ON THE McKinsey Quarterly website (subscription required), Ankur Agrawal, Olivia Nottebohm, and Andy West, offer insights into how companies can save money and improve productivity with “Five ways CFO’s can make cost cuts stick.” While McKinsey acknowledge the recovery is underway around the world – “the cost cutting so prevalent during the recent recession looks to [...]
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5 ways to make cost savings last
Posted in Cost Control, tagged continuous improvement, cost savings, productivity on December 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Implementing Enterprise Wide Change Programs
Posted in Cost Control, Innovation, Leadership, Process Improvement, Strategy, White Papers, tagged change, change management, enterprise, jack welch, kaizen, Leadership, Process Improvement, six sigma, TQM on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Change programs focused on re-engineering, process improvement and systems design such as Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma and TQM have a proven track record in revolutionising processes resulting in improved quality, efficiencies and reduced costs. The challenge comes in the implementation, which is the focus of this discussion paper. Executive Summary Change programs focused on re-engineering, [...]
Advice to Stream Line Your Business Is More Important Than Ever
Posted in Avoiding Mistakes, Cost Control, News, tagged adelaide, advice, consulting, Process Improvement, risk management on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This article from “in-Business” weekly newsletter highlights the importance of streamlining your business, keeping efficiency firmly at the forefront. Business confidence fell in the March quarter after consecutive interest rate rises, according to the latest Commonwealth Bank Business SA Survey of Business Expectations. Business confidence fell 15.9 points to 92.2 points and the slump follows [...]
10 Ways to Maximise the Profit of Your Development
Posted in Cost Control, Success Factors, tagged Cost Control, profitability, property development on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been thinking about my projects and how I could maximise my profits, so I started a mind map. It seemed like a good blog post to put out there. To view the rest of this article go to: http://propertydevelopmentprofits.com/blog/10-ways-to-maximise-the-profit-of-your-development/ =============================== Daniel Lock Phone: +61 8 7127 4047 Mobile: +61 413 033 703 E-mail: [...]