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In
the most simple terms, what is a business strategy?
How does a company obtain, and effectively communicate
and adapt their strategy to time and competitive
forces? We hear it all the time: Business leaders
must have a strategy to meet their objectives. Without
a strategy, time and resources can be wasted on
piecemeal, disparate activities. Without a strategy,
mid-level managers will fill the void with their
interpretation of what the business should be doing,
typically resulting in a disjointed set of activities.
An organization can spend much time creating such
a strategic listing; however, an organization can
often have difficulty interpreting what the strategy
is as it cascades throughout the company.
Organizations need balanced scorecard
performance metrics and books to guide them so
that the business as a whole benefits from activities
these metrics can stimulate.
Teaching
Organizational 'Creative' Innovation, which Benefits
the Enterprise as a Whole
A
company can have great innovation (whether there
is Lean Six Sigma or not); however, the organization
often does not benefit from the created innovative
technologies. Creativity is a process of creating
unusual associations among mental objects. Invention
is a result of creative problem solving. Creativity
can sometime result when there is an association
of the right combination of objects.
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A
21st Century Framework for Malcolm
Baldrige Award Achievement: Integrated
Enterprise Excellence - Going Beyond
Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced
Scorecard (Part 1 of 2)
Management must ask the right questions.
The right questions lead to the
wise use of statistical and non-statistical
techniques to obtain knowledge from
facts and data. Management needs
to operate using the bromide: In
God we trust; all others bring data.
The book, The Integrated Enterprise
Excellence System, describes how
to operate with a knowledge-centered
activity focus, which can redirect
businesses so that efforts are more
productive. Organizations can have
success using the Malcolm Baldrige
Award criteria, Lean Six Sigma,
or some other methodology. However,
these techniques do not provide
a basic high-level business framework
that provides whole, long-lasting
benefits to the enterprise system.
An
Interview with Forrest Breyfogle,
author of Integrated Enterprise
Excellence, Volume I - The Basics Listen to this podcast
and explore how to achieve organizational
performance improvements through
the use of the Integrated Enterprise
Excellence system. During our discussion,
Forrest Breyfogle, author of Integrated
Enterprise Excellence, Volume I
- The Basics: Golfing Buddies Go
Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced
Scorecard and CEO of Smarter Solutions,
a global management coaching and
consulting firm specializing in
the design and application of innovative
enterprise-wide performance measures
and business solutions.
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With
further elaboration on the shortcomings of traditional
systems and the details of an IEE implementation,
each volume builds upon one another so organizations
develop a true appreciation and understanding
of IEE benefits and its implementation.
Upcoming
Courses Achieving
Enterprise Excellence! August 19, 2008 | 8AM - 5PM
Achieving Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) instructs
executives on how to develop a data-driven system that
pulls projects versus the traditional approach of pushing
projects not in alignment to the business needs. This
system is guaranteed to provide optimal performance
throughout your organization, increasing the effectiveness
of your people, processes, metrics, and infrastructure.
Call 512.918.0280 today to qualify your company executives
for a COMPLIMENTARY EXECUTIVE
SESSION in Austin, Texas!
Green
Belt Training
August 25-29, 2008 (WEEK 1)
This 10-day Green Belt training session not only provides
dramatic financial benefits for your in-class project
but also offers the roadmap to yourself and others to
complete the correct activities at the correct time, improving
your organization's bottom-line and customer satisfaction
on an on-going basis.
Design
For Integrated Enterprise Excellence (DFIEE) Training
September 8-12, 2008
This
DFIEE one-week training session is for pre-certified Lean
Six Sigma Black Belts or equivalents to learn how design
projects can be more aligned to the enterprise needs.
This session offers the roadmap to reduce development
cycle times while at the same time improving customer
satisfaction relative to product function and a reduction
in design defect escapes.
Master
Black Belt Training
October 6-10, 2008 (WEEK 1)
This training session offers the roadmap for you to
do the correct activities at the correct time so your
organization improves its bottom-line and customer satisfaction.
For Black Belts who want to really make an impact to
their organization and improve their own skill set,
one can achieve dramatic benefits from our two-week
Master Black Belt training session.
Black
Belt Training
October 13-17, 2008 (WEEK 1)
Our no-nonsense IEE project system not only helps your
organization reap the benefits from your in-class project,
but also creates a system that leads your organization
to more customers and cash, long after class completion.
From experienced quality professionals to novice practitioners
who want to really make an impact to their organization
and improve their own skill set, one can achieve dramatic
benefits from our four-week Black Belt training session.
Lean
Six Sigma Graduate Workshop October
27-31, 2008
The
one-week Lean Six Sigma Graduate Workshop is geared
for Black Belt and Master Black Belt practitioners wanting
to sharpen-the-saw on their existing Six Sigma and Lean
education and toolsets. In addition, we add to your
toolbox, providing you the E-DMAIC and P-DMAIC tools
needed to improve your overall business' financial and
operational success. Take your organization’s
measurement and improvement processes to new business
heights.
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