Agile Business Change for June 2008

1. Trouble with Lean?
2. Agile EVA
3. Customer Demand for ISO Compliances

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1) Trouble with Lean?

The popular business-change method known as “Lean” has run into some bad press recently. Originally developed by Toyota to improve their manufacturing processes, it has a good track record in reducing waste activities and decreasing manufacturing time. However, recently the technique has come in for criticism when applied to service sector organisations. Read more...

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2) Agile EVA

One of the issues with running an agile project is gaining credibility with senior management. Much of can be achieved by using a good communication plan. Even so, it never hurts to use common terminology. Read more...

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3) Customer Demand for ISO Compliances

An associate of mine recently asked me review some questions he’d drawn up for an appraisal of a potential supplier of his. It was a comprehensive list but I came up with one addition question he could ask - whether the potential supplier had any international standards’ compliances, such as for quality management systems (ISO9001) or for environmental management (ISO14001). Read more...

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All best wishes for the month ahead.

Kind regards,
Marcus Price

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