August 18th, 2010
There are often endless backlogs of information held by public sector divisions – information that is mostly essential, but some that is outdated, irrelevant and simply taking up too many resources to store.
This sizeable accumulation of information for public sector organizations simply has to be unclogged. A simple change in thought process may actually be the best way to reduce unwanted items and find a viable solution.
Switching to the Lean philosophy may be an excellent solution for those working in the public sector, and we can help you complement the Lean philosophy with our Operational Excellence Program Solution.
This Program employs Lean and Six Sigma deployment tracking capabilities, which are incredibly useful for monitoring the progress that any Lean Six Sigma projects are making, and whether or not they are on the right track for success.
Our Operational Excellence Program Solution can help you manage your time and projects more effectively thanks to its excellent capabilities and ability to meet key challenges head on within the public sector. As a deployment leader you’ll need to ensure that all projects are executed and performed to the best of everybody’s ability to ensure the public’s rate of satisfaction is maximum and that your services never leave them wanting.
Our Operational Excellence Program can help with its excellent time-management solutions such as project opportunity management, project KPI management, automated project management and more options besides. Our software can increase the success rates of your projects and reduce unneeded effort and waste.
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August 16th, 2010
With costs being slashed across the majority of public sector departments over the coming months it is essential that managers streamline all of their practices effectively whilst also securing quality control.
The news of late is that the coalition government is looking to hire experts in the Six Sigma philosophy to help reduce waste in many specific areas whilst also keeping standards high. The Six Sigma methodology is becoming ever-more far reaching across all areas of the public sector and it looks like the future will lie in most aspects of this practice.
Six Sigma is indeed an excellent method of business execution, but for those looking to complement the philosophy, they’ll need software that’s easy-to-understand and that will help to fulfill a project’s potential.
The Operational Excellence Software from i-nexus which can manage Operational Excellence Programs is just one solution that can help reduce non-essential waste whilst also increasing the success rates of a project. With the government looking to employ experts in Six Sigma they will also need software solutions to help improve results.
The i-nexus’ Operational Excellence Solutions can help increase efficiency across the public sector through measures such as prioritizing project management, standardizing project methodologies, seamless project review solutions, tracking and forecasting project benefits, training course management routines and much more.
With the government looking to streamline business execution across all areas of the public sector, it will be fascinating to see just how far the Six Sigma philosophy will reach. No matter how far it goes however it should always be complemented by the right Operational Excellence Program Solution.
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August 12th, 2010
Many managers often don’t understand the processes taking place in their organization, and how these processes are contributing to business execution.
This is mostly because recording these processes, including details of what they actually are, which goals they contribute to and their relevance to wider demands, isn’t prioritized enough.
Without this knowledge, knowing how to improve the public sector is near impossible. If the public sector doesn’t know which processes they perform and how these are fundamental to business execution, how can it possibly change to adapt to the demand for improved services?
It is clear that the public sector need to employ Lean Six Sigma concepts into their practices to gain more insight into the operations they are responsible for, and track the effect on performance that these principles are having.
The i-nexus Operational Excellence Solution includes compatible Lean and Six Sigma project and benefit tracking software; enabling public sector managers to constantly monitor their sector’s performance at all levels.
Any financial benefits can be easily tracked with the i-nexus solution, and it is this capability which makes it so easy for Operational Excellence Leaders to forecast any benefits that a project may have on wider business execution before they even occur.
This capability makes it much easier for the public sector to show the wider general public their plans for reducing waste and increasing resourcefulness.
The simple project management capability of the Operational Excellence Program from i-nexus offers a revolution in terms of monitoring your projects, and is the ideal solution for public sector managers facing difficulties when trying to effectively implement Lean and Six Sigma principles into their organization.
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August 10th, 2010
Government departments especially are under heavy scrutiny to be transparent over the way taxes and other government budgets are spent. With such testing economic times being prevalent in every country across the globe, it is essential that unnecessary waste is cut to ensure that public money is spent wisely.
