The Annual IIE Conference and Expo is unlike any other for quality, productivity and efficiency professionals. It attracts attendees from all over the world – professionals, academicians and students – who share an interest in learning, sharing experiences and business successes, networking and just being around others who share their passions for the profession. click here for more

Featured Articles:
Lean Six Sigma Must Be a Waste of Energy
Escape the Improvement Trap
Avoiding Budget Business Insanity
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Would you get on an airplane if it you knew the flight would fail 25-70% of the time?  What if it was only 1% of the time?  Would you get on an airplane if you knew one out of every hundred (1:100) flights would fail?  That would be a failure rate of approximately one flight per hour, every hour, out of Newark International Airport alone (or that of any other major international airport). click here for more

Featured Articles:
The Value Chain of the Future
Why are 70% of all Process Improvement Projects Failing?
Life is either a Romantic Adventure or Nothing at All
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I believe it might be safely said without debate that the most important date in the history of Supply Chain and Logistics is April 26^th, 1956.  This is the date that the SS Ideal-X set sail from the Port of Newark in New Jersey (USA).  Five days later, when it arrived in the Port of Houston in Texas (USA), marked the beginning of a new era.   click here for more

Several years ago, I discovered that one of the technology partners of my firm had a nickname for me – it is “CJ”.  For the life of me, I could not figure-out how they came-up with that as a nickname.  I mean, my brother’s name is Christopher John – so that would actually make some sense.  But he never worked with me at the firm and there is no way anyone would confuse the two of us.   click here for more

Featured Articles:
The Operational Excellence Society
Aligning Personal Brand with Corporate Brand
Is Breakthrough a Dirty Word?

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