How much time do you spend improving OTIF?

There are lots of ways that you can improve your On Time In Full (OTIF) delivery performance. But these are all wasted effort if you don’t adequately focus your attention. The Death

Free continuous improvement course

I have launched my first online course at our sister site Continuous Improvement Made Easy. The course is called The CI Primer and it marks the start for more content of

A fast idea generation method

When it comes to generating improvement ideas, a fast option is to borrow inspiration. There is a very quick and effective method which I will share with you here. I use

Using discipline and standards to improve on time delivery performance

Over time, standards tends to degrade. Staff both accidentally and purposefully change what becomes the norm within a business. The same goes for discipline (as in, doing what is agreed

What are your course correction strategies?

One of the most powerful on time delivery strategies is constant course correction. I’m sure that you’ll know this as being the same approach that keeps an aeroplane on track. The

Conjoined problems and confusing continuous improvement meetings

Have you been in improvement meetings where you have a topic to be discussed and somehow the meeting gets derailed? You want to talk about an issue that needs to be

How is your ERP silver bullet?

Working with consulting clients I meet a lot of people that are unhappy with their ERP systems. They buy them thinking that when they switch them on, all their problems will

The Reverse Fishbone book is now available

My latest book has just been released. It's called The Reverse Fishbone and looks at how we can get the most out the fishbone analysis tool when we use it for

The return of the Kamishibai board!

Over the last couple of weeks I have helped a company to introduce Kamishibai boards (pronounced Cam-eee-she-bye), to help them improve their on time delivery performance. If you haven't heard of

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