by Todd Hagopian | Oct 10, 2026 | Leadership
Why doesn’t the unit cost settle it? What a business I ran bought instead of made What are you actually comparing? From comparison to decision When should you make it? When should you buy it? When is the answer neither? Hypothetical: $38. That is the quote that...
by Todd Hagopian | Oct 10, 2026 | Transformation
What does this article cover? What can you actually get for free? What financial data is free? What operational data is free? Are the self-assessment tools worth anything? What does the afternoon actually look like? What is worth paying for? Who should this article...
by Todd Hagopian | Oct 9, 2026 | Operations
You have an OEE number. It is probably somewhere in the sixties, it is reported weekly, and there is a target above it that somebody set before you arrived. Improvement projects get justified against it. It appears in the monthly review with a trend line. And if you...
by Todd Hagopian | Oct 9, 2026 | Leadership
It is the annual technology review, and the agenda has eleven projects on it. Each one gets twelve minutes, each has a champion, and each has a return calculation that clears the hurdle. By the end of the afternoon every project has received something, the total...
by Todd Hagopian | Oct 9, 2026 | Transformation
What does this article cover? What are you actually choosing between? What do peer groups cost? How fast does each one answer you? What are the other options worth? Can you combine them? Which problem takes which answer? Who should this article send away? Where does...