The best way for a government department to cut its waste and streamline its processes is by incorporating the Lean philosophy into their daily activities. The Lean philosophy is a tried and tested way to objectively view how all of your processes in your departments are working and how to structure them in ways that will cut waste and see an increase in output and activity.
Gathering your data and using it effectively and efficiently is a core principle of the Lean philosophy. i-nexus can help you if you’re in this situation with our Operational Excellence Solution that will complement the Lean philosophy and significantly reduce non-value effort.
Our i-nexus Operational Excellence Program can help you to streamline and meet all of your departmental waste challenges in a head on fashion to help you align your priorities more effectively and deploy your challenges in a more beneficial way.
We can accelerate your time management and help you better manage your outputs and processes here at i-nexus.
Tags: government expenditure control, Operational Excellence Program, public sector performance, streamlining processes
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August 6th, 2010
The use of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies in the public sector has risen and continues to do so, as these principles provide such an effective solution for the demands this sector currently face, such as waste and cost-cutting, whilst also retaining high standards of service.
This is all well and good, but for the adoption of these principles to have any affect whatsoever on business execution, the public sector need to track and monitor their progress on an on-going basis to become positive that Lean Six Sigma methodologies are contributing to operational excellence.
As part of the Operational Excellence Program, at i-nexus we have incorporated Lean and Six Sigma project deployment and tracking software into our solution so that organizations can monitor the effectiveness of these approaches continually.
The versatility of this business execution software means that the public sector can effectively monitor their Lean and Six Sigma projects, and ensure that they are not only eradicating variability, but they are also filtering out any processes that are disturbing a continuous workflow.
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August 4th, 2010
The Private sector has been cutting costs for some time and inevitably the Public sector was going to follow suit. Invariably when the government looks to cut costs, there’s a knee jerk reaction, such as county councils considering cutting school bus runs or redundancies triggered by accountants . This is where senior councillors target the obvious overheads without properly understanding the waste within their departments, the scale of it or where it exists. High levels of waste can be found in the Private sector, particularly in transactional office based environments (>70% is not un-common). I suspect that waste in the Public sector is even higher and the savings even easier to access. Common sense alone would deliver huge savings (as long as proper analysis is carried out). Lean Six Sigma techniques would deliver the remaining savings and further ensure that they’re sustainable. The public sector should learn from the private sector and their journey of steadily improving efficiency. To do this, they need to be open to the possibility that a little time spent up-front, analysing and understanding waste and variation goes a long way to greater and more sustainable savings.
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August 2nd, 2010
With the amount of public sector non-profit organizations undergoing initiatives to become Lean steadily increasing during the recession, more full renovation projects are going underway to entirely revamp these organizations from the bottom up to maximize their chances of becoming completely Lean.
Making the public sector more proficient and cost-effective are the goals that have been set, but because these organizations are based upon providing public services, the success of the business execution strategies affect the entire UK population.
During the process of becoming Lean, it is therefore more important to keep track of and monitor all progress that is taking place, to determine which processes are wasteful and which are vital for determining successful business execution.
Lean project tracking software from i-nexus can help the public sector to monitor their Lean performance during this transition, and ensure that they are consistently on-target for achieving their goals to become more economic and competent.
Business processes can be efficiently unified and wasteful practices eliminated with the help of Lean tracking software, which is part of the i-nexus Operational Excellence Program. Software such as this can make it much easier for the public sector to consistently integrate Lean practices in the goal achievement process; increasing the chances of them meeting demands to become more efficient and resourceful in the long-term.
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July 27th, 2010
Miscommunication is a massive bugbear in the management world. For goals to be reached and business execution to be successful, all lines of communication need to be clear and concise at all stages of a project to ensure maximum return and successful deployment.
Miscommunication can be especially apparent in smaller projects. When successful business execution revolves around a long-term project, there is always time to recalibrate thoughts and processes to keep the ship steady and reach your ultimate goal. Short projects need to be done as a matter of urgency however, and there may be some haste involved if a project lasts only for a couple of months.
