Although the resulting operational improvements have often been dramatic, many companies have been frustrated by their inability to translate those gains into sustainable profitability. And bit by bit, almost imperceptibly, management tools have taken the place of strategy. As managers push to improve ...
I’ll add on top of that, that what we’ve really seen in the past few years are two elements becoming more and more important as part of that operational excellence framework. Employees are looking for purpose, they’re looking for more than a job, more than a...
2 OperationalEffectiveness 345 LOGO ProductivityFrontier OperationEffectivenessVSStrategicPositioning StrategyRestsonUniqueActivities BackgroundIntroduction Foralmosttwodecades,managershavebeenlearningtoplaybyanewsetofrules:❖Companiesmustbeflexibletorespondrapidlytocompetitiveandmarketchanges.❖Theymustbenchmarkcontinuously...
To put it simply, operational excellence means creating a business that outperforms the competition by doing things better than your competitors. Or, as business writerMichael Sony puts it,operational excellence is “making improvements to attain a competitive advantage.” But that’s a high-level ...
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Althoughtheresultingoperationalimprovementshaveoftenbeendramatic,manycompanieshavebeenfrustratedbytheirinabilitytotranslatethosegainsintosustainableprofitability. Andbitbybit,almostimperceptibly,managementtoolshavetakentheplaceofstrategy.Asmanagerspushtoimproveonallfronts,theymovefartherawayfromviablecompetitivepositions.Back...
Kaizen:Focused on continuous improvement, Kaizen emphasizes teamwork and proactively taking responsibility for designated areas within the organization to make incremental improvements. Implementing operational excellence When implementing operational excellence within an organization, it can be helpful to view the...
Process improvements and better resource utilization can help companies make progress on key performance indicators (KPIs) and achieve business goals such as: Wider profit margins When companies reduce their operating expenses through greater operational efficiency, it can boost their bottom lines. ...
Process metrics aim to measure and monitor operational performance across the organization. These KPIs analyze how tasks are performed and whether there are process, quality, or performance issues or improvements to be made. These types of metrics are most useful for companies with repetitive processes...
There are three main focus areas for this DMR and the purpose of this post is to briefly introduce them:Active-Active (Multi-Master) Replication Performance Operational improvements (speeding up of restarts; enhanced memory reporting)Active-Active ...