Articles Tagged - quality

April 3, 2013

How To Use Lean Principles To Drive & Grow Your Business

Is building a lean culture right for your organization?

By David Shaffer, Business Advisor & Executive Coach, David Shaffer Consulting LLC Building a lean culture requires a companywide commitment to efficient & consistent products and services that customers’ want and trust. There are three Lean Principles outlined in this article: Managing Lead Time, Standard Operating Procedures & 5 S’s.  Together they can set the stage to drive and grow your business. Although generally assumed to be associated with manufacturing,...Continue reading

By David ShafferPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on April 3, 2013

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January 28, 2013

6 Success Tips to Make Quality & Safety Part of Your Company’s DNA

What are you doing to set standards for exceptional quality and safety in your company?

There are two common organizational flaws that come to mind when I think of quality and safety programs.  The first is the company that goes out of its way to preach the importance of quality and safety, but does not back it up with an infrastructure that establishes metrics and systems to continuously improve.  Second is the company that has an internal group of individuals trying to make a difference but does not have the management commitment to measure qualified metrics as a means of judging...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Operations on January 28, 2013

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September 5, 2012

Workplace Bureaucracy – Learn to Break Through the Red Tape!

What does your company value most, your employees or your processes?

Workplace Bureaucracy can leave your company stagnant & demotivated.  As a leader, a manager and an individual contributor, you should be looking to create a balance between creativity and consistency.  Each one of us has the responsibility to improve our work environment.   Procedures, systems, controls, processes….we all complain about them or hear complaining from others, but they serve a purpose.  Structure is good; it keeps our business consistent, helps us track our...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Operations on September 5, 2012

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