http://www.bottomlinefix.com Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:53:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whether a business is a manufacturing and distribution company or it is a dentist’s office, these businesses all have common supply chain problems associated with…

]]> http://www.bottomlinefix.com/blog-post/improving-supply-chain-performance-reducing-purchasing-costs-through-better-planning-disciplines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=improving-supply-chain-performance-reducing-purchasing-costs-through-better-planning-disciplines As a seasoned Industrial Engineer and Lean practitioner, I am highly sensitive to the importance of creating and operating efficient businesses and production operations. However,…

]]> http://www.bottomlinefix.com/blog-post/the-importance-of-quality-in-successful-lean-implementations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-importance-of-quality-in-successful-lean-implementations I have spent much of my career working either directly for or as a consultant for private equity-owned businesses. In all cases, I had been…

]]> http://www.bottomlinefix.com/blog-post/just-purchased-a-new-business-don%e2%80%99t-put-off-getting-involved-in-the-details/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=just-purchased-a-new-business-don%25e2%2580%2599t-put-off-getting-involved-in-the-details In today’s business environment we continually hear about companies restructuring more of their organization’s employees into work teams. This includes the use of teams in…

]]> http://www.bottomlinefix.com/blog-post/the-value-of-work-teams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-value-of-work-teams This is part two of a two-part story.  Part one of the story, covered two weeks ago, was the narrative of harnessing a young draft…

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