22 April 2021
Going beyond SMED to ZMED
Those in manufacturing will know SMED, “Single Minute Exchange of Die”. The term is used more widely than changing dies though, it is used as a general term to reduce…
28 September 2020
Closing the Project Costing Loop
Businesses whose main activity is project delivery, be it construction, engineering or manufacturing are often missing opportunities to drive improvement. This article explores how ‘closing the loop’ on project delivery…
27 May 2020
8 KPI Mistakes to Avoid
All forward-thinking businesses with a desire to improve will have KPIs. I have seen and implemented many versions of KPIs over the years. Although the specifics of any set of…
1 April 2020
Post-Pandemic Plan:Come Out Fighting
Clearly Coronavirus is causing a lot of short-term disruption, the likes of which have not been experienced since World War 2. Everyone is working hard to cope with constantly changing…
19 November 2019
Microsoft Office Update – Error Message
3340 Query is corrupt There have been a high number of reported incidents regarding this error. All Vensis clients and those under support contracts need not worry. Contact the office…
11 November 2019
The Simple Maths that can Reduce Stock and Release Cash
If you followed the purest interpretation of Lean, you would have no warehouse, stock or raw materials. In reality you probably will, as we live in an imperfect world and…
3 October 2019
Business Management Cycle
The Business Management Cycle is a good way to visualise how any company should work with Business Intelligence. Starting at the top left of this model, data is captured from…
6 September 2019
Why Lean Data will stop you worrying about Big Data
Every once in a while a new concept will come along. It is interesting that these new principles will trigger several behaviours in business leaders: panic, band wagon jumping, head…
