C4.0.1 Rapid Solutions to Common Issues
Are You or Your Business Troubled? It is a sad fact that many small business owners face problems in their businesses. The Goal of 12Faces is to help you resolve those problems and put you on the path to success. Our Turnaround90 (T90) Course is designed around a 90 day GamePlan. But this special edition […]
SM5.3 TOC to Optimise Your Sales Funnel
Rapid Optimisation of Your Sales Funnel to Improve Profit The Sales Funnel is a well-known method of describing the several layers that a possible customer needs to pass through en route to becoming a customer. Each layer contributes more information about your business to the potential customer to encourage them to purchase. The Theory of […]
SM3.1 De-Stress
Stress is one of the major problems faced by business Owner/Operators. There are straight forward ways, though, of reducing the 4 main contributors to this stress; and they do not take very long to implement. We show how to convert “distress” to “de-stress”. Typical stress points in smaller businesses are caused by: People: hiring, firing, managing […]
SM5.1 When a Bottleneck is Good – Theory of Constraints (TOC)
Believe it or not, it is often a very good thing to find that you have some Bottleneck / Constraint in your production system. A body of knowledge about how to take best advantage of bottlenecks has evolved into what is now known as the Theory of Constraints (TOC). It is said that Jeff Bezos, […]
SM5.5 Demand Driven Materials Requirements Planning (DDMRP)
The previous article, SM5.4 TOC Drum, Buffer, Rope Optimisation Techniques, introduced the concept of Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) to demonstrate how to efficiently run a workflow. If you have become an aficionado of TOC and want to know more about correctly evolving a DBR system, we have links to resources here that will help.
SM5.4 TOC Drum, Buffer, Rope Optimisation Techniques
The Theory of Constraints (TOC) demonstrates the importance of finding and managing the constraint in your business.
This article covers three of the major techniques to optimise any production system around its constraint.
SM5.2 Benefit from Theory of Constraints in Retail
The Theory of Constraints (TOC) argues that good growth can be achieved by focusing on the one or two limiting factors or “Constraints” in a production system. This article applies TOC to the Wholesale/Retail sector.
Cost of Over and Under Stocking
In a manufacturing or retail environment, having too much inventory of products your customers don’t want and/or too little inventory on hand of what products your customers do want will cost you money and, consequently, profit. Many service businesses also have inventory even if it is items like stationary incidental to their main operation. This article shows you why under and over stocking costs and how to reduce the damage.
Learn from 80/20 Rule Menu
The Amazing 80/20 Rule has the power to grow your business up to 16 TIMES FASTER and make your life a whole lot less busy and complicated. Got your attention? Work through this Menu to learn some of the best lessons 12Faces has to offer. Yellow Belt
SM2.1 The Amazing 80/20 Rule Tool
Would you be interested in knowing a way to increase your productivity by 16 times!
Got your attention? The following material gives an insight into how this is possible.