How effective is preparation in your business?
Do your team maximise their preparation activities?
We all know that preparation is key to high performance. Trying to prepare when you should be carrying out your task, often leads to
Brilliant at the basics
One of the issues with continuous improvement is that it is really tempting to look for sexy solutions and methods to improve our performance.
The notion that the solution is 'out
What improvement result do you want, exactly?
Do you know what you want from your improvements?
I mean, do you really know what outcomes you want?
I see so many improvement projects laid out that lack clarity. No clarity
High OTIF performance hates chaos
If you have been challenged to raise the OTIF (On Time In Full) performance of your business, one of the first things to do is eliminate the chaos. You know
Do you keep too much information hidden?
A recurring business theme I see is the challenge of sharing the right level of information with teams.
Sometimes it is too much, often it is not enough. This article is
Brilliant at the basics: checklists
As we enter the early days of 2024, there is a phrase that I'd like to share with you:
"Brilliant at the basics"
I think it is a great phrase, or even
How has your OTIF performance fared in 2023?
How has your OTIF (On Time In Full) performance been during this year?
Hopefully it has been either on the rise, or you have maintained a consistently high level. If it
Reasons versus results: on time delivery lessons
What's your SWOT?
For many of the businesses that I am involved with, this time of year seems to be rife with business planning activity. It makes sense, get a new
Being ready to deliver on time
Delivering on time can really focus an individual, and a team. Sometimes we can become too engaged with this challenge and we forget to deal with some of the basics.
This
Two questions to drive up OTIF performance
There are lots of approaches that can help us to improve our delivery performance. One effective approach is asking specific questions.
Here are two that you can use, to start debate