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| Vol 25, No 5, Fifth Issue 2009 |
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Automation Engineering Corporation
In Brief For the employees of Automation Engineering Corporation (AEC), challenges and opportunities arise for working more effectively with others in the organization, with customers, and with suppliers and the community. In a spirit of “authentic curiosity” and trust, they invest in innovation and training/development to propel the company to success in uncertain times.Click here to download full articleHow many times have you showed up for an appointment at the dentist’s office and scrunched into a chair in the waiting room, only to be “entertained” for what seems forever by the cheerful sounds of elevator music and the occasional departure (escape?) of patients scheduled earlier that day?
Click here to download full articleThe sharp contrasts between “Fordism” and its younger cousin, lean thinking, meet in the mindset of Henry Ford I. Now, even lean systems as we practiced them are apt to be insufficient for the performance necessary in the new era of global financial uncertainty. First of a series.
Click here to download full articleLeaders need to develop their understanding of why a process focus is equal in importance to focusing on results. Their organization will also benefit from effective problem evaluation. Good performance reports may not reflect needed progress, as shown in two cases. It also shows the importance of not only what you measure, but how you use measures.
Click here to download full articleThe history of Ford is used as a vehicle to illustrate why large-scale production and large-scale consumption are increasingly questioned on economic grounds as well as environmental ones. Something different has been struggling to be born from today’s debacles, but it is not easy to foresee what it may become.
