Tom Spencer

JANUARY 24, 2021

When one thinks of management consultants, one inevitably thinks of highly efficient workers. This is because an efficient way of working is essential as a management consultant. So, the crucial question is, how do you become an efficient worker to withstand the time pressure in a management consultancy? Simple as that.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

These systems can suggest relevant products that customers are likely to enjoy. For example, Alibaba, a leading Chinese e-commerce company, could conduct sentiment analysis of customer reviews of individual products and services, and use these insights to modify existing products and develop new ones.

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Epicflow

APRIL 15, 2022

To be able to stay competitive on the market and cope with any arising issues, aerospace engineering companies are expected to seek how to improve operational efficiency in general and the engineering processes in particular. . What drives efficiency of aircraft engineering projects? Keep control of changing requirements.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 17, 2020

This is a new experience for many of us, and poses new challenges and distractions that can make it difficult to stay focused and productive. I’ve been getting asked a lot lately about productivity, and so I thought I should dedicate an article to it. The earlier you wake up, the more productive you will be.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 12, 2022

For example, it can be hard to create the same dynamic during an online meeting since the majority of the meaning in our communication is conveyed via body language. This increases communication effectiveness but can reduce productivity due to a split focus on work and interaction. Final thoughts.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 4, 2023

The traditional methods of governance, often characterized by bureaucratic hurdles, delayed decision-making, and limited stakeholder engagement, no longer meet the demands of the modern era. For example, project management platforms like Trello and Asana can allow teams to create virtual boards, assign tasks, and track progress in real-time.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops About 20 years ago, I taught a project management workshop to IT people. Their products and services did not ship outside the building—their products and services enabled the organization to make money. Adam, a product leader, has changed his meetings and workshops.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 11, 2019

That intent might be an entire product. That cross-functional team is a product team or a feature team. I tend to call them feature teams because they might move from feature set to feature set when they work as part of a program or over time as the product evolves. Change Team Organization to Focus on Product or Features.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

Now however, controversy about the productivity challenges of leading remote work teams confront organizational assumptions about its effectiveness. The Council on Foreign Relations shares global research on how productivity increases in remote work settings. Owl Labs date says they are 47% more productive. hours a week.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In a few words, the industry is going to evolve in three major areas: implementing recent technological advancements (Industry 4.0), finding ways to address post-pandemic challenges, and meeting sustainability requirements. Here are some of the examples. AI-driven applications).

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2014

Morieux gives an example of a car manufacturer that threatened to move its production engineers to the after-sales warranty department after a car went into production. The car manufacturer tried to do this by moving its production engineers to the warranty department.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2018

How do we move from a project-based organization towards a product organization? I’ve noticed these challenges in companies who want to move to a more product-oriented approach: The reward system rewards resource efficiency, not flow efficiency. Work Toward the Product Organization with Team Behaviors.

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Along with staying current on your company’s products or services, they need a strong skill set that propels them forward. By offering the right training opportunities, you can ensure that they hone crucial capabilities while also keeping them informed about new product or service developments.

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Instead, employees participate at times that are convenient to them, ensuring organizational productivity. They can focus the coursework on critical skill areas, allowing them to close knowledge gaps quickly and efficiently. By doing so, any online training can bypass skill areas where employees already meet or exceed expectations.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 7, 2023

This can include finding new markets to expand into, developing new products or services, or identifying new partnerships or collaborations. This involves understanding the target market, their needs and wants, and what they are looking for in a product or service. Another key aspect of business development is building relationships.

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Epicflow

MARCH 22, 2023

For example, in this case, every decision will be made from a cost-cutting perspective, which can lead to missed opportunities. Also, if a company decides to cut expenses but does nothing to increase operational efficiency, it may lead to delivering low-quality output and decreased customer satisfaction. Let us explain what we mean.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How to make sure that a company utilizes its available resources wisely so that they are productive but aren’t overloaded? Resource utilization is one of the most essential KPIs that project-based organizations should track – it gives them an idea of how efficiently they use the available resources and how productive their employees are.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I'm in meetings all the time. Instead, I spend most of my time on product issues across the organization. The next bit of time I spend working alone on the product work.” “Why do you spend all this time doing the product work yourself? . “Why do you spend all this time doing the product work yourself?”

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The solution was the Toyota Production System (TPS), which revolutionised industrial logistics by popularizing its core functioning principle, just-in-time production. It is a pull-system of lean manufacturing, by which each step in the production process only makes just enough to meet current demand.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Specifics of Project Management for Manufacturing Companies The manufacturing environment deals with creating physical products, which in turn embraces a variety of processes that should be properly managed. Meeting the increasing demand under conditions of ongoing resource shortage is a challenge for manufacturing project management.

