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One purpose of Value Stream Marketing is to provide clarity to an individual or organizations marketing process. This gives you the ability to walk a prospect through the process, understanding where they are at in the process. Typically, I have a customer add the activities or in lean terms map the process he uses to Read More …
The Best in Market eBook was written in response to what Dr. Eric Reidenbach has experienced in creating and measuring value, the best leading indicator of market share growth. The book is aimed at Quality personnel including Lean and Six Sigma practitioners as well as Marketing professionals. Best in Market details a process for assessing Read More …
Many people believe that to apply Value Stream Marketing using Lean Techniques, it is about removing waste. Eliminating waste is one of the Guiding Principles of Value Stream Marketing but you must make some fundamental improvements in your marketing cycle before a pull marketing system will work. Value Stream Marketing (VSM) is about having a Read More …
Drew Locher was my guest on the Business901 podcast and our conversation centered on applying Lean to the Office and Service sectors. Drew has been working to implement business strategies since 1986 and I am amazed at his ability to distinguish between novel ideas and ones that are just a horse of a different color. Read More …
Most small business owners see information technology as another expense. But what if IT could save your small business money-particularly when it comes to sales and marketing efforts? Research shows the most popular strategies to saving money include: Allowing employees to telecommute (26%). Upgrading server infrastructure with the most energy-efficient technology available (16 %). Using Read More …
Can you be talented enough on your own? One of the tremendous powers of continuous improvement and whether you want to call it Lean, Six Sigma, Agile or even Scrum is the power of the team and collaboration. Cross-functional teams create high-bandwidth communication. It is not about individual talent, though it can help, it is Read More …