Rapid Decision Making enabled thru Lean Accounting

Lean Accounting provides the strategic tools for lean management by focusing on visual shop floor measures for Rapid Decision Making; coupled with management accounting tools for longer term planning. Lean accounting is an integral part of the lean management system, as well as a vital tool for strategic decision making. My guest on the Business901 Read More …

Can Voice of Customer deliver

In Dr. Reidenbach’s book, Listening to the Voice of the Market: How to Increase Market Share and Satisfy Current Customers, he makes a strong case that obtaining the Voice of Customer is just not good enough, it must be Voice of Market. He maintains that you cannot focus solely on your organization’s customer but on Read More …

QVC of Marketing Flow

QVC is the leader in multi-channel retailing — a televised shopping service that broadcasts live retail programming 24 hours a day. It’s a vast virtual shopping center, offering a wide variety of products including jewelry, apparel, electronics, home furnishings, and beauty. They understand marketing flow. I did a series of blog post this week on Read More …

Linking the 4Ps to Lean Marketing

This week I was challenged that I had spent little time creating the linkage between Lean Marketing or the Value Steam Marketing concepts and the classic 4 P’s. The reason why is that I believe marketing has changed from the 4 P’s to a demand driven or pull type of marketing that is fundamentally based Read More …

Training within Industry (TWI) old hat

Jim Huntzinger has over twenty years experience developing lean enterprises through system design and development, implementation, and guiding organizations both strategically and tactically through the transformation process. Currently he is the president and founder of the Lean Accounting Summit, TWI Summit, and Lean and Green Summit. The podcast is a good introduction to TWI and Read More …

Leading with Lean thru Accounting

Jim Huntzinger has over twenty years experience developing lean enterprises through system design and development, implementation, and guiding organizations both strategically and tactically through the transformation process. Currently he is the president and founder of the Lean Accounting Summit, TWI Summit, and Lean and Green Summit. The podcast was a great overview of Lean Accounting Read More …