Lean -The Most Important Tool of the 21st Century
John Stepleton realized a 28% productivity improvement in his call centers within a week; Jeff Booth was able to dramatically speed up the time it takes to get a vendor up on his building materials website; Mike Jagger saved $60,000 in IT costs from his first session; and Ken Sims was able to handle a 100% increase in business in 2008 without adding any headquarters staff. These CEOs and many other mid-market leaders are embracing the Toyota Production System referred to as LEAN. Often misunderstood as a tool exclusively for manufacturers, Toyota’s methodology for eliminating waste is having a huge impact on large and small companies in all sectors of the economy.
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Southern Exposure
Known as the Detroit of Asia due to its automotive facilities, Chennaie is the capital of Tamil Nadu and thought by many to be the commercial capital of Southern India. But is also building a strong telecommunications presence thanks to Nokia and it also had a busy port and related transport facilities in road and rail.
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Want to change your results? Then change your behaviour
So, we are now well into the third month of the year 2009. How are you doing on your "new year's resolutions"? Better yet, how are you doing on your "goals"? By this time, all too many people have already fallen off the pace and settled back into their "old behaviors". The intentions were good. The "prize" or benefits were good. So, what happened?
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Topgrading - The Best Approach to Interviewing
As a business leader the single most important skill you can develop is how to interview and hire the right people. What all of these small and growing firms have discovered is a process that some of the leading companies in America have used for several decades.
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The 6 Essential Topgrading Interview Questions
In the next 60 seconds you will read the interview questions that will definitely improve your hiring success.
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