A few months ago, I started the process of moving all my journalling to a digital device with the goal of being more efficient. It was during the transition that I realized that I had overlooked the ...

As the shipyards struggle to effectively recruit and retain new welders to replace the aging workforce, attention increasingly turns to key system suppliers like ESAB, a global welding and cutting ...

Research and development (R&D) productivity has long been a topic of concern amongst industry analysts (Drug Inf. J. 34, 1169–1194; 2000). In general, R&D productivity can be thought of as comprising ...

Street sweeping improves road conditions, safety and quality of life. But vehicles violating no-parking rules on street sweeping day slow down sweeping efforts and make it impossible to fully sweep ...

Making efforts to achieve quantified targets is the zeitgeist of today's world. Our obsession with metrics, targets and standardised indicators creates an illusion of progress. The same mentality has ...