I was intrigued by a recent presentation of important research by Matt Littlefield, founder and CEO of LNS Research. My take away? A pure play SPC software implementation (like GainSeeker Suite) is the fastest, surest way to increase throughput, quality, revenue...
Great post by Bill Franks over at Harvard Business Review titled “Data for All! How New Tools Democratize Visualization” (opens in a new window). His thesis is that there are a bunch of new data visualization tools out there, and that mostly he sees people...
I ran across a thought-provoking post at Modern Servant Leader about how social media has shifted job responsibilities in the corporate world. Actually, I think calling it a shift in job responsibilities is an understatement. It is more of a shift of mission and...
I returned late last night from a two day conference on food safety, and I was struck by how much of the conversation was about compliance. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for compliance. But with modern SPC techniques we can do so much more. So I’m...
I ran into a statement the other day that really got my attention: “The value of data and statistics is not in the numbers or the charts, but in the conversations we hold around them.” I found this statement in an article by David Shaked in Appreciative...
Recently I ran across the latest report by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) on the state of manufacturing in the United States. You can get your own copy of Manufacturing Resurgence – A Must for U.S. Prosperity. Not surprisingly (given that...
