Unlock Supply Chain Improvements Through Effective Logistics
I. A. Karimi, Por Leng Han, Rajagopalan Srinivasan
Often an overlooked component of the chemical business, an examination of logistics practices can result in substantial savings.
Management and Supervisory
Mining Intellectual Property for Profits
Daniel Pauly
A proverbial gold min may be buried within your patent portfolio. Here's how to capitalize on those assets.
Solve Problems Inventively
Jack Hipple
The TRIZ methodology encourages you to approach problems from a different angle. Here’s a primer on the basics of the technique and the tools available to implement it.
Account for Uncertainty in New Product Development
Gavin Sinclair , Gary Blau
New product development projects can be risky business. Learn how to incorporate uncertainty and risk analysis into the new product development process.
Relocating Research Operations
Richard P. Palluzi
Such projects require enormous planning, experienced staff, and substantial time and money to complete.
The Price is Right -- Or Is It?
Glen Rosentrater -
Contractors' quotes often differ significantly -- by up to 30% is not uncommon, and may be legitimate. Here's how to analyze bids to be able to award a fairly priced contract.
Use TRIZ in Reverse to Analyze Failures
Jack Hipple
Asking “how could I make this fail?” can help you to identify potential problems that you might not otherwise have considered.
Assessing Competency During the Hiring Process
Lisa L. Walker
Interviews and references provide insight into what a job candidate has accomplished. Competency assessment helps the employer ascertain how an individual will actually think and behave on the job. <br> <br>
What to Look for in a Quality Management Consultant
Clyde Pearch
Experiences of chemical distributors offer guidance
Getting Started: Six Sigma Control of Chemical Operations
James M. Wheeler
The success of Six Sigma vs. classic quality metrics lies in its ability to more usefully measure defects.
What's Your Decision Style?
James D. Weith
Understanding how you and those around you make decisions is a first step in improving interpersonal relationships and team efficiencies.
Use TRIZ to Plan, Forecast and Think Strategically
Jack Hipple
The TRIZ principles and techniques used to solve technical problems inventively can be adapted to run a business more effectively and more profitably.
Communicating the Cost of Product and Process Development
John Anderson
Decision-makers often require cost estimates for products and processes at the earliest stages of development — when many cost-determining factors remain uncertain. Identifying variables that impact cost estimates, and putting them in context, will...
Checking Out the Competition
Gary Street
Develop a winning game plan by following these logical steps to competitive assessment.
Applying Six Sigma
Yogesh B. Trivedi
By implementing Six Sigma at its ethylene unit, Sasol has been able to recover as much as 65% of the opportunities that could have been lost.
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