Industrial Management articles from September 2004

Industrial Management archives from September 2004

Two perspectives.(personnel perspectives)
September 1, 2004... How do you build and maintain a successful business? What follows are true anecdotes about two companies, both successful, but with different approaches to customer service. What's your prognosis for each of these? Company 1 I bought...

Inventory is not cash.
September 1, 2004... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Inventor, value and cash flow are inexorably tied in a relationship that is complex and difficult to understand. Mary people assume these values are equal, but the, are not. While reducing inventor, value will not lead to...

Nurturing the supply chain.
September 1, 2004... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There is one reason that supply chain performance improvement is still a hot issue: Superior supply chains still deliver on the promises of improved productivity and profits. although it's still a relatively new...

What have you done for me lately?
September 1, 2004... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Annual employee appraisals can be a time of great anxiety and little payback. Instead, the review process should present a leadership opportunity to create objectives and review progress with employees on a regular basis....

Managing operational change with a master plan.
September 1, 2004... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The ability to identify the best value chain-enhancing opportunity among alternatives is critical to business success. Enterprise master planning allows a company to analyze an existing supply chain and modify it to meet...