Stop Press / How can picme help you this winter?

How can picme help you this winter?

In this Bulletin……….

BIT NVQ; cheaper, quicker, better
Energy; take a holistic approach to energy savings
Supply Chain Improvement; taking lean to a whole new level

BIT NVQ; cheaper, quicker, better

Business Improvement Techniques NVQ is attracting large amounts of Train to Gain funding (have you seen the adverts on television?). A BIT NVQ is a vocational qualification for your workforce that demonstrates that they don’t just know about continuous improvement but are actually doing it for your business. Picme use a unique, lean assessment programme, so your candidates can concentrate on improving your business. This means that a BIT NVQ through picme is quicker, cheaper, and with a higher success rate, giving you and your business an advantage over your competitors.

To find out more about BIT NVQs click here

Energy; take a holistic approach to energy savings

With a cold winter closing in, rising fuel prices are high on everyone’s agendas. This winter, why not try a “holistic” approach to saving energy. After all, it is not how much energy your business consumes; it is how your business uses it. To improve this requires looking at the big picture.

To find out more about taking the holistic approach to energy savings click here

Supply Chain Improvement: taking lean to a whole new level

The credit crunch dominates current debate; daily headlines talk of factories shortening shifts, companies laying people off. But why is such a small change in Gross Domestic Product? having such a big impact? The answer is to do with Supply Chain Amplification. Lean encourages supply chains (value streams), rather than individual companies, to compete against each other. So how competitive is your total supply chain? How do you analyse your supply chain to reduce waste? No matter how good your business is, weak links in your total supply chain make you vulnerable to changes in the market. So take the application of Lean to a whole new level with picme.

To find out more about Supply Chain improvements click here

If you would more information about these subjects or any other picme service, please contact me, Elli Smithson, on 0161 304 5975 or by return of email.


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