Joseph Paris Jr is the founder of XONITEK Group of Companies, a management consultancy specializing in operational excellence. He is also the chairman of the Operational Excellence Society. The document discusses the services provided by XONITEK to help clients pursue operational excellence through leadership coaching, culture change, and process improvement tools. It also outlines Paris' background as a thought leader in operational excellence and describes the mission and typical activities of the Operational Excellence Society to facilitate knowledge sharing and professional development through local chapters.

1. Joseph F Paris Jr;
Founder, Operational Excellence Society
and
Chairman, XONITEK Group of Companies
a Q4-2011
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2. XONITEK Group of Companies
XONITEK was founded as a management consultancy firm
specializing in helping client companies and their value-chain
in their pursuit of Operational Excellence by: coaching
leadership skills; creating a culture where innovation and
true transformational change can thrive; and leveraging the
disciplines and methodologies of deliberate improvement
towards the creation of a High-Performance Organization.
With offices and resources from around the world; a real,
multi-cultural and multi-discipline approach enables us to
identify the internal best-practices of a company and
replicate that knowledge across their enterprise.
a Q4-2011
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3. Joseph F Paris Jr
Is known as a thought leader and prolific writer in the field of
Operational Excellence and is routinely sought to collaborate
on development and deployment projects.
Advisory Boards:
• Binghamton University’s Watson School of Engineering – Systems
Science and Industrial Engineering Department,
• Institute of Industrial Engineers – Process Industries Division.
• Lean Management Journal – Editorial Board Member
Select Speaking Engagements & Lectures:
• Keynote; Industrial Congress – Monterrey & Puebla, Mexico
• Keynote; RV College of Engineering – Bangalore, India
• Keynote; Operational Excellence 2012 – Abu-Dhabi, UAE
• Previously an Adjunct Professor at the Johnson School of
Management at Cornell University – Ithaca, New York,
• Guest Lecturer at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
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4. “Making it Real”
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5. What Is Operational Excellence?
“Operational Excellence is to be dedicated to the
continuous and deliberate improvement of
company performance AND the circumstances of
those who work there – to pursue ‘Operational
Excellence by Design’ and not by coincidence.”
– J.F.Paris
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6. What Is Operational Excellence?
• Strive to create a High-Performance Organization by working
towards Alignment and Commitment through-out the entire
enterprise and across the total value-chain.
• Effective Leadership and Communication skills.
• Creating and fostering an environment where true
“Transformational Change” and Innovation can thrive.
• Improve Quality and Value in the Eyes-of-the-Customer during
the Pursuit of the Optimal Performance State. Eliminate Waste.
• Learning to recognize opportunities and bring to bare the
appropriate methods and tools to realize those opportunities.
• Maintain a Continuous, Deliberate and Sustainable pace.
• Anything and everything that improves company performance
and employee circumstances – anywhere across the enterprise.
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7. How Do We Achieve
Operational Excellence?
• Develop Leadership and Communication Skills.
• Create a Corporate Culture Where Innovation and
Challenging the Status-Quo is Encouraged.
• Learn and Leverage the various Tools and Methodologies
associated with Continuous and Deliberate Improvement
to Facilitate the Achievement of Strategies.
• Becoming a Mentor to others, even as you are Mentored.
• Program into your DNA and the DNA of the Organization.
• Do All of this “By Design”; Purposefully – in an
engineered manner and with a sense of cohesion.
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8. What Was Kernel For
The Operational Excellence
Society?
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9. The “LI-Community” of J. Paris
Exact Software
Binghamton, NY
XC ERP EMPL
ACG IIE
OpEx-EU
OpEx-Canada
OpEx-US OpEx-PL
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10. The “LI-Community” OpEx
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11. What’s The Operational Excellence
Society All About?
• It’s about “making it real” – Taking it from
Cyberspace and making it Face-to-Face.”
• “Walking the Talk” – Learn to push beyond
• Developing Leadership & Communication Skills
• Learning the latest methodologies and tools
• Like-minded people exchanging experience
• Personal “Gemba” / Career Development
• Peer to peer problem solving and collaboration
• Mentorship and Stewardship for those aspiring
• Professional Networking
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12. What’s The Catch?
How Does It Work?
• There is no catch, but nothing is for “Free”
• No “dues” or “membership fees” associated
• YOU have to invest your time and energy
• YOU have to want it to work
• All members must abide by the By-Laws
• Which are benign and without commitment
• So long as the Society remains open to all
• Posted on the OpEx Society Group Page
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13. What’s A Typical Meeting Like?
• Secure a single venue - do not move around
• Preferably a reasonably nice restaurant with a
separate room for up to 50 people. AV-equip?
• Select a “slow day” for the restaurant and have
them waive the room charge. Mondays?
• Be consistent in the scheduling of the meeting,
“Every second Monday of the Month?
• Be consistent with the start-time.
• Make finding & remembering easy.
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14. What’s A Typical Meeting Like?
• A typical meeting will be as follows:
• 1700h: Networking
• 1745h: Opening
• Remarks from the President & Society Business
• Sponsor comments? If there is sponsor, allow 15m
• The Sponsor should directly pay venue.
• 1800h: Guest Speaker, Q&A, Open Discussion
• 1900h: Networking
• 2000h: Conclusion
Note: The times used are for example only – keep yours consistent
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15. Some Management Tips
• Leverage the Operational Excellence Society LI
and FB Groups to Communicate
• Also collaborate with other OpExSociety Chapters
• Solicit and Approve Speakers in Advance.
• Critically important to have three-months booked
• Obtain abstracts for proposed talks. No sales-
pitches allowed – but “soft promotion” is.
• Chapter Advisory Board reviews, approves, and
schedules speakers. Allow time to promote.
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16. Can We Expect Any Support From
XONITEK?
• Social Media Marketing Support
• Operational Excellence / Society on LI and FB
• Post Chapter Goings-On and Events in Discussions
• Promote in “sister groups” such as LSS, Supply Chain, etc
• Promotion in eNewsletter and Websites
• Creation of an OpExSoc Website/Portal (2012-Q4)
• Mentorship and Advisory Support
• Seek Guidance from Other Chapters
• Perhaps Speaker Suggestions and Introductions
• Expect NO Financial Support from XONITEK
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17. Open Discussion
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