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4 October 2022
Are you having trouble hiring experienced, skilled staff?
Look beyond the traditional labour pools and hiring practices; consider a Grey Haired Guru.
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20 July 2022
Variable Workers, A Growing Trend in Today’s Workplace.
With a skills shortage across all sectors and industries, is now the time to re-assess FTE’s vs a variable workforce?
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17 May 2022
Shining the light on Dark Factories
What does going dark really mean on the factory floor and is the key to modern manufacturing ‘smart’ rather than ‘dark’ factories?
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5 August 2021
The top emerging Project Management trends in 2021.
If change is the only constant, how to ensure your organisation is ahead of the game.
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26 May 2021
Customer Centric vs Customer Service
In increasingly competitive manufacturing markets, why customer centricity is the key to a competitive advantage.
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4 March 2021
Hundreds of thousands of dollars and the ‘app for that’ still doesn’t work!
Why 70% of enterprise software implementation projects fail and what you can do to prevent it.
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3 November 2020
Optimising the benefits from the Australian Government Manufacturing industry incentives
Operational diagnostics tool for Industry 4.0
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13 October 2020
How can we prepare ourselves for the complex and unpredictable road ahead?
Futureproofing. What are some of the strategies you can use to build resilience and adaptability within your organisation and prepare for th
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7 October 2020
The Australian manufacturing industry is ripe for positive disruption
The global economic impact of COVID-19 has changed the Australian manufacturing industry forever. More and more we are hearing how manufactu
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3 September 2020
Recovery with resilience
As we emerge from Covid crisis management to business continuity, business leaders are beginning to envisage what success looks like when ec
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23 July 2020
Is working from home a good idea for your staff and business? … probably not
Is working from home a good idea for your staff and business? … probably not. In light of the Covid 19 epidemic, working from home has becom
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6 May 2020
Don’t return to normal. Return to better!
There's no place for "we've always done it that way" in business anymore. To safeguard our economy and our businesses we h
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24 April 2020
Pathways to Operational Excellence – Part 2
In Part 2 of our Pathways to Operational Excellence series we’ll look at the differences between MOS and MES and how the two may be combined
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20 April 2020
Pathways to Operational Excellence – Part 1
As we move towards the post Covid 19 upswing, it may seem tempting to jump straight to a business improvement methodology such as Lean, Six
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6 April 2020
Proudly Australian Made!
As our economy struggles under the crippling weight of the Coronavirus businesses are scrambling for more secure manufacturing and supply ch
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18 March 2020
Making the best of a difficult situation
Thousands of organisations are suffering a slow down due to the economic “domino” effect brought about by the Coronavirus. If we are proacti
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13 February 2020
Innovation or Improvement?
When implemented properly, both involve the entire organisation, both can improve efficiency and productivity, and both provide opportunitie
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21 January 2020
Your companies doing fine… right? So why bother with Business Process Improvement (BPI)?
The face of business is changing. Regardless of the type of business you’re in, to be competitive and to ensure future growth and survival,
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20 August 2019
The business value of workers over 50
Age discrimination exists in Australian workplaces because of perceived myths about the burden mature workers could place on a business. In
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14 June 2019
Driving without a dashboard?
Big data helps managers make decisions by using data sets from the past. With the development of real-time big data this process is changing
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5 April 2019
The Fourth Manufacturing Revolution
After a downturn in the global economy, could the fourth manufacturing revolution be the ticket to future prosperity.
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20 March 2019
Interim Executives
Oragnisations can suddenly find themselves in need or without key leadership personnel. When this happens Interim Executives come to the res
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12 March 2019
Success in Failure
What separates individuals that accomplish great things from those that don’t is their ability learn from their failure and continually try
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6 March 2019
Finisar - Performance Drivers Consortium site tour
Finisar: Switching light for faster, more reliable internet In 2001, while multinational companies were spending billions of dollars...
