Managerial Decisions making then and Today

Recently I had a discussion with a group of business leaders that were exploring ways to improve the performance of their companies. I had given a presentation and following the presentation we had a talk. The discussion took off from the content of the presentation but took a “life of its own” leading what seemed […]

Changing Value Perception

I’ve been working with a customer for a while now on an assignment designed to grow sales and profitability. It started with reorganizing the manufacturing and within a short while the company realized a meaningful jump in their performance; production lead time went down from 28 days to 10, and reliability from about 70% to […]

The one change that will rapidly improve your profitability

Profitability (the percent of profit out of sales) is one of the key performance indicators for any management team (of for-profit companies). Improving it is a major concern. Sadly, most effort and focus on improving profitability is directed at reducing costs. This focus has the following interesting aspects, one should recognize:   It indicates that […]