A few things about me. 1. I am married to Andy Weith- founder of ASW Global Consulting 2. I have been an ER and Trauma Nurse since 2006 3. Our family of four used to all travel together (until our oldest was in kindergarten) 250+ days a year 4. I work for ASW Global Consulting and also continue to work as a nurse 5. Andy and I just had our third baby: Mae You might be asking yourself "Why is this person telling us these things?" The five facts above are examples of embraci

In the world of big data we live in today, there is an overwhelming amount of “things” that can be measured which can drive continuous improvement throughout an organization. Sifting through the options of what should be measured can be a daunting task. Are you measuring just to measure or is there actionable data obtained? What if you could have a composite KPI that enables a performance measurement that spans across functional silos in your organization while producing act

This topic is a touchy one. You may find it slightly odd to be in a blog from what most would consider a "technology" company. However, we at ASW are about PEOPLE, process and technology, and I see this a quite fitting topic on the wake of our participation in a User Group Conference this week (TUG Connects 2019). I say touchy, as in, how we touch each other's lives. "Incivility" - you may have heard this term before - is not a word in my family's dialect, but we are all too

Visual Management as a Warehouse Improvement Tool Most companies out there have Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). KPI’s are a great tool for displaying productivity, efficiencies, and quality. By displaying this information employees can see how they are doing, and strive to do better. Sounds like a win to me! Now what if we could take the information that is being captured for the KPI’s and make it work harder for us? What if we could have the KPI information improve