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27 February 2019
Workforce Generational Change
As the baby boomers leave the workforce, they are creating a labour shortage in management that is becoming difficult to fill. Capturing and
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16 January 2019
Reshoring for business improvement
In the last decade more and more businesses have been reassessing the benefits of operating offshore for lower labour and other costs. Curre
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14 December 2018
Lean Construction and the Last Planner (Part Two)
Reduction in project length, lower costs and greater profitability: why you should be using Lean Construction and the Last Planner
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6 December 2018
Lean Construction and the Last Planner (Part One)
The tools and practices improving construction project outcomes
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23 November 2018
Practical strategies for better meetings
Real leaders show how to stop wasting time in meetings. Plus, five guidelines to get what you want from meetings.
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1 November 2018
5 tips for building a great BPI team
Having an A-team with the right characteristics vastly increases your chances of achieving the business process improvement outcomes & c
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21 September 2018
A Lean journey helps LaserBond grow efficiently
Members of the Performance Drivers Consortium found the combination of LaserBond’s use of advanced technologies and Lean practices offered t
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11 September 2018
How to write a communications plan. (Part 2)
A well-written communication plan guides communication activities, connecting them to the objectives of the project and actively engage all
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10 September 2018
How to write a communications plan. (Part 1)
Whether your project is a whole of organisation cultural change program or in one section of your operations, thoughtfully preparing a commu
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13 August 2018
Get your project off to a good start
Get your project off to a good start. This checklist will help you think and thoroughly prepare a plan to execute your project well.
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3 August 2018
Is a human or a robot more efficient?
High speed robotic production is the goal at Tesla, while Toyota and Mercedes find benefits in removing robots.
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23 July 2018
To PMO or EPMO, is that the question?
Strategic alignment of business objectives with projects, project prioritization, value management, and benefit realisation are all outcomes
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12 July 2018
RONDO Erskine Park - Performance Drivers Consortium site tour
In Rondo's state-of-the-art facility visitors saw how layout and movement play a role in optimising the productivity of this facility.
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2 July 2018
5 things to do before automating a process
Applying automation isn’t a silver bullet for inefficiency. Maximising the improvement of your processes requires more.
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20 June 2018
Reduce your project risks by 56% with more effective communication
Ineffective communication is a significant project risk. Well delivered, timely, helpful, and actionable feedback is an effective project co
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13 June 2018
Salmat Prestons - Performance Drivers Consortium site tour
Lean and MOS tools are being used to optimise the capacity and capability of their facilities. Although the operation made a real impact on
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5 June 2018
How Industry 4.0 is progressing in Australian businesses
The impact of Industry 4.0 is expected to be significant. The key benefits will be productivity gains and improved competitiveness. But ther
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1 June 2018
Lean and Industry 4.0
Taking it to the next level. How Lean and Industry 4.0 fit together to overcome the limitations of current systems
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29 May 2018
Skills and knowledge in an Industry 4.0 future
People make the difference when undertaking significant business changes and effectively managing and developing them will realise the benef
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21 February 2018
7 time-wasters that reduce your productivity
You put a lot of time and effort into reducing waste and improving productivity at work. You might like to consider that scrutinising your w
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15 February 2018
Sebel Furniture Minto - Performance Drivers Consortium site tour
Sebel’s business transformation program is delivering results by focusing on people. Embracing Lean, Sebel are developing their leaders. Giv
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13 November 2017
Interface's Minto manufacturing plant - Performance Drivers Consortium site tour
Interface is passionate about their Mission Zero®. All the steps they are taking are about much more than efficiency, they improve sustainab
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19 September 2017
Scott Safety, Guildford facility - Performance Drivers Consortium site tour
It’s no secret that companies need to constantly evolve to stay on top of the competition. Especially off-shore competition.Scott Safety,...
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21 June 2017
ANSTO, Lucas Heights Facilities – Performance Drivers Consortium site tour
ANSTO is a strong proponent of Lean Methodology. In the new facility we saw how they have used 5S methodology as part of their continuous im
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10 May 2017
Alchin Long Group, Wetherill Park facility – Performance Drivers Consortium site tour
Improvement, innovation and passion. These three words that sum up what drives the team at Alchin Long. Alchin Long Group (ALG) is the...
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5 April 2017
LaserBond - a case study in Business Process Improvement using Lean
LaserBond started as a family venture in the early 90s. The engineering firm identified and nurtured their pioneering approach to laser...
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