Trying to complete projects in a rush is the root of miscommunication and can really hamper the final stages of business execution, meaning the overall project isn’t completed to satisfactory levels. Program management software provides an easy way to communicate with people at all stages of the project and make sure that everybody is up to date with their tasks at all times. With a carefully planned out project and robust systems in place, there is no reason why short-term projects cannot be achieved in the timescales requires.
That’s where we can help at i-nexus with our simple-to-manage program management solution which can help with simple projects using our Quick Projects solution and managing large Lean Six Sigma project tracking.
There’s nothing worse than realizing your goals have become misaligned or misinterpreted during a short-term project – it essentially means more work for others to do which can cause a serious backlog, especially when strict deadlines are involved. By utilizing i-nexus’s program management software which includes Lean project tracking and Six Sigma project tracking capabilities, you can be sure that all goals are streamlined effectively and that everybody knows their place in the overall project.
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June 2nd, 2010
The recent recession has led to an increase in the amount of people staying on to take part in Higher Education courses across the UK. In 2009, there was a 10% rise in the amount of applications received by UCAS, and this increase in demand inevitably means that there is added pressure on Higher Education establishments to attract students and to save costs where necessary to help contribute towards the public sector budget cuts.
To realize a significant ROI and remain competitive, Universities need to make use of the necessary measures to ensure that continuous improvements can be made at every single customer-facing interaction. Waste reduction within processes should be an essential priority in order to become as resourceful as possible, and establishing Lean Six Sigma disciplines will prove to be the most effective means of achieving this.
As Universities are part of the public sector, they need to take a leaf out of the book of private sector companies – who have consistently showed Lean Six Sigma’s ability to cut costs by more than 20% and improve operational performance – to decipher how they can effectively deploy these disciplines to garner success.
A highly co-ordinated approach is needed for public sector establishments such as Universities if they are to translate their marketing goals into actions at all levels of management, but tracking and monitoring the impact of these principles can be extremely problematic.
A robust system needs to be put in place to maximize levels of organization and productivity in this respect, which initiates the requirement for Lean project tracking, or Six Sigma benefit tracking software to monitor goal deployment.
Lean and Six Sigma deployment tracking software will help Universities to monitor any practices currently taking place that relate to each of these principles, and become more efficient when trying to sustain improvements and identify weak or high performance areas.
Business execution software specialists i-nexus have developed an Operational Excellence program that has Lean and Six Sigma benefit and project tracking capabilities, which can help Universities in these tough financial times and competitive markets come out on top.
To discuss your personal Lean Six Sigma business execution requirements, contact the i-nexus team today for more information.
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May 19th, 2010
In organizations insistent on using traditional approaches, such as annual budgeting and performance review processes to decipher the actions needed to meet set goals and requirements, less than 10% of employees actually have an understanding of how their daily actions are having an effect on business execution.
This is an issue that is naturally going to hinder the achievement of goals that an organization has set for itself; particularly how well a company can deliver on their initial promises. Put simply, if someone doesn’t know why they are doing what they’re doing, how can they execute their actions efficiently to meet goals that they don’t know exist?
Business execution software ties people within an organization into wider company goals, and helps employees identify which actions will need to be performed in order to meet a set target. Not only do business execution software solutions such as balanced scorecard software help organizations to align their goals to internal processes, but this solution also offers organizations the ability to plan ahead more efficiently to replicate high performance strategically, rather than leaving it to the luck of the draw.
Implementing a business execution platform such as i-nexus’s balanced scorecard software will help organizations to address the challenge they face when communicating wider goals to the business at all levels, and therefore enabling employees to understand how their actions are having an effect on wider execution.
With an easy-to-use, personalized interface that displays a clear representation of which processes contribute to which goals, i-nexus’s software is currently solving the ‘ten percent problem’ for international household names, such as Nestle, Novartis, Toshiba, Gold Fields, Alstom and Pfizer.
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