Taking product to market
How Long Should R&D Take? DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIEDLEANCONSULTING Home How Long Should R&D Take? ARTICLE DETAILS How long does it take to bring a new product to market? As Lean Consultants, we work with across all business sectors to analyse information flow and product flow as a series of processes. Each step has […]
No Superheroes Needed
No Superheroes Needed DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIEDLEANCONSULTING Home No Superheroes Needed ARTICLE DETAILS No Superheroes Needed Is your business run by superheroes? Do you rely on key people to put in the extra hours, or go the extra mile when things get tough? Does work pile up when they’re on holiday? Are teams empowered […]
Leadership behaviour
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Leadership behaviour Home Lean Articles How hands-on should a Manager be? Whenever we’re approached to work with a company on an Op Ex project, one of the questions we ask ourselves is “How is the support from the Management team going to manifest itself?†[…]
Resistance to change
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Resistance to change Home Lean Articles Resistence to change Your company needs to change, you’ve worked out what needs to be done and put a plan in place but now what? Change doesn’t happen without effort, and understanding where Resistance to Change is likely […]
Cut the work – not the workforce!
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Cut the work – not the workforce! Cut the work – not the workforce! “Process Improvementâ€, “Rightsizing†and “Operational Excellence†are synonymous with getting ‘more’ out of the business by identifying and eliminating waste. Yet these terms can strike fear into the grass-roots of […]
Measuring Process Efficiency and Effectiveness
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Measuring Process Efficiency and Effectiveness Measuring Process Efficiency & Effectiveness When we map processes with clients, we identify in Manufacturing businesses the “First Time Quality†or the percentage of times we can move on to the next process step without going back to a […]