Blog: Are You Afraid of Accountability?

Blog: Are You Afraid of Accountability?

Are You Afraid of Accountability? We talk to operations teams and often hear about how they have been afraid to hold people accountable for their performance. Some go as far as to say, “having someone is better than having no one”.    In the supply...
Blog: Are You Afraid of Accountability?

Blog: Intelligence vs. Decision Making

Intelligence vs. Decision Making Coming out of ProMat last week, we were taken by the growth in the Bot market in recent years along with the use of the word, “Intelligence”. With the latest and greatest tools in the market, you gain amazing insights into...
Blog: Are You Afraid of Accountability?

Blog: Gaps Within Automation Projects

“Did you hear how badly that automation project went?” It’s a small industry and we’ve all heard stories about how some projects went badly.  Unfortunately, some of us have lived through a few of them over the years.  The truth is, most project failures...
Blog: Are You Afraid of Accountability?

Blog: Trying to Justify Automation, Be Careful…

Trying to Justify Automation? When thinking about automation, it is easy to be enamored with the improvement opportunity. Typically, you consider your starting point within the operation. Through some detailed conversations with vendors, integrators, and consultants,...
Blog: Are You Afraid of Accountability?

Blog: Creating Demand For Process Improvement

Creating Demand For Process Improvement We talked last time about the need to create demand for process improvements.  The key to meaningful process improvement is getting the impacted teams to buy into the idea.  Too many times, we fall into the misperception that...