Technology Innovations to Improve Industrial Health & Safety

Technology Innovations to Improve Industrial Health & Safety

Are serious accidents inevitable in heavy industry? Why, despite our best efforts, do fatalities continue to occur? Can technology play a role in improving safety performance? Are there any emerging technologies that could result in a breakthrough improvement in health and safety performance in industries such as mining, oil & gas, chemical, and others?

Smart Factories and the ‘New Normal’

Smart Factories and the ‘New Normal’

Smart Factories and the ‘New Normal’ It was only a short 12 months ago that things were vastly different. At the time, I wrote an article entitled Beyond Capex: Future-proofing your IT investment for sustainable value delivery (Halse, 2019). The article introduced...
Focus on the business case throughout the project life cycle

Focus on the business case throughout the project life cycle

Focus on the business case throughout the project life cycle How many business cases are presented for approval, and then filed away once the project is underway, never to see the light of day again?  If this is the situation in your company then please reconsider...
Structuring the Business to the Project Opportunity

Structuring the Business to the Project Opportunity

Structuring the Business to the Project Opportunity The world constantly provides us with a myriad of challenging and exciting business opportunities. Whether you are an entrepreneur developing the opportunity or it is being developed by the business development...
Effective Handover of Projects to Operations Teams

Effective Handover of Projects to Operations Teams

Effective Handover of Projects to Operations Teams This article focuses on project handover of large scale, complex industrial projects to operations teams. However, the complexity and number of activities and deliverables are huge and cannot be covered in detail in...