Marketing Associate, Center for Operational Excellence
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Member SpotlightAt the Center for Operational Excellence, we work alongside our members to foster a problem-solving culture that’s grounded in tried-and-true operational excellence tools, and that’s constant and far-reaching. One way we do that is by connecting industry executives, Fisher College of Business faculty, and our consortium of member companies.324/blogs/opex/2020/11/10/opex-spotlight-jameson-rehm-regional-manager-process-improvement-mount-carmel-health
Academic Director, Center for Operational Excellence
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Lean thinkingI recently had a conversation with a veteran operations manager about his new company and its plan to deploy a lean strategy. In fact, I often hear lean thinkers describe lean as a strategy. But is it? Lean thinking and practice certainly is strategic in the sense that it is an all-encompassing approach to running a business. 323/blogs/opex/2020/11/03/lean-thinking-practice-a-business-strategy
Lean thinkingI was reading yet another article on leadership responses to the COVID 19 pandemic on the importance of “purpose”. The “why” most call it. For example, “Leading with purpose and humanity” was the headline in an article on McKinsey’s interview with Best Buy CEO, Hubert Joly. It got me thinking about “why” we embrace Operational Excellence and “why not” look at it a little differently.322/blogs/opex/2020/10/27/getting-better-purpose-improving-processes-leadership-and-talent
Marketing Associate, Center for Operational Excellence
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Member SpotlightAt the Center for Operational Excellence, we work alongside our members to foster a problem-solving culture that’s grounded in tried-and-true operational excellence tools, and that’s constant and far-reaching. One way we do that is by connecting industry executives, Fisher College of Business faculty, and our consortium of member companies.321/blogs/opex/2020/09/28/opex-spotlight-don-white-director-deployment-leader-operational-excellence-cardinal
Marketing Associate, Center for Operational Excellence
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Member SpotlightAt the Center for Operational Excellence, we work alongside our members to foster a problem-solving culture that’s grounded in tried-and-true operational excellence tools, and that’s constant and far-reaching. One way we do that is by connecting industry executives, Fisher College of Business faculty, and our consortium of member companies.320/blogs/opex/2020/09/10/opex-spotlight-tracy-jones-manager-strategy-governance-cardinal-health
Marketing Associate, Center for Operational Excellence
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Member SpotlightOur new OpEx Spotlight series highlights members of our OpEx community and allows them to share their experiences and perspectives with continuous improvement, organizational change, operational excellence, supply chain, operations, and any niche they feel passionate about. We're excited to introduce Giovanni Bernardo, Head of US Continuous Improvement at Agrana Fruit, as the first in our spotlight series.
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Marketing Associate, Center for Operational Excellence
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One thing is certain in 2020: uncertainty. With the global pandemic in full effect, thousands have been furloughed or laid off while many companies enact hiring freezes. Yet, other companies are still hiring – and some, like COE’s newest member company Singleton Construction, have found a way to take advantage of the pandemic to bring in top-notch talent.318/blogs/opex/2020/08/10/leading-beyond-fear-how-one-company-took-advantage-covid-19-job-market
Academic Director, Center for Operational Excellence
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Leadership DevelopmentCOVID, Leadership, leanAs you prepare your organization’s at least partial return to the office, I urge you to take the time to reflect on what you’ve learned about the work. Treat the four months since the Covid-19 pandemic sent millions of workers in various occupations to shelter and work at home as an experiment. The slice of the workforce that was able to move their work to home—estimated to be somewhat more than a third of all workers—includes the group known as knowledge workers.317/blogs/opex/2020/08/04/what-you-will-learn-reflecting-your-organizations-work-home-experience
Associate Professor of Operations, Fisher College of Business
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Leadership DevelopmentCOVID, Healthcare, Leadership, DataAs we reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic, we start to wonder how certain countries and regions are able to manage the pandemic better than others. By better, I mean fewer cases and containing the spread within their countries for a sustained period. Through science, we now know that effective containment of COVID-19 relies on preventive measures of wearing facemasks, washing hands, adherence to strict social distancing, monitoring daily health and avoiding public gathering to contain the spread.316/blogs/opex/2020/07/14/short-term-economic-traps-and-covid-19-response-countries-there-a-trend
OpEx Spotlight: Jameson Rehm, Regional Manager, Process Improvement, Mount Carmel Health Systems
Is Lean Thinking & Practice a Business Strategy?
Getting Better On Purpose: Improving Processes, Leadership, and Talent
OpEx Spotlight: Don White, Director, Deployment Leader, Operational Excellence at Cardinal Health
OpEx Spotlight: Tracy Jones, Manager of Strategy & Governance, Cardinal Health
OpEx Spotlight: Giovanni Bernardo, Head of US Continuous Improvement at Agrana Fruit
Leading Beyond Fear: How One Company Took Advantage of the Covid-19 Job Market
What You Will Learn by Reflecting On Your Organization’s Work-at-Home Experience
Short Term Economic Traps and COVID-19 Response in Countries – Is there a trend?