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Applying a Model for Small Business Continual Improvement

Deming Institute

Applying SMED, the theoretical sessions would act as the external activities that operators have to perform before a changeover, and actually implementing them in a running business would be the internal ones. 14) Create a structure in top management that will push every day on the above 13 points. Marketing mix.

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CMOs and CEOs Can Work Better Together

Harvard Business Review

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. As she put it, “Our markets are going through dynamic change.

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