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Lean Management

Taking Care Of Business: How Lean Management Is Helping GE Field Crews Improve Power Plant Maintenance

Amanda Schupak
January 24, 2022

The 1980s are back in fashion, according to Harper’s Bazaar, but in some corners of industry, they never left. “Nobody’s wearing big hair and shoulder pads, but it’s all very pencil and paper,” says Jeremiah Smedra, an operations director at FieldCore, GE’s field services company. Smedra is talking about maintenance workers trudging into power plants with thick binders filled with drawings and instructions to make sure outages are performed according to plan.

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#AsSeenOn: Staying Relevant in a Fast-Paced Environment

August 24, 2017
“We want to be a company that is always getting better. A company that understands where it fits in markets and in society and appreciates its responsibility to both.” - Jeffrey R. Immelt
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#AsSeenOn: GE, Keeping Up With The Volatile Oil and Gas Industry

August 24, 2017
Times are hard, and even more so in the oil and gas industry. Adapting to this rapidly changing environment is key.
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productivity

Move Over Lean Six Sigma, Here Come Smart Operations

Charlie Chung Ups
November 30, 2016
Students and professors at Dartmouth University used a GE-225 machine like the one pictured above to write the first version of BASIC in 1964. Image credit: Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady
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Disrupt or be Disrupted: New Energy Trends and Technologies Showcased at CEPSI 2016

November 10, 2016
Speaking ahead of his keynote presentation at the 2016 Conference of the Electric Supply Industry (CEPSI) in Bangkok in October, Jack Wen, president, Asia Pacific GE Energy Connections said:

“For many people, the power industry appears stable on the surface. However, a lot of changes have happened in the past five years - new technologies, especially digital technology, have come on stream; more renewable energy is coming online; and customers are also demanding empowerment. This will impact all players in the industry.”
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Tips From A 'Mindful' Brain To Help You Become More Productive

Jane Nicholls
October 19, 2016

Debbie Jeremiah, manager of GE's Mindful Leader Program at the company's management facility in Crotonville, N.Y., has used brain science and "neuroleadership" training to optimize her creative energy in the morning, leaving emailing and other administrative tasks for the afternoon. Even skeptical participants of the program walk away with a dose of mindfulness. 

 
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VR

Pokémon Goes To The Office: GE Chief Economist Explains How Gaming and Work Are Merging

Marco Annunziata GE
July 14, 2016

Gaming and technological innovation are merging. As they scale across industry, they will power the next wave of growth.

 
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#AsSeenOn: GE, Keeping Up With The Volatile Oil and Gas Industry

May 05, 2016
Times are hard, and even more so in the oil and gas industry. Adapting to this rapidly changing environment is key.
Have you ever wondered how today’s oil and gas companies power through tough times to stay in the competition? On the 12th of April, Charlotte Chong from the Talking Edge interviewed GE’s Oil & Gas APAC General Manager, Visal Leng on how GE stays ahead in the ever-turbulent oil and gas industry.
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The Industrial Internet is Already Changing Our Lives, You Just Don’t Know It Yet

March 19, 2015
In the last 200 years, the world has experienced several waves of innovation. Successful companies learned to navigate these changes and adapt to the changing environment. Today we are on the brink of another thrust of innovation that promises to change the way we do business and interact with the world of industrial machines. It is the rise of the Industrial Internet.
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Thomas A. Stewart: The U.S. Middle Market Has Found a Higher Gear

Thomas A Stewart National Center For The Middle Market
October 29, 2014
U.S. unemployment has at long last fallen below 6 percent. Gross domestic product growth has recovered following a stumble early in the year. The economy seems to have settled into a decent growth rate — better than desultory but worse than ideal.
 
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