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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Discipline I. Decide What's Important ). Discipline IV. Work The Plan ). Discipline IV.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Discipline I. Decide What's Important ). Discipline IV. Work The Plan ). Discipline IV.

System 85
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The Transformed Map of a Recovering Management Accountant

Deming Institute

We call this approach Professional Management, and have developed a system to implement it influenced by Dr. W. Tom Johnson, an economist and self-described “recovering management accountant,” is well known for his early contributions to the traditional accounting profession. Edwards Deming and other great thought leaders.

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Don't Anesthetize Your Colleagues with Bad Writing

Harvard Business Review

It may be convenient to refer to COGS instead of spelling out "cost of goods sold." Small wonder, too.

VBM 14
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Health Care Providers Need a Value Management Office

Harvard Business Review

A “value management office” can greatly enhance an institution’s ability to improve outcomes and costs across the enterprise. ICCI now has five full-time employees with expertise in analytics and project management and three part-time graduate students. Integrate quality data into care delivery.

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Case Study: When to Drop an Unprofitable Customer

Harvard Business Review

Tommy was a director and Jane was the Midlands regional sales manager for Egan & Sons, a supplier of doors and staircases to Westmid for 63 years. The lack of traceability and transparency extended to the costs for specialized equipment that was used only for particular products or customers. He wasn't looking forward to this visit. "Oh,

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There's a Way to Win the Showdown with Your Customer

Harvard Business Review

Product "rationalization" is all well and good, but you've probably already figured out that it puts you, the sales manager, in a serious bind. Then along came a wave of tools such as activity-based costing for figuring out each product's value to the company, and a lot of those offerings got washed away. Let me explain.