by Wayne Griffiths | Jun 19, 2020 | Lean manufacturing, Manufacturing business revenue
These are The Ten Drivers of Operational Effectiveness to pivot your business during and out of COVID-19. Use this as a framework to identify and implement improvement initiatives within every department. Focusing on these 10 drivers will increase profitability, net...
by Wayne Griffiths | Jun 19, 2020 | Manufacturing business revenue
I believe it was Guy Kawasaki who quoted, ‘sales fixes everything’. If only that was true. I’ve had to assist numerous businesses over the last 15 years where the owners had a sales or volume growth focus, at the expense of efficiency and profit. They didn’t consider...
by Wayne Griffiths | Jun 19, 2020 | Lean manufacturing, Manufacturing business revenue
The press have just announced the start of major public bans at events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to reduce the infection rate and speed of COVID-19. Their objective is to minimise pressure on the health system, primarily hospitalisation rates/occurrences. Aust...
by Wayne Griffiths | Jun 19, 2020 | Improving manufacturing efficiencies, Increasing manufacturing cashflow, Manufacturing team development
Recent research indicates that: 55% of distractions in the workplace are caused by mobile phones. 75% of employers say that the average employee loses 2 hours a day due to mobile phone distractions. The loss of productivity due to mobile phones is enormous in most...
by Wayne Griffiths | Jun 19, 2020 | Increasing manufacturing cashflow, Manufacturing business revenue
It’s only 9 weeks until the Christmas shutdown so below is a checklist to ensure we are all well prepared. Set a due date to have each of the 12 actions below completed, as it will be here in no time! (well 9 weeks actually). 1. Consider any recruitment requirements...
by Wayne Griffiths | Jun 19, 2020 | Manufacturing business revenue
There is certainly a degree of softening demand across a few sectors currently, or at least some big fluctuations between monthly demand. The world is nervous. In a tough environment we need to be even more highly adaptable and flexible, and we need to make the most...
by Wayne Griffiths | Jun 19, 2020 | Family businesses, Improving manufacturing efficiencies, Manufacturing business revenue
Few things in business are more frustrating than low employee productivity as it usually results in low profit. Time and time again I see inefficiencies (waste) across business impacting negatively on productivity. If you haven’t already, it’s time to instil lean...
by Wayne Griffiths | Oct 18, 2018 | Manufacturing business revenue, Manufacturing team development
One of the greatest business tools you can have is a well-constructed performance indicator report that gives clarity around what’s working or not working. In your Management or Board Meeting it’s the tool that allows you to continually improve all aspects of the...
by Wayne Griffiths | Oct 18, 2018 | Improving manufacturing efficiencies
Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...
by Wayne Griffiths | Oct 18, 2018 | Family businesses, Improving manufacturing efficiencies
Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...
