Have you read Forrest Breyfogle’s new book on Integrated Enterprise Excellence? Thoughts/comments?
Have you read Forrest Breyfogle’s new book on Integrated Enterprise Excellence? Thoughts/comments?
A telling statement regarding IEE is as follows:
"IEE is a system of checks and balances that will stay in place regardless of management continuity, changes in competitive conditions, or the economic climate."
This is textbook equation-based modeling whether in the form of Six Sigma or SCOR or for that matter any model which attempts to establish an absolute standard in which success is based on the organization adapting to the model versus the model adapting to the organization.
It doesn't work as the standards by which these checks and balances are based, specifically their sustainable veracity, begins to degenerate from the very moment they are first established as static attributes of a sound process.
I have provided a link to a recent article I wrote titled Similarity Heuristics, Iterative methodologies and the Emergence of the Modern Supply Chain.
This should serve as a solid starting point for drilling down into the specifics of why the IEE theory is inherently flawed.
However, and as I tell my audiences at every conference I speak, to be considered successful I have to inspire you to think outside of the framework of that with which you are most familiar and most comfortable.
This means that you do not take what I have to say for granted or accept it as being gospel. Instead with the tools that are available (i.e. Google) you should challenge everything because no one has all the answers.
Even Jim Collins who wrote what I consider to be breakthrough books (Built to Last and Good to Great) has his detractors.
The fact is that any research and its resultant findings must be constantly challenged. If they are right, they will stand the sustainable light of scrutiny (note the word sustainable).
A good portion of my research has been funded by the Government of Canada's Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Program. During the years of testing and retesting a number of theories including strand commonality and the existence of commodity characteristics, a healthy balance between skepticism and enthusiasm has served me well.
This being said, the dichotomy between futuristic visionaries and the belt-with-suspenders-number-crunchers is one of the most critical elements in defining the success or failure of any model.
I wrote an article titled Bridging the Communication Gap between Finance and Purchasing which was then followed by a supplemental piece which provided specific references to several points of disconnection between finance and purchasing. (Note: I refer to purchasing/supply chain as 85% of all ERP/eProcurement initiatives world-wide fail to deliver the expected results.)
The question is why? And a statistic which stands out as one of the key reasons can be found in this excerpt:
A May 4th, 2006 article titled How to Speak Like a CFO stressed that "Too often, finance executives in Corporate America simply don't believe that purchasing departments are really bringing in the savings they claim. That may be because finance and purchasing don't speak the same language."
For example, the finance department isn't interested in cost avoidance. They are interested in hard cost savings. This is perhaps one of the main reasons why a recent study revealed that of the 11.9% of average identified savings presented by the purchasing department, only 3.2% actually gets booked by the finance department - a difference of 73% from identification to realization.
A 73% difference! The problem with most models that are offered as the framework for "best practices" is that they attempt to standardize on a single stakeholder stream of attributes. This then creates stakeholder conflicts at the operational level that has historically been at the root of organizational vacillation between a focus on top line and bottom line objectives.
Therefore, and given the increasing importance and influence of supply chain practice, until the 85% rate of failure has been reversed can any model claim to be truly successful from a collective outcome perspective?
Note: to obtain corresponding reference materials, please contact the author.
Have you read Forrest Breyfogles new book on Integrated Enterprise Excellence Thoughtscomments - To learn more about this author, visit Jon Hansen's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
The fruit of the poisonous tree.
A telling statement regarding IEE is as follows:
"IEE is a system of checks and balances that will stay in place regardless of management continuity, changes in competitive conditions, or the economic climate."
This is textbook equation-based modeling whether in the form of Six Sigma or SCOR or for that matter any model which attempts to establish an absolute standard in which success is based on the organization adapting to the model versus the model adapting to the organization.
It doesn't work as the standards by which these checks and balances are based, specifically their sustainable veracity, begins to degenerate from the very moment they are first established as static attributes of a sound process.
I have provided a link to a recent article I wrote titled Similarity Heuristics, Iterative methodologies and the Emergence of the Modern Supply Chain.
This should serve as a solid starting point for drilling down into the specifics of why the IEE theory is inherently flawed.
However, and as I tell my audiences at every conference I speak, to be considered successful I have to inspire you to think outside of the framework of that with which you are most familiar and most comfortable.
This means that you do not take what I have to say for granted or accept it as being gospel. Instead with the tools that are available (i.e. Google) you should challenge everything because no one has all the answers.
Even Jim Collins who wrote what I consider to be breakthrough books (Built to Last and Good to Great) has his detractors.
The fact is that any research and its resultant findings must be constantly challenged. If they are right, they will stand the sustainable light of scrutiny (note the word sustainable).
A good portion of my research has been funded by the Government of Canada's Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Program. During the years of testing and retesting a number of theories including strand commonality and the existence of commodity characteristics, a healthy balance between skepticism and enthusiasm has served me well.
This being said, the dichotomy between futuristic visionaries and the belt-with-suspenders-number-crunchers is one of the most critical elements in defining the success or failure of any model.
I wrote an article titled Bridging the Communication Gap between Finance and Purchasing which was then followed by a supplemental piece which provided specific references to several points of disconnection between finance and purchasing. (Note: I refer to purchasing/supply chain as 85% of all ERP/eProcurement initiatives world-wide fail to deliver the expected results.)
The question is why? And a statistic which stands out as one of the key reasons can be found in this excerpt:
A May 4th, 2006 article titled How to Speak Like a CFO stressed that "Too often, finance executives in Corporate America simply don't believe that purchasing departments are really bringing in the savings they claim. That may be because finance and purchasing don't speak the same language."
