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“Effectiveness” and “Efficiency”
The concepts of effectiveness and efficiency are terms whose meaning is often overlapped, as if they were synonyms. In reality, they describe very different concepts, especially in an industrial context: effectiveness is quite familiar to those who are responsible for...
What’s the secret of success (in the industrial world)?
This is a million-dollar question, you might think. The answer is, in reality, quite simple: the secret of success is tied to take the best decisions and “make the right thing”. It’s hard to object. At this point we just have to investigate on what to do in order to...
Data Driven Approach and Artificial Intelligence
In recent times, perhaps due to the period we are living in, in which "monitoring" is one of the words we hear most often on a daily basis, there is a lot of talk about the data driven approach. At all levels: from marketing to design, from research and development to...
Smart Factory and Mass Customization
It was 1913 when Henry Ford designed his first Ford T assembly line, inspired by Frederick Taylor's theories, revolutionizing the industrial production process: mass production was born. His famous phrase: “Any customer can have a car (Ford T) painted any...
Standards and Continuous Improvement
The concept of "standard" is often considered as referring to a concept of "average", a close relative, in the minds of most, of the concept of "mediocrity". Another limitation that is often associated with this concept is that of "generality", which does not allow a...
Technology is “just” a tool
Don’t get us wrong, the title is voluntarily provocatory but the meaning is exactly the one you’re reading. But we have to explain it. At the end of the explanation, I will end up with a question specifically headed to whom today handles lean processes or world class...
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