24/08/2020
The Sorcery of Sourcing
Want to optimize costs in sourcing? The best method is to gain an intimate understanding of your suppliers’ products and technologies. It’s perhaps no coincidence that the word “sourcing” sounds a lot like “sorcery.” A good sourcing manager can…
09/06/2020
Changing a Culture
When a culture improves, KPIs follow. Anna Młynarczyk-Widomska holds a Master of Engineering degree from Cracow University, though as fate would have it she never worked as an engineer. Right out of school she got a job in selling technical…
22/05/2020
From Safety Cop to Safety Culture
Changing the way safety is viewed in an organization. Safety has traditionally been a matter of compliance. Pity the safety specialist, the compliance officer responsible for filling out reports, recording infractions and sending information to…
08/05/2020
Residual Value: Beyond the Holy Trinity
How data will eventually impact residual value, total cost of ownership, and transform heavy-equipment financing. “Hours of use, type of use, and maintenance record. These are the three things that matter when calculating residual value,” said a…
28/04/2020
Opportunities Beyond Obstacles
Every cloud has a silver lining – Petra Špačková’s motto, and more thoughts about her quarantine times during Corona virus crisis. Special circumstances require special solutions – and those solutions would not be created with ordinary thinking. As…
03/04/2020
True Believer
Agnieszka Koziara’s goal is to create conditions that allow teams to play to win, rather than playing not to lose. Fifteen years ago Agnieszka Koziara began her career as an executive assistant. Her direct supervisor was from Sweden. "As a Pole it…
26/03/2020
Can safety be measured?
Better Ways to Measure Safety Days Without Accidents posters may be common in industry, but counting accident-free days does little if anything to prevent accidents. "Traditional manufacturing safety programs deal with negative information, says…
06/02/2020
Citius, Altius, Fortius!
What sports and business have in common and how they’re applied at Fortaco. By Heidi Lehtonen, Fortaco Quality Health Safety & Environment Manager From sports to the factory floor I’ve been involved in sports all my life. From the beginning, I have…
15/01/2020
Top Down Safety to Change Daily Habits
If the CEO doesn’t make safety a priority, nobody else will, either. If you don’t believe Lars Hellberg cares, ask him to show you his thumb. Anyone who watches “The Simpsons” knows that Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns, owner of the…