Field Manual (FM) 5-0, The Operations Process, is the Army's keystone doctrine on the exercise of command and control in full spectrum operations. No longer devoted exclusively to planning and orders ...

Improving energy efficiency in process systems is a major challenge in the transition toward more sustainable chemical, electrochemical, and environmental ...

Digitalization, Internet of Things (IoT), big data, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality are some examples of rapidly developing areas of technology that will have a big impact on how ...

The oil and gas production explosion is driving the renaissance of the chemical and process industries in North America. With low-cost natural gas comes low-cost feedstock for many chemical compounds, ...

If you think your process automation system has run its course, you’re not alone. It was recently forecast that $65 billion worth of process automation systems are nearing the end of their useful life ...

For better contracts and better support to the warfighter, integrate operational contract support personnel into the same education system that trains the operational personnel. Imagine you're a ...

There is much discussion about continuous improvement, kaizen and operational excellence pursuits in operations management. Many times, the topic of process improvement neglects the more important ...

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the November 2014 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers. Supply chain managers ...

The process of operational goal-setting is a critical step when it comes to business planning. It's the step that transforms strategic plans into actionable items. I previously wrote about operational ...

Innovation is not about creating something entirely new; it’s about transforming existing products into a unique solution to address a real-world problem. Process innovation cannot be achieved unless ...

Financial institutions have spent years trying to improve efficiency by investing in technology and integrating different systems. If their systems are all connected and sharing data, the assumption ...