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How People Analytics Can Help You Change Process, Culture, and Strategy

Harvard Business

They discovered that one country was 16% percent more efficient than the average of the rest of the countries: they got the same results in 71 fewer person-hours per month and with 40 fewer people involved each month. One people analytics team in an engineering company was struggling to help develop the company’s managers, for example.

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Five Ways to Spur Lean in the Office

Markovitz Consulting

If meeting takt time is not an issue—for example, in closing the books at the end of the month— then measure and benchmark the time it takes to perform those tasks and challenge the team to figure out how to do them faster. How long does the item of work—an invoice, a customer order, an engineering change order, etc.—sit

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Project Management Maturity Models: A Basis for Reaching Your Organization’s Business Success

Epicflow

Project management maturity (or PMM) reflects a company’s ability to manage projects efficiently. They usually describe levels indicating the current state of an organization in terms of project management efficiency and propose recommendations on how to proceed to more sophisticated levels. . Let’s examine some of them. .

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Our engineering ratchet

Seth Godin Blog

Quietly, over the last thirty years, engineering has become dramatically more efficient and effective. Insulated glass, cars that don't break down, keyboards with just the right feel to them… Mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering are all moving faster than ever.

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If Your Company Isn’t Good at Analytics, It’s Not Ready for AI

Harvard Business

With automated pricing engines, insurers and banks can roll out new offers as fast as online competitors. One traditional insurer, for instance, shifted from updating its quotes every several days to every 15 minutes by simply automating the processes that collect benchmark pricing data. Structured data analytics.

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Managing Risks and Controlling Projects: How Data-Driven Project Management Come in Useful for Multi-Project Environments

Epicflow

In this article, we’re delving into the most essential aspects of efficient project management that can ensure successful and timely delivery, and also dwelling on the importance of project data for risk management in single-project and multi-project environments. So, what do you need for an efficient risk analysis?

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How to Think Differently About a Flexible Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CATALANT

Harvard Business

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. Benchmarks for Success Measure progress toward the goal. For instance, 40 percent of U.S.

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