The move to standardize processes has gone overboard, say M. Eric Johnson and Joseph M. Hall in this month’s Harvard Business Review. Some processes, they argue, are more akin to art than science and ...

Standardization is hard. Why? Because overcoming resistance to change is hard. Which means communication is key as you grow your Knowledge and Process Management programs. Many organizations, ...

To produce standards of high quality and integrity, a standards organization must have a repeatable, documented, proven process. The IEEE Standards Association is a fine example of possessing such a ...

Creating process variations should always be approached with care in order to reduce unnecessary complexities and inefficiencies. These seven steps should help. “90 percent of the organizations I know ...

Leading German filtration company MANN+HUMMEL has adopted Celonis’ Execution Management System (EMS) in a bid to scale process standardization across the organization, extract value and help with its ...

SEMI spoke with Udo Gómez, senior vice president at Robert Bosch GmbH, about MEMS technology requirements relative to standard IC design and manufacturing. Gómez highlighted solutions to challenges of ...

When digging into the data from September 2009 Global State Of Enterprise Architecture Online Survey, I found an interesting correlation in the data: Survey respondents who reported a high degree of ...

Getting an IEEE standard approved isn't for the faint of heart. Karen Bartleson takes you on a guided tour of the procedures. The production of formal, accredited standards has to be a repeatable ...

SAN JOSE — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) has apparently retreated from efforts to drive process standards in the silicon foundry business, announcing on Tuesday a new but less ...