Instant replay has been around professional sports for a long-time. And whether you agree with how it impacts flow of the game, it is hard to disagree with the notion that going back to “review what happened” is not a powerful tool. Factory owners and manufacturers long have had the databases and the [...] Read more »
Archive for ‘Oliver’
Back to the Toyota Way
MondayFeb 15, 2010
by Oliver
As the media continues to bombard the public with reports of Toyota vehicle problems, companies actively implementing lean manufacturing (a.k.a Toyota Production System or TPS) are trying to understand if there are limitations built into TPS. In a recent Forbes article, Yuri Kageyama examines why the accelerator and brake problems are out-of-character for a [...] Read more »
Licensing
TuesdayNov 17, 2009
by Oliver
As our products end up overseas, we are looking to protect our software. That is, our customers’ investment in Zymergi (as well as our investment in Zymergi) should be protected. So as of our most recent release of ZOOMS, there is a licensing mechanism. The license file must exist, must be authentic from Zymergi. [...] Read more »
ZOOMS and Class A
SundayOct 11, 2009
by Oliver
Managing manufacturing organizations is not easy. And a lot of our customers look towards proven methodologies for achieving higher levels of operational excellence. So be it the Toyota Production System (TPS), Theory of Contraints (TOC), or business excellence programs like Oliver Wight’s Class A, there are things that we as vendors must understand about what [...] Read more »
Don’t Make Me Think
WednesdayJul 22, 2009
by Oliver
Years back, I got the first edition of the book Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug. The book is about making websites usable… if your website (…your software) is easy to use, you will get more users. Since we wanted more users with ZOOMS, we designed the web-interface to PI with nuggets of wisdom [...] Read more »