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- Rail Logistics Optimization in the Petrochemical Industry
- Utilizing Digitization in the Petrochemical Industry
- The Recovery Track: How Public Transportation Can Survive COVID-19
- Logistics Excellence – Immediate Cash and Profitability Countermeasures in Rail, Ocean, and Trucking
- Excelling in Operational Transformations: Using Digitization for Post Implementation Sustainment
- Realigning the Global Supply Chain and Product Architecture Post Covid-19
- How Continuous Improvement Methods are Having a Positive Impact on Product Reliability and Driving Down Cost
- Refinery Maintenance: Achieving a Zen State by Leveraging “Lean Thinking”
- An Asset Manager’s Guide to Harvest Management Commitment
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- Argo, Inc. Expands Operations in Western Canada
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- A Catalyst Manufacturer Improves Project and Plant Engineering via Lean Product Development
- A Developer and Marketer of In-Vitro Diagnostic Kits for Virus Identification and Endocrine Diseases
- A Major Fresh Protein Processor Increases Warehouse Storage and Throughput Capacity
- A Medical Device Manufacturer Uses Value Engineering to Simplify New Product Development
- A Medical Device Producer Optimizes Supply Chain and Diversifies Supplier Base to Reduce Cost and Minimize Disruption
- A Rail Company Re-engineers Its Operating Plan and Improves OTP
- A Successful MRO Distributor Restructuring & Turnaround Program
- An Optics Manufacturer Optimizes Production In a Challenging Environment
- Building a Cross-Site Continuous Improvement Culture at a Pharmaceutical Contract Developer and Manufacturer
- Capital Equipment Manufacturer Uses Procurement Improvement Process to Leverage Growth and Reduce Costs 5%
- Change Management and Lean Training Generated over $50M Savings in 3 Years for North American Railroad
- Chemical Manufacturer Implements Value Pricing to Reduce Margin Erosion
- Chemical Manufacturer Optimizes Transportation and Logistics
- Commercial Vehicle Manufacturer Uses Command Center Approach to Drive Rapid Recovery
- Continuous Improvement Kaizen Events Lead to Production Increase
- Cutting Costs of Custom Engineered Products by Three Times the Target
- Ensuring Compliance at a Nutritional Health Manufacturer
- Hidden Value in Logistics – Rail Optimization in Refinery and Petrochemical Operations
- How The Argo Transformation System Was Applied to Achieve Sustainable Change at a Major Railroad Operation
- Implementing a New Maintenance and Reliability Strategy across multiple Global Chemical Plants to improve Asset Availability and Maintenance Productivity
- Integrating Lean Thinking into Maintenance for a Petrochemical Company
- Learnings from a 5-year Partnership with one of the World’s Largest Products and Services Providers to the Energy Industry
- Life Science Manufacturer Performance Management & Post Merger
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- Operational Excellence: Driving Out Cost and Improving Reliability at a Chemical Plant
- Operational Excellence: Taking Productivity, Reliability and Asset Utilization to the Next Level at a Large Multi-Site Chemical Operation
- Post-Acquisition Integration & Rapid Operational Improvement for a Bio-Tech Diagnostic Device Manufacturer
- PVM Approach Improves a Client’s Competitive Position
- Re-Engineering the Global Engineering Process
- Safety, Health, Environmental and Sustainability (SHES)
- TMS Transformation
- Upstream Value Generation – Applying Kaizen and Lean Methodology to Drive Results and Engage the Workforce
- World-Class Performance Management System Uncovers the Hidden Factory and Unleashes Growth
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