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Approaching Process Optimization from a Modern Perspective

Strategy Driven

It’s the responsibility of a good leader to continuously evaluate new methods for process optimization as they are introduced to the market and explore the possibility of integrating them into their own workflow. It’s important to leverage all modern solutions in that field and approach this from a modern perspective.

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Are you a Leader or a Lemming?

Great Leadership By Dan

Signs of a Lemming Leader: Use of jargon: Do you use the terms restructuring, high reliability, six sigma, just culture, strategic sourcing, population health, or employee engagement in your organization? If you are trying to make your operation more efficient, then say so. “To

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Understanding the Importance of Business Process Design

Strategy Driven

BPD is important for endless reasons including; Proper Alignment of Operations with Business Strategy: To change or modify the business strategy usually requires improving multiple operations being performed by different people involved in a business. Augments Operational Effectiveness: ? Importance of Business Process Design.

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1:1 Executive Coaching Program – Now Open for Enrollment

Six Disciplines

Unlike most strategic planning models/frameworks that can be daunting, the Six Disciplines methodology is practical and pragmatic. Feliciano, Senior Managing Consultant / Strategy & Change Consultant, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at IBM Global Business Services - Strategy & Change. ” ~ D.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 1 of 7

Strategy Driven

So where Ford incorporated everything into one integrated mega-plant, Ohno designed operations for a network of factories. They create value not by making things but by designing what gets made, determining markets for products, and generating consistent customer satisfaction. Decision-Making Warning Flag 2 – The Silent Nod.

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Balancing Push and Pull Approaches to Improvement

Harvard Business Review

These mandated-from-above programs include Lean Six Sigma initiatives with experts (" Belts ") in command, big IT implementations, and reengineering of major end-to-end processes. An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers.

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A Technique to Bridge the Gap Between Marketing and IT

Harvard Business Review

Here''s a familiar story: Marketing conducts research (" Big Data "! and uncovers new customer insights; it then turns to operations to translate the insights into action.and hits a wall. This classic breakdown between marketing and IT is being bridged at a few leading companies such as ING , the Netherlands bank. Analytics "!)