No Show – and What to Do About It

No-shows are a major contributor to lower facility utilization, reduced service availability, and decreased profitability. As service providers, we manage fully booked schedules with careful planning. We schedule appointments well in advance to ensure that customers can secure a time…

Lean Supply Chain: The Cultural Change

The world of Lean and its principles is familiar to professionals working in operations and is implemented across organizations using different methods and at varying levels of depth. In most cases, Lean takes the form of a focused project aimed…

Effective Interface Management Using the Segment Method

A successful organization depends on its ability to manage interfaces effectively and build strong collaboration between adjacent functions within its core business processes. Most organizations tend to manage each unit independently, with its own set of metrics, objectives, and activities,…