A recent post at Application Development Trends Magazine (“Analysts Keep Saying Big Data Is So Over”) forecasts the end of “Big Data” era in favor of the latest buzzword: “Systems of Insight.” In a very cool graphic (which I...
Here are two contradictory perspectives on OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness): “Often, the returns from overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) forays that improve asset utilization or statistical process control (SPC) initiatives that limit process drift pay for...
Tripping over data… I’m pleased to announce the release of my new eBook Tripping Over Data – How too much data and not enough actionable intelligence can torpedo your business. (That link takes you to a free download of in PDF, iPad, or Kindle format. You...
What does it take to develop a high performance culture? Given that I’m a data head, and primary author of this Data Heads blog, you’d think I’d say it’s the data. It’s not. Data by itself won’t transform anything. It can even undermine performance improvement when it...
Is Big Data too much data? Can it really drive performance? In a recent Data Heads guest post, LNS Research CEO Matt Littlefield stated that in their research of over 750 quality executives, nearly half (47%) reported having too many disconnected systems and data...
In this third guest post, LNS Research Marketing Analyst Mike Roberts shares 5 impacts the influx of Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) will have on quality management, and affords us solutions for...
