Understanding operations management consultingWritten by Jakob Jelling
Although much attention lately has been given to accounting practices and IT consulting, operations management has always been one of most important efficiency issues of any company. Ensuring your communication, transportation, and production all work at maximum efficiency and with good integration can have a massive impact on your bottom line.Today, it’s not just about looking at your employees and your management; it’s also about using GPS technology to maximize transportation efficiency; about leveraging information about production and ordering to maximize use of just-in-time business practices; about using IT to make assembly-line practices as efficient as possible. Operations management consultants need to be expert in people motivation and in use of IT to get most out of your production and delivery lines. Finding operations management consultants Before seeking out an operations management consultant, you should examine your own processes and determine what your real needs are. Do you need to streamline your transportation and delivery system? Or are your problems more with a bottleneck in production? Once you’ve identified your real problems, one of best ways to find an operations management consultant who specialized in that area is to read industry magazines. Often you’ll find that experts write some of best articles in trade journals, and that they are available for consulting jobs. Another great way to find management consultants is by asking friends and associates about consultants they may have hired in past.
| | Training for corporate governanceWritten by Jakob Jelling
There are many different venues for corporate governance training, ranging from conferences that offer CEU courses to universities that offer degrees related to it. When looking for good corporate governance training, you should keep several things in mind. First, you should ensure you know what your goals are. Unlike a liberal arts degree, there’s really no reason to take classes you’re not going to use in course of your business. If you need to learn about Sarbanes-Oxley, you should focus on training there. If your company is getting ready to open a new division in Europe, then you need corporate governance training on specific issues you’re going to run into there. Don’t just look at training outside your company. It may actually be cheaper and more efficient if you hire a consultant to come in and help train your executives one on one. This is especially true if you are focusing on a particular project, such as bringing your systems in line with Sarbanes-Oxley act. If you do choose to go outside for training, look carefully at vendors that are available. Do you need intensive training in a multiple-day workshop, or do you just need basics that can be provided in a short training session? Do you have multiple needs that can best be addressed at a conference? There are also very good resources available in form of online training and computer-based training. What to look for in corporate governance training
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