Myopic Madness

Imagine, you have created something that is state of the art. The envy of the industry. You spared no expense and focused on every detail. Everyone says It's a can't miss smash success! Everyone applauds your launch, customers wishing they could be the first to use your product, and you are ready to make money by the vault-load. What could go wrong?

That Will Never Work!

Are sentiments like these torpedoing innovation and growth where you live? It may help if we understand that negative attitudes are inherent to the human condition. For parents to effectively discipline their children

Motivation or Inspiration

Motivation or Inspiration? Is your job as a manager to motivate or inspire your staff to excellence? Or, is it both? In this article we discuss the role of each as we lead and manage teams.

Awards and Incentives as Promotional Strategies

The job market is becoming increasingly complex. The healthcare field struggles to attract and maintain qualified employees. Educational institutions face the consequences of high turnover rates and difficulties in satisfying overworked, weary teachers.

Measurement Tips From Table Tennis

Table tennis is like any process you want to improve, even business processes. My first attempts to learn how to play reminded me of a few practical tips when you're trying to improve the performance of anything.

How to Find Time to Measure Performance

Performance measurement is essential for business or organizational success. No doubt about it. But finding the time to do it right always seems to be a problem. Here are some real ideas about making this important time.

Inventory - Cash Or Carry

There is an old saying in business that 'Cash is King.' Inventory, no matter what type, ties up cash and diverts it from other uses. Therefore the aim of inventory management should be to minimize the inventory investment for a particular customer service level. The approach taken should ensure that the target level of service is met while also minimizing the cash investment.

5 Myths of Inventory Reduction

Inventory reduction has been a major focus of supply chain improvement for many years. However, all inventory reduction initiatives must confront and overcome a number of systemic beliefs if they are to be successful. These hurdles take the form of truisms that destroy your company's wealth. We call these truisms the '5 Myths of Inventory Reduction'.

A Business Meta - Fore

Many professional golfers go on to develop successful and significant business interests. Greg Norman is a standout example of this. Many senior business leaders play golf at a high level. This link between success at golf and successful business may not be coincidental, the attributes required for both are very similar.

Social Life of Performance Data

We all like to know that the data we use to understand our business and organisational performance is 100% accurate. It's just not worth using if it's anything less than perfect -- isn't it? This article discusses data integrity and the social reasons why it can't be perfect (so get over it!).

The 12 Cardinal Sins of ERP Implementation

Industry statistics show that >60% of ERP implementation starts historically fail. Does this mean that you are doomed from the start? Of course not, if you learn from the mistakes of others. So the pertinent question is what are the main causes of ERP failure and what can be done to prevent this from happening to you?

Running On Empty

Most production schedules in the U.S. today are driven by material availability. What you have in stores or on the receiving dock determines what you produce today. You can regard this as scheduling by default, or - running on empty.

Discover 10 Steps to a Successful Business Turnaround

Certain actions can be found in most business turnaround situations. Whilst the work involved may differ in each business turnaround, discover some of the common steps taken in the turnaround process.

Managing People - Setting Boundaries

Boundary setting is something one expects to find in a parenting book or a psychologist's journal. However, it applies to adult to adult relationships at work as much as it does to adult to child relationships. In almost any workplace, for any given behaviour required to deliver an organsation's goal, people can be split into three groups. One group is those that are both willing and able to perform and behave in a manner which contributes positively to the desired goal of the organisation.