Process Improvement 101


The virus is a staggering challenge for all of humanity. The virus does not recognize borders, companies, politics, skin color or time zones. It is not a government or corporation that will fix this. This is a humanitarian crisis. We need humans to work together now.  The virus works 24/7 and will not stop before a vaccine is developed. Plenty of countries completely missed on how to stop almost 350,000 deaths and over 5 million...

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I purchased a used Mini-Cooper recently and my experience went from obnoxious to delightful. At the first dealership. The salesman missed my test drive appointment. His boss had to show up. The car I tested screeched uncontrollably.  The salesman promised to fix the car “if I bought it” Come again?  The salesman phoned me an hour later pressuring me into reserving the car and sending a copy of my driver’s license.After...

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When I was managing the Supply Chain Project team that consolidated the IT systems of 9 hospitals and 23,000 users, the first thing I asked for was to map out business processes.  This would provide all team members with an exact picture of business functionality and also make sure all the technical requirements were included as well. The main reason why IT projects fail are due to inadequate Business Process maps producing poor gap...

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As a Project Governance and /or Manager Specialist I build a deep understanding of customers needs. Below is a simple predictive IT costing matrix we used at a very large client for a 40 million dollar project. The object was to quantify large RFPs (Request for Bid) from consulting firms. The end result was to finalize which ERP and development components were absolutely required over the next 2 years to optimize the clients business....

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Critical Thinking – “purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, or contextual considerations upon which that judgment is based”          -Wikipedia Make your robot vacuum clean your floor… or only one specific spot on the floor Help you to pair your meal with the right wine Turn...

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Are you in control of your data? Are you ready for more SAP Data Analytics with S4 HANA? Perhaps not.  I want to extract Standard SAP reports and lists across the supply chain providing a detailed analysis of Key performance Indices for you. I want to help you avoid Z reports and show you how powerful many standard SAP reports and associated graphics are. We could even use a tool to quickly extract large sets of data for you. I would...

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