Focus ALL Your People on Working Capital Improvement
At 100% Effective, we encourage everyone to think about how they impact the working capital position of their organisation. Small improvements from each individual will [...]
When It Comes To Working Capital Time Really Is Money
"Time is money" is an old idiom, but an accurate one. Consider this: does everyone in your business understand how their working time relates to [...]
Do Your People Know How They Affect The Bottom Line?
Does every person in your business appreciate how they personally impact success? Do they realise that their day to day actions will have a direct [...]
Business Improvement Is Every Manager’s Real Role
The real job of every manager is to sustainably improve their business. But how many managers’ think like this? Far too many managers spend their [...]
Let’s Start a Business Improvement Revolution…
Every company I talk to agrees that they do not have every manager and employee focused on business improvement in their business. In a company [...]
How much does it cost you to delay decisions?
Business improvement is vital to every business, and it is great to see a growing awareness of this. However, I am regularly amazed by the [...]
Why you need to align training with business goals
Britain is facing one of the worst skills shortages in Europe. As the economy starts to recover, this lack of essential skills will start to [...]
The Best Way to Buy & Sell Consultancy
This article is aimed at the parties on both sides of the negotiating table – those who buy consultancy, and those who sell it. As [...]
An A-Z of a Great Procurement Professional
A Great Procurement Professional will feel comfortable about questioning and challenging their internal clients. They will always do so appropriately and in a way that [...]
Those Three Lovely Procurement Letters…P.S.L.
If somebody gave me £100 every time a business services provider told me that PSLs (preferred supplier lists) were inappropriate in their part of the [...]