Demand, expectation and robots
Every business has always needed customers, but today they are impacting businesses much more than ever before.
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Every business has always needed customers, but today they are impacting businesses much more than ever before.
Continue ReadingWhen an entrepreneur begins his journey, his focus is to manufacture products of high quality and make sure it's bought by large number of consumers.
Continue ReadingWe all know the famous quote, “The customer is always right.”
Continue ReadingOnline portals can’t wipe them out.
Continue ReadingCustomer-centricity simply speaking means bringing customers at the centre of the enterprise and aligning strategies,
Continue ReadingOrganisations aspire to be customer-centric. They launch big transformation programs to try and align...
Continue ReadingChoice is such a powerful concept. We all love it. When we have choice it gives us a sense of autonomy and control.
Continue ReadingCustomers are the reason why businesses exist. Many businesses want to be customer-centric and spend time,
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Continue ReadingYou're tired and drained but you just had to go to the supermarket.
Continue ReadingThe brutal "deplaning" of Dr David Dao from a United Airlines flight, which ended with him bleeding, bruised and concussed,
Continue ReadingRecently, a pregnant woman found a fried lizard amidst her fries in a McDonald's outlet in Kolkata.
Continue ReadingAll small businesses have an aspiration that their product or service should be so good that customers become raving fans.
Continue ReadingWells Fargo had been a darling of sorts in the financial services world.
Continue ReadingAs the India media got engrossed in demonetisation, the Tata boardroom battle and the US elections,
Continue ReadingI recently chaired a two-day "Banker's Customer Experience Summit" in Dubai.
Continue ReadingLast week I was at a leading coffee chain at Indira Nagar in Bangalore for a quiet meeting with one of my clients. However,
Continue ReadingA lot is written about process excellence, writes columnist Debashis Sarkar,
Continue ReadingMany companies start the process excellence journey with a bang, says Debashis Sarkar,
Continue ReadingAs a change agent driving Lean transformation, it’s not enough to just have the technical skills.
Continue ReadingLooking at products and processes from a consumer’s point of view is critical for building a successful business.
Continue ReadingA lot has being written about Toyota and its ability to wade through the current crisis.
Continue ReadingAs 2010 ushers in, it’s time for us to look at the key trends that surrounded the ecosystem of all businesses.
Continue ReadingThis column of mine is triggered by the interesting debate that I saw in response to Tripp Babbitt’s article,
Continue ReadingWhile embarking on a holistic Lean transformation, I have seen practitioners struggle to come up with metrics.
Continue ReadingValue stream mapping and Lean implementation in the service business have somehow become synonymous.
Continue ReadingBefore embarking on a Lean project, we should be clear with the various times that are used in Lean improvements.
Continue ReadingIn my last column we discussed the eight wastes of Lean. We also looked at the various examples from the service sector.
Continue ReadingDoes your company leadership treat processes as strategic assets? If not,
Continue ReadingLean implementation can be quite challenging in a service organization.
Continue ReadingWhile Lean has been an effective process improvement method for the manufacturing industry,
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