wild river that holds some great fish that you can eat, but essentially it is blocking you from your next destination. . . . If you're an Act II Settler, that same data river is something that can help drive subsequent cycles of the DMAIC process. In Settler terms you can use it to water your crops, drive a new sawmill, and (once you've invented them) power electric lights and a toaster. . .
