No management effort can ignore the existence of entropy and variation. What do we need to do about them? What is variation? It is beyond the scope of any blog to teach the fundamentals of Statistical Process Control; Don Wheeler and other experts have already done that majestically. The goal here is to examine […]
Mining: A Network of Human and Environmental Interactions
An unprecedented breakthrough in mining in the historical gold mining district of the Comstock in Nevada is happening through a systems-based approach to management. This post is by Travis Higgins, Director of Quality for Comstock Mining Inc. who is in charge of the implementation of the Decalogue Management Methodology within the company. Travis is an […]