Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Non-value-added ‘wastes’ are a drain on the productivity of your operations and cost you in schedule, quality, and capital. Overproduction , the first of the 8 biggest wastes of Lean Operations, focuses on the unnecessary production of product before the customer demands it. About the Author. Consider leaving a comment!

Tactics 58

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Non-value added ‘wastes’ are a drain on the productivity of your operations and cost you in schedule, quality, and capital. Costing the organization in excess material costs, holding costs, and potentially obsolescence costs, this waste can cost the organization upwards of millions of dollars in annual operations funds.

Tactics 63

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Continuous performance improvement requires focus on both near-term operational priorities and long-term strategic capabilities and initiatives. A well-planned self-assessment calendar provides numerous coordination and resourcing benefits to the self-assessment program manager/group and operational business groups.

Organizational Behavior 60

Organizational Behavior Long-term Document Newsletter 60

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2013

While many requirements necessitate one-time actions, others govern ongoing business operations. Compliance with regulatory requirements governing ongoing, dynamic operations benefit from dedicated performance measures. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here.

RACI 60

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Complimentary Resource – Operational Risk Management. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Greg Gaskey is a StrategyDriven Principal with over twenty years of nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and large-scale program and project management experience. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter.

Project 58

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Effective performance improvement programs promote alignment of business operations with the organization’s vision, mission, values, and goals. Such programs consistently identify opportunities to improve high value-adding operations and to eliminate low value-adding activities. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Document 60

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Strategy Driven

JULY 2, 2013

Each organization faces a unique set of risks challenging the continuity of its operations. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

Risk Management 60

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2013

A growing number of organizations are moving toward having more pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) by turning to evidence-based decision making supported by a range of BI and analytics technology and processes that enable decision makers to have the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market.

Resources 50

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2013

All organizations face a host of risks incurred during the conduct of day-to-day business operations and stakeholder interactions. Best Practice – Map Corporate Risks to Operational Processes [ StrategyDriven Premium Content]. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Principles. Best Practices.

Risk Management 65

Risk Management Management Competitive Advantage Insurance 65

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 8, 2013

All high-performing organizations continually look for ways to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. Greg Gaskey is a StrategyDriven Principal with over twenty years of nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and large-scale program and project management experience. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Tactics 50

Tactics Efficiency Six Sigma Execution 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 13, 2013

Furthermore, past operating experience can be incorporated into procedures so that lessons learned information is passed from user to user helping ensure mistakes of the past are not repeated in the future. The following set of procedure use and adherence guidelines apply to every operation supported by written instructions.

Management 61

Management Guidelines Tools Newsletter 61

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 20, 2013

Greg Gaskey is a StrategyDriven Principal with over twenty years of nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and large-scale program and project management experience. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter.

Project 59

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC and Xen Wireless form StrategyDriven Analytics to provide utility industry executives and managers with asset management program benchmarking data supporting operational and investment decisions and fleet and individual plant performance assessments. Plant Maintenance and Operations. About StrategyDriven.

Wireless 58

Wireless Benchmarking Asset Management Industry 58

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 6, 2013

Such consistency promotes the error-free performance necessary for high-risk and high-quality operations. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Management 60

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

. “Utility leaders must find cost effective ways to replace aging assets, transfer knowledge to a new generation of workers, release currently unavailable capital, and optimize strategic operations and maintenance programs,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s Chief Executive Officer. Risk management and compliance.

Energy 57

Energy Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Compliance 57

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Senior industry leader adds hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. At StrategyDriven, we’re proud to be working with industry leaders to address these challenges and adapt their organizations so they continue to operate safely, reliably, and efficiently.”.

Chief Executive Officer 50

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Strategy Driven

JULY 9, 2013

Major projects typically add significant operational, financial, reputational, and regulatory risk to an organization’s overall risk profile. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Consider leaving a comment!

