Implementing "Lean" concepts in maintenance processes is not easy because in most companies, maintenance activities are conducted by relatively less-skilled personnel who may not have the ability to understand the complexities of "Lean" concepts and methodologies. Additionally, maintenance personnel are often so | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
Companies like Safeco, who have been ranked among the largest insurance service providers, took nearly a week for making changes in auto policies they issued. However, thanks to Six Sigma, they now have an online, service-and-sales portal where local agents can make real-time changes and cut down on all the business processes. Proce | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
Consider outsourcing and you"ll find eager companies and suppliers lined up to offer you long-term contracts. Why? Assuming that the outsourcing provider performs as promised, you are locked into using their service . . . even if a better alternative arises. The more profitable the arrangement is for the provider, the more that organization | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
Let"s assume that you"ve moved past silly rules and individuals pursuing "I"ll scratch your back, if you"ll scratch mine" at the company"s expense. There"s a seemingly legitimate outsourcing offer on the table. You"ve investigated all of the reasonable bidders and looked carefully at what you are doin | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
Businesses that are unable to provide due consideration to this aspect, often fail to harness the full potential of Lean implementations and consequently start complaining that "Lean Six Sigma does not work". They fail to realize that the problem is not with Lean concepts; their failures are due to the inherent inability of the impleme | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
New responsibilities may not have been conferred onto them by their organization, but on an informal level, Master Black Belts are expected to shoulder additional responsibilities such as communicating the benefits of Six Sigma so as to make way for the implementations. They are basically expected to convince the top management off | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
Rarely does an outsourcing mistake occur without someone in the organization realizing the mistake before the decision is made. But even more rarely does the organization ask its people to come up with better alternatives to outsourcing before signing on the multiple-year dotted line. What"s going on? Those closest to the prob | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
There are times when your internal team simply won"t have the skill or experience to realize that better do-it-yourself options can comfortably replace expensive outsourcing arrangements. If you think that lack of skill or experience might be the case, you are a good candidate for hiring an organization that does outsourcing evaluations to | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
Much outsourcing is based on comparing what you do now to what another organization would charge and promises to achieve. That"s too narrow a way to consider your alternatives. By outsourcing, you may simply be turning a bad process into a permanent feature of your organization"s operations. Instead, consider if you shoul | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
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An enterprise can agree about the existence of the irresistible force, have the same values, be aligned, and still make a mess of the opportunity. How? Without clearly understanding all of the dimensions of the irresistible force, a company can undermine its search for the benefits it seeks. Beatrice Foods in the 1970s provides an | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
As difficult as it is to determine and reinforce the values of an organization, it"s even more difficult to be sure that those in the organization live those values in visible ways. But that visible following of values is much more valuable than simply establishing the values in the beginning. Here"s an example. Habitat fo | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
As a manager you need to figure out what you want your people to accomplish. The best devise is a mission statement, which is a short document that tells your people, your customers and your suppliers what you are about. A mission statement makes it easier for everyone to pull together if everyone knows what the object is. With this | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
There are three main difficulties facing anyone who is aiming to earn a living from internet marketing: isolation and lack of support, constant bombardment with new products and opportunities and the temptation to hitch their wagon to every new star on the internet. How then, is it even possible to become successful with internet marketing? | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
Just as a well-run business follows a budget in spending money, an effective businessperson should also follow a schedule in spending time. And a carefully developed strategy should be formed to determine how to use time wisely. You start by identifying the number one way you can most increase profits by use of your time, then the n | Article date: 2008-02-26 ...
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