PinnedAndy FreimanFMEA —A simple tool to increase organisational productivityIf you need to quickly increase productivity and quality whilst reducing costs, a really effective tool to use is Failure Modes Effects…Mar 25, 2019Mar 25, 2019
Andy FreimanWhat I am going to be up to in 2020?It’s the start of January and its almost time for me to go back to work, this feels like the time to be making resolutions for the year…Jan 5, 2020Jan 5, 2020
Andy FreimanWhat is a Learning Organisation?How do organisations learn from failure, empower colleagues to find better ways to do things and achieve better outcomes…Aug 18, 2019Aug 18, 2019
Andy FreimanUnderstanding your supervisory burden for increased productivityThe current economic environment is tough — there is the uncertainty of Brexit, trade protectionism and the fact that we are “overdue a…Feb 3, 2019Feb 3, 2019
Andy FreimanThe Joy of FlowWhen we need to produce something quickly and efficiently, a natural reaction is to break a process into certain tasks and then repeat the…Oct 7, 2018Oct 7, 2018
Andy FreimanSCAMPER – how to generate practical improvements to productivity and processesIt is difficult to come up with new ideas, even more so if you have been involved in a particular service or process for a while. Sometimes…Jul 2, 2018Jul 2, 2018
Andy FreimanAchieving Cost ReductionCost cutting is never popular; however, it is often necessary.Apr 29, 20183Apr 29, 20183
Andy FreimanTapping into 1 million years of experience – being a learning organisationA key ambition of the Civil Service over the next few years, is to become #abrilliantcivilserviceApr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2018
Andy FreimanFocus on one thing at a time; the key to cereal continuous improvementAn interesting way to look at continuous improvement or Kaizen, is through a relatively famous baseball metaphor:Mar 30, 2018Mar 30, 2018
Andy FreimanTurning Lemons into LemonadeIn American slang, second hand cars are called ‘lemons’ if they are of bad quality, or peaches if they are good cars.Mar 28, 2018Mar 28, 2018