Yes, it will be life after coronavirus too. In the actual context, we have very little influence on what happens with the coronavirus crisis. So, instead of counting how many new cases of coronavirus appear every day (remember that you… Read More
The connection between inventory and profit
Everybody says that the inventory is bad for companies. Nevertheless, all companies have inventory. They cannot survive without it. Why do the companies have inventory? Some of it because they need it now, some of it because they will need… Read More
Productivity begins with mindset changing
I remember that last year when Microsoft bought Nokia, Nokia CEO said: “we didn’t do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost”. But the world changed too fast. (Here you can read the full article). One word could characterize these… Read More
Productivity improvement study
We recently asked over 1,000 executives about their approach to productivity as part of our 2017 Productivity Improvement Study. Below you’ll find the results from our survey as well as my commentary and observations. Is productivity an important KPI to… Read More
How to save time – Transport
A friend of mine, Marius Albota – consultant and trainer in the quality domain – takes the train to go where he has lectures. As you may know, in Romania a train journey lasts almost double than driving a car… Read More
How to save time reducing the search
I read somewhere that we cherish the resources depending on their uselessness. The more useless, the more expensive. Without air we can only live several minutes – not only do we not pay anything for it but we also try… Read More
Have you chosen the right person for the job
We all take decisions that at the time seem the best; otherwise we wouldn’t take them, would we? I am not talking here about the decision of hiring somebody. What is important is what happens AFTER taking the decision of… Read More
How to efficiently constraint the process
A few days ago I was talking to a colleague about trying to make a process work as you had imagined. His problem was that people must be “constraint” to work as the process had been thought and he was… Read More
Signs of a low performance
At the beginning of this year I had a meeting with one of my clients, let’s call him George, who needed a productivity increase (a rather considerable one), that must have been achieved in 3 months. After a 30 minute… Read More
How to create a standard process
The first and most important step to increase individual performance, as well as that of the company, is by creating STANDARD processes. If a process is being carried out differently every time, then you do not know where and how… Read More