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The Manufacturing Challenges ahead – Are you ready?
If you own or manage a manufacturing business, there are some startling realities ahead to consider. Let's present the facts first: In next few years, approximately 800,000 workers will leave the industry, through retirement or simply to move to a...
Demystifying the pains of business growth for SME’s…
Growing a business is a perilous journey, that can lead to the promised land of profitable growth, or the scrap heap of bankruptcy. There is no guarantee of success, and even when you survive the start up period, growing pains can kick in easily, and you find yourself...
Measuring for Success…how KPI’s can keep the performance of your business on track.
Performance Measurement & Management in SME's If there was one lesson from bluechip businesses that all SME's could take on board, it would be to establish and trend an appropriate set of key performance indicators (KPI's) to monitor and manage the business. Now...
5 tips on true empowerment of staff…
Are you really empowering your team to fulfil their potential? Every organisation would love to be agile and responsive to customer needs, and embrace and develop a culture of involvement and continuous improvement. Achieving this position can yield real sustainable...
Times, they are a changin’, and so are your customers…is there still room for basic business values?
In a recent article I read by PWC, they refer to the current generation as digital natives - i.e. people bought up with computers. As a father of two, who are rapidly becoming more dexterous on the keyboard than myself, this got me thinking. Today they are learning,...
Start Ups and Growing Businesses – 7 tips from Lean and Kaizen thinking…
The Challenge Business start-up and growth is a challenging time for all entrepreneurs. Taking the risk, having to do a range of tasks outside your natural comfort zone, winning new customers, balancing the books, recruiting staff – all time consuming and resource...
3 key things that could be seriously impacting the profits in you manufacturing business.
If your gross and net profits in manufacturing are not where you want them to be, then you have two choices: React and develop plans to manage the change in situation. Cross your fingers and hope to “ride out the storm” In the second half of the 20th...
Setting up a business? You need help!
These days everyone wants to set up a business. It has almost become a trend – every other student starts thinking about having a start-up from day 1 at college. There is a wide range of various privately-owned companies existing in the world – they are in...