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Epicflow

MARCH 10, 2023

Meeting the increasing demand: Hiring extra people vs. utilizing the existing resources Basically, there are two ways to meet the increasing demand for resources – to hire more employees and to optimize the utilization of the existing resources. How to understand whether your teams can meet the increasing demand?

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Epicflow

MARCH 10, 2023

Meeting the increasing demand: Hiring new people vs. utilizing the existing resources Basically, there are two ways to meet the increasing demand for resources – to hire new employees and to optimize the utilization of the existing resources. How to understand whether your teams can meet the increasing demand?

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Epicflow

MARCH 22, 2024

In this article, we’re delving into the most essential aspects of efficient project management that can ensure successful and timely delivery, and also dwelling on the importance of project data for risk management in single-project and multi-project environments. So, what do you need for an efficient risk analysis?

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Rick Conlow

MAY 22, 2023

What are common examples where communication breaks down? Here are common signs and examples of poor communication. during a team meeting, constantly checks their phone, disregards others’ contributions, and shows disinterest in the discussion. Poor communication can manifest in multiple ways.

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2022

For example, welding can be dangerous for workers; assembling an air- or a spacecraft involves moving large-scale parts from one facility to another, working on the top of an air-/spacecraft, which increases chances for accidents and/or employees’ injuries. . Chances of accidents. Volatility in the geopolitical and economic environment. .

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Markovitz Consulting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Even seemingly random work such as incoming customer service calls can usually be broken down into discrete categories that can be addressed—for example, 25% of incoming customer calls might be related to shipping information, or questions about invoices. Do product developers every transpose style codes or prices in a product spec sheet?

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Epicflow

APRIL 11, 2023

It contributes to their efficient utilization for timely and successful completion of all projects running in the organization as well as improving business outcomes. Managing team members’ workload To ensure high productivity, it’s important that employees are neither overloaded nor idle. What is a resource management solution?

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Tom Spencer

JULY 1, 2022

Undertaking tasks that exceed your abilities, for which you don’t have sufficient bandwidth, or where the preferred approach has not been discussed or agreed upon, is setting yourself up for failing to meet the expectations of your manager and the client. Communicate clearly what you can do at a given time and how you can meet the objectives.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Successful project delivery is usually a result of efficient management of both workflow and resources. In a multi-project environment, ensuring productive work of team members gains even more importance: resources are shared by concurrent projects, and their fruitful work on them will be impossible without wise resource management. .

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Epicflow

MAY 4, 2023

Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones. Will the developed product satisfy customers and be relevant in the market? In addition, changing requirements are commonplace for research and development projects.

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Epicflow

JUNE 12, 2023

A phase-gate process (also known as a stage-gate process) is an approach to managing projects and developing products, which breaks the whole procedure down into phases separated by gates. Currently, the approach is used to manage R&D, product or software development projects or other large and complex initiatives. 1] Ideation.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

We reinforce a culture of resource efficiency. We reinforce a culture of flow efficiency. Flow efficiency can help create and reinforce a product culture.). Flow efficiency can help create and reinforce a product culture.). For example, managers conduct one-on-ones as individuals with another person.

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Clarity Consultants

AUGUST 24, 2023

From offering an enhanced learning experience to your clients to increasing your firm’s productivity and efficiency, these are a few reasons why you should keep up with the advancing technology within instructional design. They’ve quickly grown accustomed to immersive digital experiences–take a look at social media, for example.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Organizations searching for efficiency tend to hire and promote employees who conform to group norms and encourage unity. Examples include what is displayed, office layouts, uniforms, identification badges, and what is discussed and not discussed. Examples include a company's vision and values or mission statement.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As an example, just look at legacy consulting. Customers expect digital experiences to meet a certain standard — it doesn’t matter if you’re Amazon, Netflix, an IT provider, or a small accounting firm. In part, that means abandoning old ways of measuring productivity. The one-size-fits-all model doesn’t cut it anymore.

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Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Value stream maps (VSMs) show both the material and the information flow in any kind of end-to-end process such as order to cash, or new product introduction. Here are three examples of how their maps have helped them see into their processes more clearly and make changes to become more efficient. What is value stream mapping?

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Asamby Consulting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Other than their strategy consulting counterparts, they don't focus on product, market, positioning, competition and pricing. They help small business owners and CEOs to Understand bottlenecks Save time and money Ensure high product or service quality Stabilize growth Implement efficient and effective processes.

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