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What is XPS?
XPS stands for Company-specific Production Systems [1], and describes corporate-wide systems that aim to improve and maintain a competitive operation system. Many multinational companies have...
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3 reasons why you need a [your firm-name here] Production System
Do you need a company-specific Production System (XPS) to boost your operational improvement? Yes you do. Here are three reasons why: #1 XPS is a never-ending strategic programme, not a project In...
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Why lean is losing it’s mojo (but not it’s significance)
The last 3 years we have seen a renewed explosion in the industrial interest on lean. Ignited by the two waves of economic downturns since 2008 and fueled by consultancy and lean missionaries,...
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The Honeywell Operating System (HOS) reports flourishing success
In a recent article The Economist explains how the electronic giant Honeywell International transformed ”from bitter to sweet” over the last eight years following an XPS strategy. In my research I...
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Lean in Harley-Davidson: Launching the Harley-Davidson Operating System
Harley-Davidson! …no need for more introduction. This week, I toured the assembly plant in York—the biggest of four H-D manufacturing plants in the US. Together with H-D tattooed bikers with close-fit...
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Nissan Production Way: A better alternative to TPS?
I have visited three former Nissan Diesel factories in Japan this week (today owned by a foreign multinational). The plants operate according to the Nissan Diesel Production System—a bi-product of the...
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Applying Program Management Theory to XPS
This post is an excerpt of my newly published paper ”Managing strategic improvement programs: the XPS program management framework”, published in the peer-reviewed and open-access Journal of Project,...
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Why my mother drives a Toyota: The Toyota Production System
My mother just got her new car. After driving a problematic Renault for many years, she decided to go for a Toyota Yaris. That’s an excellent choice for her needs. Despite Toyota’s recent recalls, it...
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