For example, the finance department isn't interested in cost avoidance. They are interested in hard cost savings. This is perhaps one of the main reasons why a recent study revealed that of the 11.9% of average identified savings presented by the purchasing department, only 3.2% actually gets booked by the finance department - a difference of 73% from identification to realization.
A 73% difference! The problem with most models that are offered as the framework for "best practices" is that they attempt to standardize on a single stakeholder stream of attributes. This then creates stakeholder conflicts at the operational level that has historically been at the root of organizational vacillation between a focus on top line and bottom line objectives.
Therefore, and given the increasing importance and influence of supply chain practice, until the 85% rate of failure has been reversed can any model claim to be truly successful from a collective outcome perspective?
Note: to obtain corresponding reference materials, please contact the author.
Have you read Forrest Breyfogles new book on Integrated Enterprise Excellence Thoughtscomments - To learn more about this author, visit Jon Hansen's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
 | |
 |
No article feedback found. |
| |
Leave Your Feedback |
 | |
| |||
Leanne Hoagland-SmithAre your sales where you want them to be? Will you be one of the few who achieves sales or business success or one of the many who have failed to change? Are you tired of being told you are like everyone else? Then you may find my first book on sales of interest. Be the Red Jacket in the Sea of Gray Suits, The Keys to Unlocking Sales available at Amazon or at http://www.processspecialist.com/red-jacket.htm. This book is a reflection of my no-nonsense approach to improving sales to overall business results. If you are truly committed to making sustainable changes, then I can help you secure a positive return on your investment because I focus on executable solutions not telling you the problems you already know you have. From training to corporate (group) coaching to executive one on one coaching, my approach is to assess, create awareness, build a goal driven action plan and then execute. The bottom line question is "Not do you or your employees know it, but do you or they want to do it?" Please call for a free strategy session at 219.759.5601. - Visit Leanne Hoagland-Smith's Website |
|||
Linda RichardsonLinda Richardson is the Founder and Executive Chairwoman of Richardson, a global sales training and performance improvement company. As a recognized leader in the industry, she has won the coveted Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sales Excellence and she was identified by Training Industry, Inc. as one of the “Top 20 Most Influential Training Professionals.” Ms. Richardson is credited with the movement to Consultative Selling and is the author of ten books on selling and sales management, including Sales Coaching — Making the Great Leap from Sales Manager to Sales Coach, and Stop Telling, Start Selling. She teaches sales and management at the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton Executive Development Center. Linda is a frequent speaker at industry and client conferences, has been published extensively in industry and training journals, and has been featured in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Nation’s Business, Selling Power, Success, and The Conference Board Magazine. Learn more about Richardson's sales training and performance improvement solutions at http://www.richardson.com web - Visit Linda Richardson's Website |
|||
Stephanie RobeyStephanie Robey is President and CoFounder of Pivot Positive, LLC - an Internet marketing business focused on helping people start work at home ventures. Previously, she was employed at The Search Agency with over 20 years experience in graphic design and 10 years experience in online marketing. She was responsible for launching the Conversion Path Optimization (CPO) unit where she and her team have conducted hundreds of optimization tests for online companies across multiple verticals. She is a successful entrepreneur having started and sold 2 companies and remains on the board of directors of the third, PhotoSpin.com Stephanie began her career in the direct marketing realm creating and producing direct mail for many of the major cable television companies and directly attributes her understanding of Internet marketing to those early offline experiences. Stephanie is a graduate of San Diego State University with a BFA in Graphic Arts and also holds an Executive MBA from the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University. Read Steph's Blog Meet Steph and Dave Sign up for our Free 7-Day BootCamp: Self Employed & Rich - Visit Stephanie Robey's Website |
|||
Dianne CramptonDianne Crampton is an executive leadership coach, team culture consultant, author and president of TIGERS Success Series, Inc. Dianne has been helping CEO's and Executives connect their employees to their core values and goals for over 20 years using the trademarked TIGERS team culture process, which stands for trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk and success. To download a free white paper on behaviors that build strong teams and behaviors that will predictably tear them down go here. Dianne's contribution to the 2010 Pfeiffer Consulting Journal (an imprint of John Wiley and Sons Publishers) entitled TIGERS Hearted Teams is available in November 2009. Her new book TIGERS Among Us: 5 Winning Business Team Cultures And Why, Three Creeks Publishing will release in March 2010. To receive publishing discounts, subscribe to the free TigerTracks Newsletter here. - Visit Dianne Crampton's Website |
|||
|
To learn more about the Evan Elite Author Program please contact us. | |||
 | |
|  |
Subscribe to Jon's articles
 | |
|
|  |
 | |
|
| |
 | |||||||
|
 | ||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
| ||
 |
| Have you written articles that would be of value to entrepreneurs? Become an expert on our site by publishing them! Expose yourself to a wide audience, drive more traffic to your website and get more sales! Click Here for details. |
|
|
 |
| Modeling the Masters: Learn the true secrets behind Walt Disney's business success factors & grow your company! Video produced by Phanta Media |
|
|
 |
"Learn straight from Evan how you can Make a Full Time Income (And More) from a Website"
Click Here To Learn More |
|
|
|
|
Get advice & tips from famous business owners, new articles by entrepreneur experts, my latest website updates, & special sneak peaks at what's to come!
|
|
|
 Quick Start Guide Caprino Career Path Assessment Managing the Unimaginable Inspiration Business Plan One Size Success |
|
 | ||
 |
Top 50 Debt Blogs
Learn To Get Out Of Debt | |
 |
Top 50 Social Media Blogs
Top 50 Social Media Blogs | |
| ||
 | ||||
| ||||
|
| ||||
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Email us your ideas on how to make our website more valuable! Thank you Sharon from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for your suggestions to make the newsletter look like the website and profile younger entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs!
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||