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5S – Five Keys to Workplace Productivity

The 5S workplace organization system applies a set of basic management principles that many companies widely adopt to maximize workplace productivity and organization. As a cornerstone of Lean management, 5S improves workplace morale, safety and efficiency. In this training presentation, you will learn how to mobilize and align your management team to launch or improve […]

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Hoshin Kanri

Hoshin Kanri (Hoshin Planning, Policy Deployment, Management by Policy) is a powerful, systematic Strategic Planning/Management methodology developed by Dr. Yoji Akao that uses a Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle to create goals, choose control measures and link daily control activities to the company’s strategy. It involves a “catchball” as the driving force of alignment, clarification and employee involvement. […]

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Kaizen

Kaizen refers to philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous process improvement in manufacturing, engineering, and business management. This training presentation is specifically designed for managers, supervisors, facilitators, and continuous improvement steering committees who want to kick-start and implement Kaizen activities in their work areas to improve productivity and customer value. This presentation includes:  The […]

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Flevy Tools – Free PowerPoint Plugin

Today, we just released a Flevy Tools, a free PowerPoint plugin that provides a set of automated diagramming tools.  With just a few clicks, you can dynamically create Gantt Charts, Harvey Ball Diagrams, Approach Diagrams, and more. For more info, screenshots, and the download, go here: https://flevy.com/powerpoint-plugin

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Significance of Growth Strategy for Firms in the Global Brewery Industry

This is a guest blog post. For more information on growth strategy and industry analysis, you may be interested in these documents: Blue Ocean Strategy Primer, Common Strategy Consulting Frameworks, Business Model Innovation. An Overview of the Global Brewery Industry The scope of the industry can be evaluated from the fact that it generates revenue […]

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Business Cases

Companies are always building business cases—for a variety of different investment decisions.  Are you building one right one?  Here are 4 business case templates found on Flevy that you can compare yours to. Options Analysis Business Case Template IT Implementation Business Case Template Mobile TV Business Case Example New Technology Investment Business Case Template Is […]

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23 Business Strategy & Management Models

Recently, we partnered with PPT Lab, a crowd-sourced slide production service, to sell their presentation documents.  Each month, PPT Lab develops 50+ slides worth of business presentations, where the content is driven by their community of subscribers. Now, non-subscribers can purchase individual presentations directly through Flevy.  There is one presentation in particular that we’d like to […]

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Blue Ocean Strategy

Learn the ins and outs of Blue Ocean Strategy to give your organization a true competitive advantage. https://flevy.com/blue-ocean-strategy Blue Ocean Strategy is growth strategy framework focused on the idea of creating an uncontested market space—i.e. a “blue ocean.” This framework is very innovative, as its principles challenge the conventional business strategy principles of fighting competitors […]

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Free Document Download – Strategy Development Discussion Deck

For a limited time, Flevy is offering a FREE download of the Strategy Development Discussion Deck.  To download this document, just go here: https://flevy.com/share This is a discussion deck template for a corporate strategy development session. In this discussion, we go through a 2-prong approach to growth and evaluate the merits of various growth drivers. […]

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