According to a recent CEO Challenge survey, Operational Excellence is the second largest challenge facing CEOs in 2013. However, explaining operational excellence is difficult as it has a duality to it. On one hand it is a state of mind of the whole organisation; to...
When consultants talk about improving operations they often mention management systems, sometimes they call it Management Operating Systems, from time to time Management Control & Review system but they mean one and the same. This article will define the concept...
Achieving More Through Active Management When discussing lower management and supervisory levels skills, management consultants often speak of Active Management Behaviours and how they affects operational performance. But what is Active management, how does it help to...
One of the main reasons for not achieving the expected profit in any large company, is over spending on resources required to do the work. This can take the form of weak purchasing processes, production waste or using too many resources to do the job. This white paper...
In the past Human Resources (HR) used to be seen as a “fluffy” department dealing with payroll, employment statistics and performing recruitment and exit interviews. Its value was constantly questioned and the staff working there had a tendency of being...