Shuhaib Shariff

2009 : Year of the “Lean” Company

Posted by: shuhaibshariff on: January 4, 2009

The year gone past will be best remembered for an economic slowdown, recession & bankruptcies. So many events unfolded so quickly and reactions all-around can be best summarized as “Shock & Awe”

In good times, Companies tend to develop bad habits. Nobody notices them when the going is good, but in bad times these very habits can be a catalyst for disaster. In times like these, it is extremely important to get back to the basics:
1) Improve Employee Productivity
2) Cut Down Wasteful Expenditure
3) Optimize your spending… focus on VALUE not SCALE
4) Encourage Multitasking
5) Conserve Capital

To survive I strongly believe that companies need to be LEAN and I have strong feeling that 2009 will be a year of the LEAN company. Im also hopeful that we will see a general turn-around in the economy towards the end of 2009.

In the the words of Percy Shelly “If Winter is Here, Can Spring be far Behind”
Best Wishes to Everybody for 2009

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