Objectively Picking The Right Manufacturing Location
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Objectively Picking The Right Manufacturing Location
By: Jim Gitney
Is picking the right manufacturing location purely an objective exercise or is it subjective as well? The answer is yes to both. The objective side clearly affects your P&L, while the subjective side effects the risk to your P&L. In choosing the right manufacturing location it is important to do the analysis with 4 key objectives in mind. They are as follows: …Read More -
Leveraging Technology for Your Next Wave of Productivity
By: Jim Gitney
Most leadership teams believe they have a pretty good handle on how well the company is doing from a cost and productivity standpoint. They probably do know the people side fairly well being that it is relatively easy to measure: $Revenue/$ of labor cost or $Revenue/person is a standard measure, while time standards for all sorts of activities are very common.
Attempting to understand how efficient their business processes are is …Read More
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Continuous Improvement and Its Impact on Market Effectiveness
By: Jim Gitney
Many have long considered Continuous Improvement activities mostly relevant to manufacturing and related operational functions.However, continuing competitiveness and growth in market share is built upon a steady, progressive march forward in all areas of a business. And since a company’s Market Effectiveness activities and functions (shown below) are the most market-oriented and customer-intimate parts of a business, effective Continuous Improvement efforts are …Read More
