It was cold this morning Freezing It is going to snow, maybe not today or tomorrow, but soon Snow is a mixed blessing, great for sledging but for some of us, it’s a work disaster Pipes freeze People fall Cars won’t start Boilers fail If you happen to be in the game of mending pipes […]
How to Estimate, and Why you Really Should Know
Speed will gain you competitive advantage Speed in business is gained by making decisions quickly Decisions are delayed because we need information to inform those decisions So anything that can give us numbers quickly is a source of competitive advantage Being able to do a quick estimate is a very valuable thing So how do […]
A Highly Sexist Observation
The Pareto Principal If you are female and reading this, I have two questions for you: 1. How many pairs of shoes do you own? This isn’t a personal fetish, it will be OK… What is your answer? My wife (who states she doesn’t have as many as most women) lays claim to 17 pairs. […]
Average Handle Time
If you have ever done any operations analysis in a contact centre you will know all about average handle time, the average time it takes your agents to “handle” a customer call. It is a key performance indicator (measure is a shorter way of putting that) designed to instil the fear of god into any […]
Dangerous Steps and Statistical Process Control
I wrote about process noise and variation, about the way random noise in a system can make it look as if results have changed, when the truth is that the system hasn’t altered at all. This is all very clever, it is interesting to know that the system hasn’t changed but it doesn’t answer the […]
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