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Lean, leaner, digital lean: Why a traditional philosophy is the foundation for digital transformation by Jacques Matthee, CCI, Products Director
By Isabella Meyer January 24, 2022Lean has been manufacturing’s bedrock. By evolving to encompass digital, digital lean smooths transformation and leverages smart manufacturing. Lean principles…
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Why it’s time to digitalize your supply chain
By Isabella Meyer December 15, 2021Future supply chain disruptions are unavoidable. Digitalized supply chains that run on advanced technologies can help manufacturing organizations assess and…
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Cargill and CCi’s Leader Standard Work App shortlisted for Best Achievement in Operational Excellence to Deliver Digital Transformation award
By Isabella Meyer December 6, 2021CAPE TOWN, 6 December 2021: Cargill, provider of food, agriculture, financial, and industrial products and services to the world, and…
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Mission Critical: Closing the Digital Skills Gap
By Isabella Meyer November 16, 2021The digital skills gap is an Achille’s heel for manufacturers. This must be addressed if the potential of digital operations…
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Continuous improvement as the engine of digital production systems
By Isabella Meyer October 22, 2021Continuous, integrative improvement process optimizes digital capability “Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection,” said the nineteenth-century American writer,…
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Digital operating system maturity as a characteristic of manufacturing excellence
By Isabella Meyer September 23, 2021A digital operating system is defined by fundamental characteristics. It gears definitive competitive advantages, and a mature DOS will be…
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Leader standard work: An invaluable performance driver
By Isabella Meyer August 25, 2021Leader standard work is the workhorse discipline of modern management and leadership. It keeps the finger on the pulse, and…
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Data and Data-Capability as the Currency of Value By Glenn Leask, CEO, CCi
By Isabella Meyer July 20, 2021The engine of next-level manufacturing is the hard- and software of digital technologies. The fuel is data. Smart manufacturers uses…
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The power of a digitized supply chain: Industry experts weigh-in on how to benefit from next-generation production systems
By Isabella Meyer June 22, 2021The disruptive speed of Industry 4.0 continues to push manufacturers into a digitally enabled future. There is no doubt that…
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Smart practices to build a modern production system by Glenn Leask, CEO of CCi
By Isabella Meyer May 19, 2021Digital technologies are creating new capabilities for manufacturing. Glenn Leask, President and CEO of Competitive Capabilities International (CCi), explains the…