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Category Archives: Delivering Services
Airplanes By The Numbers: The A380 Is Dead, The 737 Is Back In The Air, & The 787 is Grounded Again
As passengers squeeze into ever smaller seats for increasingly delayed flights, a war has been raging for between airline manufacturers. In America’s corner we have the Boeing Company, the world’s biggest Airplane manufacturer. In Europe’s corner we have AirBus, an … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Delivering Services, Improvement
Tagged a380, airplanes, Boeing 737, Boeing 787
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Intellectual Disability… Why Growing Up Is A Growing Problem!
Many America families have a child with intellectual disabilities (ID) – autism, Downs Syndrome, a traumatic head injury, and many other conditions. These children may never fully developing their mental capabilities. They will grow older, but they may never fully … Continue reading
Project Manager: The Best New Career For Operation Managers?
I recently read an article by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, “Re-Humanising Work and Organizations Through Projects“. Antonio raises an interesting point. Typical positions in operation have changed. Automation and management systems have taken over. Operations managers once had great latitude and followed their instincts, … Continue reading
When Small Towns Die Out, Can America Survive?
When you think of America, what comes to mind? The bright lights of New York’s Broadway? Or a small town, with a quaint main street and homes with well-manicured lawns? America’s self-image is evenly split, and both sides are true, … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Decision Making, Delivering Services, Employment, Small Business
Tagged employment, population, small town
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How to Avoid The Latest Outsourcing Dangers In 2018!
(Previously published in OUTSOURCE, 01/04/2018, Updated 3/25/2018) By now everyone knows about outsourcing, the big issue of the 20th century that revolutionized the 21st century! But outsourcing didn’t start in the 20th century. In the 18th and 19th century Europe developed … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Common Sense Contracting, Delivering Services
Tagged Brexit, Contracts, MiFID II, outsourcing
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The Other Shoe Just Dropped
(Previously published in Outsourcing Magazine) For years, the outsourcing world has been buzzing about reshoring (or “backshoring” in Europe), taking the jobs we sent offshore years ago and bringing them back to the US and Europe. Low wages, cheap property, … Continue reading
Posted in Delivering Services, Employment, Improvement, Robots, Unique Ideas
Tagged manufacturing, Offshore, outsourcing, reshore, Robot, technology
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The Trump Conundrum: American Jobs vs. Good Jobs vs. American Made
Candidate Trump told America that he would bring back, “Good, well-paying jobs, with benefits.” Which is what we want. We don’t just want low paying jobs without time off or health benefits. However, as Trump has learned, just the health … Continue reading
Posted in Common Sense Contracting, Delivering Services, Employment
Tagged employment, outsource, outsourcing
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Unemployment 2.0: New Problems Require Different Solutions
During the Global Financial Crisis a few years ago, the world was overwhelmed with layoffs and unemployment. Yet, if the experts are right, we can expect far higher unemployment in the near future as robots and artificial intelligence systems arrive … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Decision Making, Delivering Services, Employment, Robots
Tagged economics, employment, Robots, unemployment
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Resistance Was Futile: Welcome To McDonalds Robotic Arches!
Fast food is in the crosshairs, and the industry is very nervous. Everyone wants something from fast food. Most customers want quick service, often 24-hour service, from happy and enthusiastic workers. Foodies want higher quality ingredients and new menu items. Parents … Continue reading
Robotic Reporting… The Tipping Point
For the past several years robots have quietly infiltrated newspapers and magazines, slowly replacing reporters. Sounds like the plot of a “B” movie? Maybe, but robots have learned how to write like humans, how to do research on the internet, … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Making, Delivering Services, Employment, Improvement, Robots, Unique Ideas
Tagged newspapers, Publication, Robots
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