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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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6 December 2018
Lean Construction and the Last Planner (Part One)
The tools and practices improving construction project outcomes
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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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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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