INSIGHTS
Improving the Supply Chain Visibility
Visibility and Accountability The supply chain process can often be perceived as complex, with many moving parts. However, if it's broken down into easily understood flow charts and steps, you gain clarity and information to support key business decisions. There is...
The Easiest Way to Derive Accurate and Effective KPIs
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and targets are the tools used to help verify if your processes, your business operations, are successfully fulfilling the needs of the business and achieving their purpose. In 5 easy steps, you can ensure that you have KPIs derived...
Considering Optimising Your Warehouse?
Focus on these 6 tips to create a strong optimisation plan: 1. Outline and Understand your Current Operations - Review your current processes. Ask your teams whether your processes align with the on-the-ground reality. If not, capture your "as is" processes...
Do I Really Need A Strategic Plan?
Do all businesses need a strategic plan? The simple answer is yes! All businesses need a strategic plan; a fact backed up in a recent Forbes article, they argue that ‘most businesses struggle from the outset because they don’t have a plan and despite feeling more...
Your Strategy Should Involve Everyone
DOES YOUR STRATEGY INVOLVE YOUR PEOPLE OR ARE YOU SIMPLY TREATNG YOUR PEOPLE LIKE COGS IN A GEARBOX? I recently read an article where a senior manager likened his job and the role of strategy as the big wheel in the gearbox. He turned, and his whole organisation...
Your Warehouse Stock = Money
Your Warehouse Stock = Money In every organisation, there are very tight financial controls. Sometimes, to the point that the constraints can stifle the business. However, we find that many businesses who hold stock in the form of parts for assembly or stock for sale...
Six Steps to Make Strategy Straightforward for your Small Business
SIX STEPS TO MAKE STRATEGY STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS Strategy sounds massively daunting, especially for a small business. When thinking of business strategy, two key obstacles must be overcome to understand the importance of strategy for businesses of...
How your Business Processes Help Successful Change Management
How your Business Processes Help Successful Change Management Make change stick with effective process management As a manager, you want to achieve success for you and your teams. To remain successful, managers are consistently looking for new and better ways of...
‘But We All Speak English, So Why Do They Not Understand Me?’
But We All Speak English, So Why Do They Not Understand Me? Navigating language diversity in your organisation One of the by-products of globalisation is an increase in organisational language diversity. To manage this diversity, many organisations adopt a de-facto...
Four Easy Steps to Creating an Effective Communication Strategy
Four Easy Steps to Creating a Communication Strategy Many organisations work tirelessly on their strategic plans, conduct in-depth analysis using the many tools available, determine how to implement the various activities, how to craft the all-important vision and...