How effective is preparation in your business?
Do your team maximise their preparation activities? We all know that preparation is key to high performance. Trying to prepare when you should be carrying out your task, often leads to
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Improving OTIF by avoiding the arsonists!
You can tell a lot about the 'natural' on time delivery performance of a business by looking at the last step in their process. If it is operating in a
Every Business Needs a Routine
My new book was launched on Amazon just before Christmas and I wanted to let you know that it is going to be free this weekend. The dates that you
Your OTIF journey: celebrate when you’re winning
When we start out on our OTIF (On Time In Full) improvement journeys, where we are is obvious; we're at the start. Then we make some changes to our processes,
Have you lost your RAG with your improvement objectives?
At this time of year many businesses are reviewing and revising their improvement plans and business objectives. It is a natural time of year to do this and for many
Business objectives: creating a master schedule
What are you business objectives? Whether you have formal business objectives, or not, every business has objectives. If you operate an ISO management system, are deploying Lean, or undertaken annual
How to stop small things becoming crises
This is one of the perennial management challenges, isn’t it? What is merely a small annoyance today, can become tomorrow’s disaster. We’ve all seen this happen. Let me give you a couple
The Strategic Improvement Loop has landed!
What is The Strategic Improvement Loop I hear you ask... Many of my clients, over the years, have asked me for help with implementing their strategic objectives. It's great helping a
Taking ownership of a process doesn’t have to kill your diary!
Amongst the many organisations I speak to there is one topic that crops up regularly. It is the topic of process ownership. There seems to be widespread confusion over what