Whitepapers

Political activist Marcus Garvey once noted that "a people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without its roots." In this downloadable e-book, the second in an 8-part series, Larry Duckworth looks at the evolution of leadership thinking in the last 100 years in industrial regions of the country, especially the West. learn more

Tags:   Larry Duckworth | leadership | primal leadership | neuroscience | sociobiology | Training and Talent Development

Program Management and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions are each highly effective tools to achieving cost controls, speed to market, R&D efficiencies, and enhanced competitive positioning. However, too often these tools, processes, procedures and the information within them often exist in isolation of each other. Here's why you should look at embedding Program Management within Product Lifecycle Management. learn more

Tags:   Dassault Systems | Product Life Cycle Management | Program Management | Innovation

Scaricate questo white paper per comprendere in che modo importanti organizzazioni utilizzano EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) e la tecnologia per consentire ai responsabili delle attività operative e degli impianti di eliminare gli sprechi per ottenere una migliore efficienza operativa, la riduzione dei costi energetici e una maggiore conformità alle normative grazie alla learn more

Tags:   enterprise asset management (EAM) | operations | INFOR | manufacturing | Training and Talent Development

Organizations with major facilities have been practicing enterprise asset management (EAM) for years. But EAM has also grown to tackle another major factor: rising energy costs that are eating up a larger part of your operating and maintenance budget. Download this whitepaper to understand how leading organizations are using EAM and technology to help operations and facilities managers eliminate waste for improved operational efficiency, lower energy costs, and greater regulatory compliance from lower carbon emissions. learn more

Tags:   INFOR | Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) | manufacturing | faciltities | faciltities management | energy use | energy costs | operations | operations management | Innovation

In this downloadable e-book, the first in an 8-part series, Larry Duckworth uses latest research from Neuroscience and Sociobiology to look at the key drivers of human motivation and behaviour and how you can harness them for improved leadership and business results. learn more

Tags:   Primordial Leadership | neuroscience | sociobiology | Larry Duckworth | Lawrence D. Duckworth | Training and Talent Development

For the past two years Jacksonville's Community Excellence Alliance has been working with local charites and other non-governmental organizations to help improve performance find new and better ways to pursue and execute their work through the application of process excellence approaches and methodologies. This downloadable PDF document details what the Community Excellence Alliance is, how it works, and describes some of the projects undertaken to help local community groups. learn more

Tags:   Rod Hill | Jacksonville Six Sigma symposium | NGOs | charities | Deployment Management | Innovation

Managing in turbulent times is going to become an important skill for most executives. Slow and low economic growth is now a near-certainty. Couple this with mounting government deficits financed by increased taxes and overworked government printing presses and we have very clear clues to the near-term future. This mini-e-book attempts to provide an outline of principles & tested practices – based on the writings and theories of the “Master of Management” Dr. Peter F. Drucker - that could help you weather the already in-progress economic storm. learn more

Tags:   Peter F. Drucker | managing | abandonment | productivity | inflation | leadership | strategy | innovation | continuous improvement |

Processes are what turn isolated customer interactions into holistic customer experiences. The reality of today’s empowered consumer has made it an imperative for you to provide superior customer interactions at every opportunity. This whitepaper looks at how a holistic approach to Business Process Management (BPM) putting it at the core of process innovation can help you optimize the value delivered throughout your organization. learn more

Tags:   IBM | IBM Impact | Business Process Management | BPM | Process innovation | holistic process management | Process Management

This whitepaper, based on the findings of original research conducted by the University of Exeter, details four major process redesign strategies that are commonly employed by companies. Download this whitepaper for insight into 4 common process redesign strategies that will help you select the most appropriate set of best practices to deliver the required operational improvements learn more

Tags:   best practice | Frederic Ponsignon | University of Exeter | process improvement | process redesign | approaches to process improvement | Innovation

Organizations whose success or failure is determined by the decisions they make can be handicapped by systems that are centered on processes or functions. In this whitepaper, IBM explains what it means to be a decision-centric organization and why it's so important today. Learn how organizations can gain significant operational advantages through a systematic focus on operational decision making throughout the organization. learn more

Tags:   IBM | decision-centricity | Innovation

Fear of the competition, money-savings solutions, blood sweat and tears as process improvement projects hit the treadmill...our PEX Nordics storyboard explains all. learn more

Tags:   process excellence | the nordics | process improvement | process re-design | productivity | Innovation