This process gives the manager the necessary information to better execute her control function, allowing the team to meet the standards set by the manager's plans. Four Functions of Management ...

In the 1990s, Michael Hammer and James Champy’s blockbuster book, Reengineering the Corporation, set off a tidal wave of business process improvement initiatives throughout corporate America ...

Many process industry units, particularly in continuous process operations, run eight years or more without shutting down. As a result, your opportunity to do anything with the PLCs in that unit is ...

Management of your inventory impacts company performance via inventory costs and through its effects on production and deliveries. To improve inventory control, you have to evaluate key processes ...

Quality control and quality management are essential aspects of the project execution plan. Quality is closely tied to reliability, and in recent years the concept of the “say-do” ratio has ...

Some wonder if AI will replace PID control loops. The reality is that, instead of replacing PID, AI is stepping in to help keep things running smoothly without upending regulatory trust. Think of AI ...

Cooper notes, “Management suggests control: control of process and control of environment.” Another GBS knowledge specialist, Luis Suarez, notes in the same article, “Command and control ...