Sustainability

During times of excessive work and crisis, something has to give. Sometimes brutal prioritization is the only way to make it through those challenging times with your sanity intact.

It happens to all of us. The universe, in its infinite wisdom, determines this month, of all months…

Teams building software as a medical device (SaMD) tend to think of ISO 14971 as the hardware team’s problem. Risk management files, FMEA tables, severity scores: all quality and regulatory territory, while the engineers close Jira tickets. That split is where things go wrong.

ISO…

Ask anyone in manufacturing or in a project-driven company who has the most difficult job, and without hesitation they will say: the scheduler/planner.

It’s no wonder. Foolproof scheduling is critical to the smooth operation of most companies. Yet, planning and scheduling the…

A food company spends months and significant budget on consumer research before launching a new product. The survey scores are strong, so the store managers stock it. Six months later, the product is quietly pulled from the shelves. The consumers who said they would buy it didn’t.

Think fast: What’s the No. 1 rule of troubleshooting?

Get to the root cause. It’s the foundation principle drilled into every problem solver: Find the underlying cause for a problem—not just a symptom or contributing issue—then fix it.

But what if getting to root cause and…

Focusing on metrics is key to achieving your desired business results—but it can be difficult to determine which metrics actually matter. There are five major questions you need to answer to ensure the metrics you’re measuring matter, and that you can take action based on what they tell you.…