A system to manage bottlenecks in manufacturing supply chains was codified in the late 80’s by Dr Eliyahu Goldratt, and introduced to the world when he published his first book called, The Goal, in 1984. This system is known as the Theory of Constraints (TOC). Goldratt was a physicist and he used his understanding of … Read more

It was a cold and miserable winter day on-site at a client’s facility in Victoria, Australia. I was staring at the consequence of a design mistake that I’d made. There was no going back, and I needed to fall on my sword and suffer the consequences. I remember standing there for a long time, trying … Read more

There has been a lot of talk, particularly (and some would say weirdly) in politics, about Digital Twins. There seems to be an abundance of funding for digital twins as part of the Australian government’s push towards sovereign capability and manufacturing innovation in Australia. Amongst all of this, it’s unclear precisely what the funding is … Read more

Factories in the process industry have no shortage of metrics and targets. Sometimes its hard to see the wood from the trees in terms of the customer needs. Enablers such as safety, quality and the environment are now basic prerequisites for market entry and yet add to the metric overload. In this post we identify … Read more