Industrial Management articles from May 1998

Industrial Management archives from May 1998

Businesses are about people. (improving employee performance)
May 1, 1998... Creating employee optimization - to do so is quite a challenge, but a necessary one to a successful business. To optimize someone's performance is to help that person function as effectively as possible and contribute to the success of the...

The ground rules of conflict resolution.
May 1, 1998... Conflict in any endeavor that requires the input of two or more people is a real possibility. As the scope of a project increases, the likelihood of differences in opinion and approach increases as a function of the number of tasks involved and...

Reengineering in the wholesale and retail industries.
May 1, 1998... Reengineering is a complete restructuring of business processes to create positive changes in current performance measurements that are critical to operations management. A business process is a collection of value-adding work activities having a...

David Poirier: IE visionary delivers the goods for grocery supplier. (National Grocers Co's industrial engineer)(Cover Story)
May 1, 1998... For instant insight into David Poirier, the industrial engineer who played a significant role in creating and launching the strategic vision of Canada's largest food wholesaler and retailer, go back to 1981 when he graduated from the University...

Outsourcing to gain a competitive advantage.
May 1, 1998... A 1995 study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and Arthur Anderson noted that 85 percent of all executives in North America and Europe already outsource all or at least part of one business function. This percentage is expected to...

Leading organization change in the 21st century.
May 1, 1998... Executives must recognize that before they get to the 21st century they must mentally leave the practices of the past. They also need to recognize that there is a toll booth at the entrance to the on ramp of the 21st century. Not all firms will...