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Add You - Business Excellence: It's in the Eye of the Beholder
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Mining Gold is hard work you know? There are many people in the US to this day who still mine for gold. Did you know that in many countries people have protested mines, gold and silver are easy ones to protest because it is associated with greed as those minerals are also considered legal tender.A great mine to visit is one of the first gold mines in the country, The Reed Gold mine in Charlotte. There were over 300 gold mines in North Carolina in the 1820’s. This of course long before the 49’ers of CA. The Reed Mine was active until 1912. A total of 13 gold mines closed in the past two years in response to depressed gold prices or ore exhaustion in Canada. Collecting the Gold under the conditions required
Looking at the Ford Motor Company, as an example. They have implemented almost every business improvement or business excellence strategy possible and they recently posted losses of about $12 BILLION. Clearly, the strategies they have implemented (TQM, TPS, JIT, Lean, Six Sigma, TOC, and probably more) as well as new IT systems that have been installed, have not led to business excellence.
I have seen companies get results from each strategy individually but few have had breakthrough results. Each strategy has usually only focused on one aspect of the business, mostly process. Yes, Lean is moving into the office but it’s still process. It’s now about shuffling paper faster and more efficiently. Big deal. ERP systems moved companies to think in terms of processes and attempted to break functional silo’s, but ERPs are transactional systems that move companies forward incrementally, by creating piecemeal savings. Yes in a F50 the numbers are large but relatively speaking they are incremental. People in the business require new skill sets and ROIs are hardly ever equal to those planned or p
International Advertising is not easy and it gets a little tricky due all the many cultural differences and this of course makes a lot of sense, however when you couple that with the language translations well it can get rather tricky indeed, say the top University Professors teaching International Advertising. In fact there are numerous case studies and many dirty little secrets say Advertising Experts.One online advertising writer and experts reminds of a couple of really unfortunate instances; Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick", a curling iron, into German only to find out that "mist" is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the "manure stick." Then a bottled beverage company really messed
Looking at the Ford Motor Company, as an example. They have implemented almost every business improvement or business excellence strategy possible and they recently posted losses of about $12 BILLION. Clearly, the strategies they have implemented (TQM, TPS, JIT, Lean, Six Sigma, TOC, and probably more) as well as new IT systems that have been installed, have not led to business excellence.
I have seen companies get results from each strategy individually but few have had breakthrough results. Each strategy has usually only focused on one aspect of the business, mostly process. Yes, Lean is moving into the office but it’s still process. It’s now about shuffling paper faster and more efficiently. Big deal. ERP systems moved companies to think in terms of processes and attempted to break functional silo’s, but ERPs are transactional systems that move companies forward incrementally, by creating piecemeal savings. Yes in a F50 the numbers are large but relatively speaking they are incremental. People in the business require new skill sets and ROIs are hardly ever equal to those planned or
Does your brand evoke an emotional response? Does your brand create loyalty? What would make your clients eager to pay for your products and services? If you answered “yes” to the first two questions, you don’t need my expertise. However, if you want to know how to attract your perfect client through brand marketing, however, then I’ll help with your online branding strategy.Here are a few tips to help you create an emotional brand that works for you. I call this eBranding (emotional branding).Before reading these tips, be sure to repeat this mantra. Simplify. Simplify. Simplify. It doesn’t have to be complicated to reach the human senses.1. Start with your perfect customer or clie
I have seen companies get results from each strategy individually but few have had breakthrough results. Each strategy has usually only focused on one aspect of the business, mostly process. Yes, Lean is moving into the office but it’s still process. It’s now about shuffling paper faster and more efficiently. Big deal. ERP systems moved companies to think in terms of processes and attempted to break functional silo’s, but ERPs are transactional systems that move companies forward incrementally, by creating piecemeal savings. Yes in a F50 the numbers are large but relatively speaking they are incremental. People in the business require new skill sets and ROIs are hardly ever equal to those planned or
Prioritizing Tasks The ability to choose and complete tasks in the order of importance highly desirable and more challenging for some business types than others.In order to choose tasks you must be aware of as many chores and projects as possible. In order to do this, every planning session must have a list.You Must Have a List!List all your tasks, then rate them, and list them again in order. Then you can schedule them. When all tasks and projects are rated, use these additional filters to prioritize:• Imagine the consequences of eliminating the task. – This exercise will often remove some unneeded tasks altogether.• Decide if each task should be performe
I left my mobile telephone in a taxi and went sheepishly to buy a replacement. The people at the telephone company were patient as I selected a new mobile phone.One week later I realized I had chosen a new model a bit too big for my liking. I tried to sell my (almost new) phone at a steep discount to someone else, but found no one eager to buy.I called the telephone company to ask where people go to sell their mobile phones. The staff quickly offered to take back the (almost new) telephone and replace it with another model. I was amazed.I was even more amazed by the service at the counter. The staff took back my (almost new) phone, batteries, charger and carrying case at full price value. The
GE is often mentioned as an outstanding organization. Business owners and managers often mention GE’s success and Six Sigma in the same breath. What they fail to realize is Six Sigma was part of an overall plan. Some GE companies only started on their road to excellence and using Six Sigma after many years had been spent re organizing, redesigning, re hiring and focusing the business in minute detail. Six Sigma wasn’t the cause and final end result of their improvement, nor their excellence!
Over the past few years I have been working with companies to achieve their strategies. What this has meant is looking at business in a holistic manner and making sure each piece of a strategic plan is budgeted for and is executed to achieve the desired results, or better. Essentially companies realize that no matter what happens in their strategic planning sessions they are not realizing the results they’d like to see. Yes, one can just imagine FORD exec’s saying “OK guys we’re going to drop $12 Billion this next year”!
What this means is companies needs to improve their performance in a
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