Management
Look beyond traditional organizational structure
Production-centered design improves, sustains total plant performance
Why is it so difficult to combine experience and theory in business decisions?
Investigate the root cause for conflict between expectations and the modeling system
Joint ventures: managing proposals for collaborative successes
Use these techniques to force transparency, build inter-company trust and win projects
Unintended consequences: the costs of complexity
Unless the root causes of this dysfunction are identified and defeated, organizational problems will continue
Identify value-added work
Here's a review of core activities for initiating the 'right way to manage'
Quality tools produce desired results
Use these proven techniques throughout all job phases as you manage your teams
Quality tools produce desired results Fig 1
Fig. 1. "Road map" displays by project phase which technique is most effective to produce desired results. ..
PSM standards for effective project management
Use these to define project tasks and implement activities to establish a system that yields maximum results
Enterprise integration: join the successful 20%
Here's how to accurately assess opportunities in technology projects
Securely manage manufacturing operations through the power of the Web
This approach, implemented at U.S. Oil & Refining Co.'s Tacoma Port refinery, safeguards plant integrity and applies the latest measures to prevent leakage of confidential data
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