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Process Excellence

12 May, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Do you have a “Centre for Process Excellence”?

If the ideal is to break down functional barriers.
If the ideal is to remove internal targets and agendas.
If the ideal is to get everybody focused on the customer.

Then how does putting all your “process experts” in a function all of their own help?

P.S.  Claiming “excellence” is rather setting yourself up for a fall.  Did nobody ever tell you about ivory towers?

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Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: clarity, customer focus, operational excellence, silo management

About the Author

James Lawther
James Lawther

James Lawther is a middle-aged, middle manager.

To reach this highly elevated position he has worked in numerous industries, from supermarket retailing to tax collecting.  He has had several operational roles, including running the night shift in a frozen pea packing factory and carrying out operational research for a credit card company.

As you can see from his C.V. he has either a wealth of experience or is incapable of holding down a job.  If the latter is true this post isn’t worth a minute of your attention.

Unfortunately, the only way to find out is to read it and decide for yourself.

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