Combating Contamination

A biotech company manufactures amino acids and other solutions for delivery to pharmaceutical companies, which uses these inputs in larger drug-manufacturing operations. The problem for this company was..

Ears Hearing Under Water

The passive sonar array on the Seawolf submarine relies on a polymer extrusion to keep the sonar system air-tight--but the extrusion wasn't adhering to the polymer on the cable assemblies. After numerous failures in test mode,....

Improve Software Asset Management

An audit within Investment Banking revealed that 16-percent of development-tool usage exceeded license limits, exposing the bank to significant financial and reputation risk. The project team...

Institute Paperless Transactions

A major European bank was handling 40,000 transactions daily at 685 customer-facing counters. Each transaction needed to be archived to permit precise and instant access at all times. Prior to..

Minimize Statement Errors

The production of client statements for Fund Linked products created several problems for the Investment Banking division of a major financial firm. Twenty-nine issues surfaced from logged..

Charleston Area Medical Center

If you've ever visited an Emergency Room (ER), the word "express" may not come to mind. You may have felt the wait was too long.

Lean Deployment in Healthcare Insurance Company

Lowering process lead time from eight days to about three hours isn't easy. You need to apply Lean thinking to the process - to identify value and eliminate waste.

Reducing Variation in a Beverage Can Manufacturing Company

Here is how one company reduced variation in lacquer application and generated over $100,000 in annual savings

MIS Production Process Improvement

How the Private Banking Management Accounting (PBMA) division of a major bank has the mandate to provide accurate information for supporting the decision-making processes.

Ruukki

With operations in 15 countries, Ruukki is heading into the 21st century with a vision of becoming Europe's