http://timebackmanagement.com/blog/one-very-easy-way-to-work-faster/ Working At The Intersection of Personal Productivity and Lean Manufacturing Wed, 09 May 2012 15:37:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://timebackmanagement.com/blog/one-very-easy-way-to-work-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-1549 The C-Suite Double Standard | Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:18:06 +0000 http://timebackmanagement.com/?p=853#comment-1549 [...] On the shop floor: Machines and production lines have a finite capacity. Avoid over-burdening. In the C-suite: “I need this tomorrow morning!” People accept that machines have finite production capacity. You can’t get 100 parts an hour out of a machine that can only make 70 parts per hour. Even trying to operate an assembly line at 100% capacity guarantees a longer cycle time, due to the problems that inevitably occur. But in the C-suite, there’s no hesitation to overload people: ridiculous deadlines (“I need this in an hour!”) due to lousy planning and scheduling are rife. Sometimes there are emergencies, of course, but asking people to operate this way is a recipe for slower response in the long run. [...] [...] On the shop floor: Machines and production lines have a finite capacity. Avoid over-burdening. In the C-suite: “I need this tomorrow morning!” People accept that machines have finite production capacity. You can’t get 100 parts an hour out of a machine that can only make 70 parts per hour. Even trying to operate an assembly line at 100% capacity guarantees a longer cycle time, due to the problems that inevitably occur. But in the C-suite, there’s no hesitation to overload people: ridiculous deadlines (“I need this in an hour!”) due to lousy planning and scheduling are rife. Sometimes there are emergencies, of course, but asking people to operate this way is a recipe for slower response in the long run. [...]

]]> http://timebackmanagement.com/blog/one-very-easy-way-to-work-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Pete Abilla Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:47:47 +0000 http://timebackmanagement.com/?p=853#comment-580 Okay, you are waaaay too nice and generous than I or my article deserves. Thank you. Okay, you are waaaay too nice and generous than I or my article deserves. Thank you.

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