Many companies have ambitious growth and profitability goals. To achieve these goals, fact-based management is central. In this post we will show why. Businesses create value for their customers and owners through their processes. The figure below gives a visual picture of the overall perspective of the business processes. The processes are often grouped into… Read more »
A strategic improvement system, what we call a Business Improvement System (BIS), is necessary to achieve long-term strategic goals. There are different approaches to implementing a BIS, so why should you choose Aksena’s approach? This is exactly what we are giving you in this article. Before we get this far, we summarize the main components… Read more »
Without goals, it is meaningless to plan and without a plan it is highly uncertain whether the goals will be achieved. All companies with ambitions must therefore have a strategy process that identifies the right goals and the right initiatives. In this article, we give you an overall description of what a strategy process is… Read more »
For businesses having ambitious goals, it is vital to develop formal processes ensuring timely internal business development. As the enterprise grows, it is a continuous need to develop both the structures and the competance of leaders and the employees. A strategic business improvement system (BIS) should take care of this need. The main components of… Read more »
Does your business need to establish standardized structures for continuous improvement (CI)? It is the employees in the business who see the many small and sometimes also the slightly greater opportunities for improvement. The sum of all these improvement opportunities can make a significant contribution to the improvement in results. The Lean Leadership Initiative includes… Read more »
Initially, the enthusiasm was great: The top leader proclaimed the importance of Lean and told everyone to contribute. The company worked for a while on the introduction and use of Lean methods, but then the commitment fell slowly but surely. Where did it go wrong? There can be many reasons why an improvement initiative does… Read more »
You may have already read about the Business Improvement System (BIS): The system your business needs to make the changes and improvements necessary to achieve business goals. The importance of BIS is supported by the findings of world renowned researcher, author and speaker Jim Collins. Jim Collins has for more than 25 years studied what… Read more »
Do you need to complete improvement projects to improve quality, flow, delivery precision, efficiency or productivity? Then Six Sigma can be recommended. But what exactly is Six Sigma and how do you use it in your improvement projects? Six Sigma (6S) is a leadership initiative originally developed by American Motorola. 6S includes the standardized approach… Read more »
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