by billc | Feb 8, 2009 | Financial, Production & Operations, Strategy, Structure & Organization
Too much administration versus production Many companies have introduced too many rules at the moment of concern little realizing the high administrative cost to maintain such processes. When administration exceeds production (or sales) in costs or authority, the...
by billc | Feb 5, 2009 | Communications & Information Flow, Management, Accountability & Responsibility, Production & Operations, Strategy, Structure & Organization
People don’t know what the real priorities are Agreement on how to classify the company priorities needs to be found. Then those priorities must be communicated to each affected person. This could be based as a simple Miscommunication issue, or be driven by the far...
by billc | Jan 22, 2009 | Management, Accountability & Responsibility, People Issues & Mood of People, Production & Operations, Strategy, Structure & Organization
Departments concerned primarily with themselves (a) Lack of cooperation signifies Accountability issues.(b) However, often such an issue is precipitated by the Mood of the leader of the self-centered department creating the ‘silo’ mentality. Mood problems are the most...
by billc | Jan 21, 2009 | Communications & Information Flow, Financial, Production & Operations, Sales, Marketing & Clients
Don’t know profitability of the bread-and-butter lines Sometimes the most popular products are not making money. This is what we call a simpler issue, meaning it is easier to resolve quickly, than many other issues. Problem Depth...
by billc | Jan 11, 2009 | Financial, Production & Operations, Sales, Marketing & Clients, Strategy, Structure & Organization
Hard to predict how actual results will conform to budget If predictions are not the way you expect, a lack of proper Information Flow is indicated Problem Depth...
by billc | Jan 5, 2009 | Production & Operations, Strategy, Structure & Organization
Company repeats the past rather than investing in the future A company that rests on its past ends up with outdated products, too much administration as well as a lack of flexibility and is often starved for innovation. It is usually indicative of a company in...
