Single Pie(ce) Flow Yields 125% Increased Productivity

October 23rd, 2002 by Hal

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Take a break to see what was learned in one fund-raising activity. Joe offers details and comments on his learning. He noted there was an 80-90% productivity improvement. Message to Joe…I thought you were a math major. I calculate a 125% productivity increase!

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3 Responses to “Single Pie(ce) Flow Yields 125% Increased Productivity”

Joe Ely Says:
October 24th, 2002 at 2:42 pm
I am an engineering major!! And I can do division!! I purposely understated the productivity gain as the data was anecdotal. In any event, the gain was huge. That’s the message!!

Thanks,
Joe
Hal Says:
October 24th, 2002 at 7:03 pm
Great job :+: Any pictures?
Joe Ely Says:
October 26th, 2002 at 5:29 am
Pictures are coming…I’ll post the URL for them when they are available.

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