Alexandra Twin has 15+ years of experience as an editor and writer, covering financial news for public and private companies. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and ...

The concept of operational debt broadens the framework of technical debt to include the inefficiencies surrounding people, processes and policies that lead to disruption in business execution.

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Rafael Paura Vieira Fernandes discusses how large oil and gas transformations succeed by testing end-to-end business processes, not just individual systems.

My recent article on creating a “Map of Paris” to help your organization get unstuck generated a lot of positive feedback, including a few inquiries as to how managers can more generally improve their ...

Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management practices that is ...

ISA106 started with the goal of developing standards, recommended practices, and technical reports on the design and implementation of procedures for automating continuous process operations. The ...

For the power and utility sector, operational excellence allows every member of a plant to visualize how workflows operate to produce optimal output. Doing so enables all personnel to identify issues ...

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