Shark tank for project management

Five successful business people in the same room with a video camera, entrepreneurs with their projects come in and face the challenge to convince with its project and get a deal with some of them. Exposure, this is the first thought that came to my mind the first time I watched this show. You take … Read more

Tim Woods

I have just learned this mnemonic to remind the eight kinds of waste defined in Lean Six Sigma: “TIM WOODS”. T          Transport: Moving people, products & information I          Inventory: Storing parts, pieces, documentation ahead of requirements M         Motion: Bending, turning, reaching, lifting W         Waiting:  For parts, information, instructions, equipment O          Overproduction:  Making more than is … Read more

Machiavelli, The Prince

I have just finished this book. So many people recommend The Art of War as an excellent reference for learning about the strategic and tactician principles. This book makes something similar at leadership and management point of view. As human behavior has really not changed so much on some basic behaviors, these lessons are still … Read more

AspenTech MES

I did not know that AspenTech have their own MES: aspenONE Manufacturing Execution Systems. The basis of all these solutions is Web.21, a web-based solution for managing the processes and data from an InfoPlus.21 database. It is now an integrated Microsoft-based platform.

Customer facing processes

Before the trends were defined by the companies, Now the trends are defined by the customers, they are not unique, the value of the experience is more and more relevant. This is happening in almost all industries: retail, automotive, tourism, telecommunications, media. The purchase process has changed, people look on-line, visit physical stores, buy on-line, … Read more

The symtom, the desease and the cure

Identify the symptom is useful for understanding the problem and setting priorities to overcome it. The disease focuses the attention on the underlying causes of the problem. The cure focuses on the actions to remove the cause and also take into account negative collateral effects. The lack of understanding of these three concepts is making … Read more