4 tips for improving your company’s security and productivity
Security breaches are becoming a big concern for various companies, with many SMEs worried about their vulnerable and valuable business networks.To…
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4 reasons why invoice factoring may be the best financing solution for your business
Invoice factoring is the practice of selling an invoice at a discount to a third party. With invoice factoring, you give away the right to collect the …
Start your Business – How to build an agile business
Starting a business is an exciting time, full of challenges, learning and opportunity. Many succeed but many fail too, being agile in business is …
Jaguar drives lean initiatives
The first thing you see as you approach JLR’s Castle Bromwich site from Birmingham city centre is a giant billboard with a bright blue Jaguar attached …
If something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing properly
In my early career I can recall a meeting with the CEO of a major UK plc who lamented his lack of understanding of IT. Back then this was not an u…
Three Reasons Sales and Marketing Are Allergic to Lean, and Why Cracking the Code Today is So Important
Written by Michael Webb Peter Drucker, the father of business consulting, said, "The purpose of a business is to create and keep a custome…
Why even cloud users need a good disaster recovery plan
Along with its cousin, business continuity, disaster recovery was something all businesses felt a pressure to strategise for, plan and test, with some …
The evolution of lean to OpEx: studies in success
Kevin Duggan, of Duggan Associates, explores how lean has transformed over the years and spawned its shoot-offs. Are they greater than their predecesso…
Common mistakes in lean management
Thomas Bertels, managing partner of Valeocon Management Consulting, and Rizwan Khan, vice president of continuous improvement at Lincoln Financial Grou…