DMAIC Vs DMADV

I discovered a different approach on Six Sigma: DMADV, that could be compared to the classic DMAIC. DMAIC           |    DMADV Define             |    Define Measure         |    Measure Analyze          |     Analyze Improve        |     Design Control           |     Verify We should use DMADV methodology when a product or process is not in existence at the organization and one … Read more

Maverick buying

Maverick buying in the supply management arena is the purchasing outside of standard procurement processes, also known as off-contract buying. The standard processes always tries to minimize this type of practices, because if an organization use it in an excessive way it has fatal consequences. But in some cases it is necessary to be flexible … Read more

Quid Pro Quo

Negotiating a more or less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services. Look for the equity of the transaction is in terms of information

Monster Web Services

Monster offers web services that allows customer systems to post jobs to Monster, providing automation to the typical actions done from a recruitment department: post jobs and process candidates. http://doc.monster.com/real-time-posting It has been an interesting discovery done by a person from the team.    

The challenger sale

Found from a summary of this book: What’s the secret to sales success? If you’re like most business leaders, you’d say it’s fundamentally about relationships — and you’d be wrong. The best sales-people don’t just build relationships with customers. They challenge them. Insight #1: There Are Five Kinds of Sales Reps. It turns out that … Read more

Transportation Management Systems

Very nice reading about TMS  solutions on 2012, that I would like to remind: http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1BU762M&ct=120827&st=sb For warehouses http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-19H83DZ&ct=120229&st=sb

The use of answering machine

The answering machine is a very powerful tool, you can exert different types of influence with it, or you can commit errors on the communication. You can give a short call with your information and mention the purpose of your call. If there is an issue where you had some e-mails going and coming back, … Read more

Business & IT

One of the best things when you visit customers is that sometimes you have the opportunity to talk with them about things from different perspective, you just start making a comment about something related to business in the same way you do a comment about the weather, and suddenly the other reply you with a … Read more

Online store requirements checklist

I’m evaluating some solutions for and online store, and the first step is to define a requirements checklist: 1.- General overview & look Frame of the main screen can be adapted. Ability to change layouts. Ability to add widgets. 2.- Product form, product classification & product representation Check the aspect of the views of products. … Read more