Stepping Out of the Recession
From ‘Performance Management in the Midmarket’ by the Aberdeen Group...
During the current economic downturn, Businesses are feeling pressure to access, review, analyze and act upon events and information in order to become more agile as they work to meet day-to-day operational and financial performance goals.
They interviewed over 300 companies and identified these amongst their top 10:
- Executive mandate to find operational efficiencies
- Increased cost due to operational inefficiencies
My Thoughts…
In my blogs, I have been trying to help companies come out of this recession as winners. I have been saying over and over that ‘with the economy in its current state, now is the time to look for ways to become more efficient. Why? Efficiency will lower costs which should result in higher profits’.
Here is yet another article pointing to operational efficiency as a ‘step’ to breaking out of the recession as a winner.
In this article, they say that performance drivers are characterized by their immediacy. This is another way of saying that the squeaky wheel gets the oil. I say that there is an 80/20 rule in place here – efficiency in 20% of your business processes will get you 80% of the benefits. So, have you identified your 20%, your most immediate processes, your high value processes or your squeaky wheel?
Improving and automating your high value processes can reduce your costs significantly. I have performed many returns on investment analyses and most of them are over 100%. The savings are well worth the effort.
As I said last week, the economy may be turning around, but it is not likely to happen quickly. And, the world after it is unlikely to resemble the one before it. Increase your chances of coming out if this recession as a winner by addressing efficiency this year.
Your Thoughts…
Can you identify your high value processes?
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Companies who have sought out
Companies who have sought out ways to be more efficient right from the start and before the recession hit the world are the ones who are most likely the winners in this case. However, do companies like that really exist? I doubt it. As far as I'm concerned, companies nowadays are having a friendly competition on who can be more efficient and environment-friendly. Winner takes all.