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Op Model Assessments - Reducing the Cost of Assessments by 50% with SharePoint
The Situation
We developed an Operating Model during merger transition work in 2005. The “Op Model” became the bible of generating station management at the new company. It prescribed detailed operating, maintenance, and financial management methods.
Adherence was expected of station...
Generating Station Visitor/Contractor Log ā€“ Eliminating Phone Calls and Emails
The Situation
After 9/11, generating stations came under a lot of pressure from Homeland Security to shore up security at their entrances for the sake of the country’s electrical grid. Additionally, generating stations generally use a considerable amount of contractor labor. Maintaining...
Reduce Non-Value-Added Computer Time to Increase Time on the Shop Floor
A station manager recently confided to me that he was frustrated that he was mandated to get his supervisors out on the shop floor at least 50% of their days at work. "How can I do that when 70% of their work is on the computer?" he lamented.
I felt his pain; I thought the same when I heard the...
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Arnie Howes
Arnie Howes has spent more than 25 years working with hundreds of organizations, using Microsoft collaborative technologies and Lean Office techniques to eliminate email overload and information chaos.
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