The New Names of Marketing are still PDCA

There is a changing emphasis on customer interaction and the importance of embracing uncertainty in your organization. In an interview in the MIT Sloan Management Review with Michael Schrage on Value-Creation, Experiments and Why IT does Matter, he stated: “The cost of experimentation is now the same or less than the cost of analysis. You Read More …

Lean Marketing House – 28 Day Program

These webinars will discuss utilizing the Lean Marketing House Concept and how to apply Continuous Improvement to your marketing process. Each Participant will receive the E-Books Lean Marketing House, Marketing with PDCA, Marketing with A3 Business901 will introduce Lean Marketing Concepts in a rather unique way. You will receive a download link to each webinar Read More …

Managing your Lean Marketing Team in a Sales PDCA Cycle

In a previous post, I discussed the SALES PDCA Framework for Lean Sales and Marketing Teams. Within the actual PDCA stage the sales team is empowered to make their own choices and determine their own direction to accomplish the goals of that cycle. This framework is introduced in the book, Marketing with PDCA . During Read More …

Lean: The Value Stream Manager

Overview: The Value Stream Manager is responsible for maximizing return on investment (ROI) through his particular value stream of customer identification, customer value, customer acquisition, customer retention and customer monitoring (Value Stream Mapping Customer Value). He translates this value stream and assigns it in conjunction with the team coordinator to particular teams similar to how Read More …