Risk Management 65

Risk Management Resources Management Benchmarking 65

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Every organization is challenged by risks manifest through its many different day-to-day operations. Well-conceived risk management dashboards aid oversight organizations including internal audit, management oversight, and compliance groups, in monitoring the organization’s overall risk profile and risk-based operational performance.

Risk Management 65

Risk Management Management Compliance Benchmarking 65

Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2013

These formal, documented observations accomplish this by shaping and reinforcing personnel behaviors critical to supporting excellent operational performance. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. All rights reserved.

Management 52

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Consequently, executive and manager attention and financial support may be disproportionately applied to the capital project(s), particularly in the event of overruns, at the detriment of problem resolution at the organization’s other operating assets. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

Risk Management 58

Risk Management Project Organization Management 58

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2013

The paper describes how best practices in measuring organizational performance in the nuclear power industry can be applied to healthcare providers facing the daunting challenge of concurrently increasing production, efficiency, and quality – all while reducing operating costs. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Six Sigma 62

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

.” “An effective safety culture is far more than slogans and posters,” continues Greg Gaskey, StrategyDriven’s Chief Operations Officer. ” Nathan and Greg authored Preventing Catastrophic Industrial Accidents based on their decades of experience managing nuclear and industrial complex operations. .”

White Paper 61

White Paper Industry Risk Management Chief Operating Officer 61

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2013

Inspecting the jobsite and taking preemptive mitigating action can reduce an organization’s healthcare, equipment repair and replacement, lost operational productivity, and warranty defect correction costs. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Management 58

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Strategy Driven

JULY 30, 2013

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here. Enterprise Performance Measurement. Consider leaving a comment!

Metrics 58

Metrics KPI RACI Article 58

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Rather than striving to be content experts on every aspect of their operation, they need to be able to collect, sort, analyze data, and edit all communication and collaborative streams of information that could potentially influence their business. Copyright © 2013 by Dana Ardi and reprinted by permission of St. ed performance.

Decentralization 59

Decentralization Idea Generation Content Document 59

Strategy Driven

JUNE 11, 2013

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here. Enterprise Performance Measurement. Consider leaving a comment!

System 50

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Block provides operational executives and managers with the insight needed to relate ‘shop floor’ decisions and activities with the organization’s financial future. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter.

Resources 58

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2013

They establish the operations and initiative activities the organization will implement in order to achieve defined outcomes. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Strategic Planning 51

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here. Enterprise Performance Measurement. Consider leaving a comment!

KPI 58

KPI RACI System Metrics 58

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 31, 2013

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here. Enterprise Performance Measurement. Consider leaving a comment!

Metrics 51

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Strategy Driven

MAY 19, 2013

Amongst the most widely deployed business applications today, Sales Force Automation (SFA) offers a goldmine of operational sales data, yet built-in reporting and analytics are oftentimes inadequate to answer meaningful questions. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Resources 50

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

In the two decades from 1990 to 2010, our country fell from having the sixth-highest rate of female labor-force participation among 22 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, countries to 17th on the list. Stereotypes and skewed perceptions remain powerful and still impede the advancement of women. .

Diversity 66

Diversity Competitive Advantage Participative Committee 66

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Organizations rely on their data in order to make critical operational, tactical, and transactional business decisions that significantly affect the survival and livelihood of their company. An organization’s customers, transactions, operations, and reports can all be affected by its data integrity. Consider leaving a comment!

Software 50

Software Insurance System Operations 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 16, 2014

Peter Fingar, co-author of Business Process Management : The Third Wave , then asks these measurement corollaries in his 2013 article “How Do Your BPM Metrics Measure Up?”. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter.

Metrics 52

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 2, 2013

In China the basis is the family system which operates not only in the People’s Republic, but also overseas in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Europe and North America. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter.

Competitive Advantage 68

Competitive Advantage Content Marketing Newsletter 68

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Contemporary information systems are blind to many of the key drivers of productivity and have consistently failed in their quest to integrate the diverse operations of a company. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter.

Productivity 63

Productivity Products Six Sigma Competitive Advantage 63