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Benefits of Policy Deployment Organisations with the capability to consistently execute their plans through the adoption of Strategy Execution outperform the market. Organisational capabilities will be aligned to support the achievement of your company objectives. Resources will be allocated to business processes in priority order (according to…

You may have seen my recent post if you follow me on linkedin regarding measuring Production Output with Value (£). With over 11000 views and numerous comments, this got me thinking about KPIs (key performance indicators) and business. KPIs drive behaviour (no doubt in that) getting the…

Benefits of SMED  (Single minute exchange of dies) WIP and lot size reduction. Finished goods inventory reduction. Improved machine/resource utilisation. Whether you are high volume or low volume business, changeovers is one of those things that can sap the living life out of your manufacturing process. An…

This week I was contacted by a Corporate Merchandise Company, a cold call asking for me. When I picked up they went straight into overdrive asking me about my company…it’s a debt collecting business isn’t it? Me??????????? NO. My brain starts going a million miles an hour…

I’ve had a number of discussions this past few weeks regarding GROWTH and SCALABILITY. One recurring theme is regarding processes, and when I mention that processes should be standardised, I get the normal “we’re growing and that one size standardisation doesn’t fit and this is a back-office…

Sales and Marketing None of this is new and you probably heard it all before, but in my eyes that’s why it’s so important. Sales and Marketing go hand in hand within any business, and every leader/owner should be working on their business (not in it) for…

The past week or so I have come across the Growth Mindset in two different scenarios’, which made me think how this should be applied to business. The first was with my son and his school, he was invited to an awards ceremony for “Achievement in Excellence”.…

Sounds simple, but are you doing it. We are all guilty of making a decision by emotion, but is this the exception or the norm for you and or your business? Add to this the old classic “but we’ve always done it that way” …… Here’s hoping…

Interesting discussion this week, especially regarding skills for industry. On three occasions this week I’ve been in conversations where comments have been raised by business owners/leaders that the school curriculum is not aligned with what industry needs. How can this be? But, when I think of my…