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It is amazing at the variety of businesses that exist in today’s market place. These operations are service intensive, product intensive, or a combination of both. Yet, they all have common goals and objectives. Profit happens to be a common goal.
In order for a business to realize a profit, the company must establish effective processes, procedures, and operation practices that limit risk exposure while establishing efficiencies and value. Also, team member training and development is required to establish product/service continuity, consistency, and innovation.
In my experience, I have found that companies that lose market share or diminished profitability have misplaced their focus on company processes, procedures and practices. This attention to detail, however mundane, is the foundation from which to operate and succeed. Errors and misadventures can demoralize a company’s reputation and its overall sales will suffer.
Financial statements can provide a quantifiable understanding of a company’s performance, but is limited in identifying process, procedure or practice issues. In fact, financial statements create reactive responses versus proactive actions. Thus, it is imperative to establish performance indicators and benchmarks that are developed objectively and continuously monitored. This is the challenge!
Companies vary in their organization complexity and structure. Vertical structures deploy many layers of authority and limited autonomy while a horizontal structure exhibits less layers of authority and more autonomy. Each organization structure has its own strengths and merits. One must understand the flow of information and decision authority in order to determine areas of weakness and improvement. Each organization structure offers its’ own challenges.
Profitability is a common goal for any company. Understanding and managing the workflow, team participation and outcomes will produce a product or service that provides value, growth and a loyal following. Continuously manage the processes, procedures and practices and don’t overlook the value of your team and their development.
Success is your story!
The management of an operation is predicated on leadership, vision, communication, resource allocation & utilization, trust. and passion. A company's success is thus, the ability to produce a product or service that is competitive within the market (value-added-beneft or service), meets the demand or needs of the consumer, can be produced at a profit, and provides an environment where team members/employees can gain personal and professional growth.
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