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Some Useful Articles

You can get a real insight into the versatility and usefulness of the Business Improvement Toolbox by reading a few factsheets, case studies and/or articles. They are written for both the business professional and the professional managers involved in development and/or manufacturing. The abstract will help you choose.
 

Case Studies


 
This large, worldwide financial organisation relies on the performance of its Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). ICT is critical to its success. David Johnston explains.

 
Analysing the impact of sales promotions is complex and affected by many factors. In retailing promotions can have a dramatic, short-term effect on sales. How a company positions a product in store is another. David Johnston explains.

 
A Company producing a wide range of opto-electronic devices for the communications industry using semiconductor technologies, realise they will have to make dramatic changes to keep pace with the competition. David Johnston explains.

 
A non-profit making agency selling licenses so that organisations can make use of copyright materials.It is difficult to quantify exactly the use each of their customers makes of the copyright material, David Johnston explains.

Business Articles


 
Many companies are embarking on Six Sigma programmes. What is it and are you missing an opportunity for serious business improvement? David Johnston explains.

 
A Company is sometimes described as a group of people joining together for the common purpose of achieving a reward in return for the injection of resouces into the enterprise. David Johnston explains.

 
The human brain is not well adapted to analytical problem solving and relies to a great extent on more congenital thought processes plus instinct and emotion. David Johnston explains.

 
David Johnston explains about company databases.

 
David Johnston explains how the quality of work can be greatly enhanced by improving processes.

 
David Johnston explains how the core benefits come from using sound statistical methods in a directed way.

 
David Johnston explains how a structured approach for scientists and engineers improve the development and deployment of new products.

 
We use the term "Six Sigma" to describe processes that operate at the highest quality levels with minimum variation and producing less than four defects per million opportunities. David Johnston explains.


 


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