Finding great talent requires time and effort. Depending on the experience of the new hire and the position, training could take longer than anticipated. An alternative to adding headcount is to find ways to free up capacity from employees. Many leaders defer to hiring because it is a quick fix…. [More]
How Agility and Alignment Impact Organizational Resilience
Organizational resilience is critical for businesses to adapt to sudden change and disruptions. Many businesses are familiar with operational efficiency which focuses on running an efficient operation and minimizing costs. Operational resilience, on the other hand, is about readiness to make adjustments in a succinct manner. Businesses adapt when faced… [More]
Standardization: A Key Success Factor for Digital Transformation
Digital transformation deploys technology to perform tasks with the goals to transform operations and better serve customers. It is a significant undertaking. It requires capital as well as extensive effort to prioritize, streamline, and automate tasks and processes. A key success factor for automation is standardization because: Variation adds complexity… [More]
Key Success Factors for Continuous Improvement
Continuous improvement is about making ongoing effort to improve products, services, and processes in your business. It is a powerful force when you have every employee think about problem solving. Instead of whining and complaining, employees analyze the situation and explore ideas to tackle an issue. There are several key… [More]
The Post-pandemic Operating Model
With the economy slowly re-opening, businesses are rapidly reviewing the health safety guidelines they need to follow. The decisions business leaders make and the procedures to be put in place will be critical to the well-being of their customers and employees. The last thing anyone wants to see is chaos… [More]
Evaluation of Handoffs
Would You Let Poor Processes Put the Business in Peril?
The need for sound processes increases with the size of a business. Businesses with consistent and congruent processes are able to provide excellent customer service, deliver high quality products and services, and they have a strong foundation for profitable growth. From a startup to a multi-national enterprise, effective processes play… [More]
How Consistency Improves Productivity
Everyone starts with the same 24-hour day every day all year round. You can’t make more time, but you can steal time from tasks that demand less of it. In fact, you could free up time when productivity improves. This means that the better you are with execution, you are… [More]
How to Use Data to Optimize Operations
A manufacturing company expanded its services to a new city. The success rate in bidding for work has been around 15%. The manager seeks for ways to improve the success rate. Improving the bid approach, and hence the success rate, could be a challenge. The bid needs to be profitable…. [More]
Staying on Top of Operational Excellence
Operational excellence is an ongoing undertaking to optimize operations. It boosts the bottom-line of a business and accelerates the execution of everything a business needs to do in fulfilling its goals. While some businesses might not devote much energy to operational excellence until problems become chaotic, it has become a… [More]
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