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Canada's #1 Event Dedicated to Operational Excellence! Operational Excellence Week Canada is coming to Toronto on October 21-24, 2019! This year's program will bring you over 50 case studies and show you how to eliminate inefficiencies in your operations, drive custo ...
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Building a Culture of Operational Excellence: eBook
Our Culture eBook will take you through the critical steps companies must take to build a culture of operational excellence. The ebook was compiled based on various interviews with senior industry leaders and includes exclusive insights from companies such as Irving Oil, NASA, The Hospital for Sick Children and Pepsi.
Exclusive Interviews
Driving Culture Change Through Continuous Improvement
Les Cyfko, Director, Operations, Engineering & Continous Improvement at PepsiCo sat down with us for an exclusive interview in the lead up to the Operational Excellence in Oil & Gas Summit. Les shares the actions taken by the multinational to launch their nationwide continuous improvement program that has led to...
Driving Innovation and Continuous Improvement at the Hospital for Sick Children
David During, Director of Continuous Improvement & Innovation at the Hospital for Sick Children sat down with us in an exclusive interview in the lead up to Operational Excellence Week Canada. David shares insights into their Lean Management System which has helped to bridge the gap between improvement theory and...
The Voice of the Experts: How The Dow Chemical Company is Driving Continuous Improvement
In the lead up to the 2019 Operational Excellence Week Canada in Toronto, we caught up with Julie Thyne, North America Continuous Improvement Lead at The Dow Chemical Company. Julie provides insight into how the company is driving reliability improvements by speaking directly to frontline experts.
Digital from the Ground Up: Growth and Innovation at Rio Tinto
In the lead up to Operational Excellence Week Canada in Toronto, we caught up with Nigel Steward, Head of Processing Centre of Excellence at Rio Tinto. Nigel tells us about the technological transformations that are taking place within Rio Tinto as well as the role of sustainability in their future...
People, Process, Technology: Driving Operational Excellence at Hydro One
In anticipation of Operational Excellence Week Canada, in Toronto, we sat down with Martin Huang, Vice President of System Operations at Hydro One. Martin tells us about Hydro One’s journey to becoming a high reliability organization, and how the company is employing sensor technology to improve their power delivery performance.
Learning from Human Error: How BP’s Human Performance Framework is Improving Site Safety
In the lead up to Operational Excellence Week Canada, we sat down with Hugo Ashkar, Global Risk Manager at BP, to discuss his work in human performance and the role of human factors in overall risk management.
Future in Focus: How CNRL is Using Innovation to Reduce Operational Cost and Risk
In the lead up to Operational Excellence Week Canada in Toronto, we caught up with Joy Romero, Vice President of Technology & Innovation at Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL). Joy provides insight into CNRL's use of 'game changing' technologies as well as their current carbon conversion initiatives.
Human System Engineering: Human Factors, Procedures, and Safety Culture
Camille Peres, PhD, Texas A&M School of Public Health sat down with us to talk about Human System Engineering: Human Factors, Procedures, and Safety Culture.Download the exclusive interview to find out the latest research in human factors including:‘Contextual Inquiry’ and why some procedures aren’t consistently followedHow to properly develop and maintain effective...