Interim Management

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lean conversion: defect level down to zero percent in 4 month

One of our projects in Scottland came in September 2011 to an end. Our Customer Carron Phoenix improved from a defect level of 4% to 0% in 4 month. The service level increased. These results led to further savings along the value stream. The sales companies saved a few hundred thousand Euros on (safety, buffer …

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supply chains (networks) compete, not companies

The complexity of supply chains is constantly increasing. the words „supply networks“ describe the situation better, nowadays. Most companies in countries like USA, Germany, Switzerland do not even produce more than 50% of the real net output ratio (vertical range of manufacture) anymore. If you buy a Porsche 911 or Boxter you will purchase 20% …

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indicators for company burnout

„It’s not just individuals who burn out – companies do, too!“

This headline is taken from the harvard business review april 2010 [HBR2010]. It is an important message to all decision makers but even more important to all interim managers and lean practitioners as their constant companion in business life is change. How do you know? What should you do? How do you know? There are …

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Interim Management: Abgrenzung Auftrag oder Arbeitsvertrag (Schweiz)

Der Entscheid (Bundesgerichtsurteil 4C.460/1995 vom 24.02.1997): „Vom Auftrag unterscheidet sich der Arbeitsvertrag in erster Linie durch das Merkmal der rechtlichen Subordination (…). Über das Vorliegen eines Abhängigkeitsverhältnisses entscheidet eine Würdigung des Gesamtbildes nach dem Massstab der Verkehrsanschauung (…). Es kommt wesentlich darauf an, ob die Person in die Organisation des Betriebes eingegliedert ist, ob Weisungen …

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The stages of an interim management assignment

The following stages show the assignment lifecycle by which interim managers and executives enter, engage with and exit their assignments. The early stages have much in common with consultancy, as the later stages have with project management, but the combination of insightful analysis and results-driven implementation is the differentiating hallmark of the interim management approach. …

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The Interim Management Value Proposition

The ‘interim management value proposition’, is the profession’s ‘unique selling proposition’. It is the ‘mantra’ that marks interim management’s offering and scope. 1. Return On Investment Interim managers add value by using their skills and expertise to help deliver an outcome, solution, service or mitigate risk that provides a meaningful ‘Return On Investment’ to a …

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Interim Management Definition

Interim management is the provision of effective business solutions by an independent, board or near-board level manager or executive, over a finite time span. Such complex solutions may include change, transformation and turnaround management, business improvement, crisis management and strategy development. Interim managers are often experienced in multiple sectors and disciplines. Interim managers are leaders …

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Interim Management Providers and Interim Management Organizations are sending the wrong message

What is the difference between a staffing firm (recruitment agency) and an Interim Management Service Provider? That was my question  to Paul Beerli last week. Paul is the president of the Interim Management Organisation in Switzerland, called Dachverband Schweizer Interim Manager (DSIM). He worked before for Butterflymanager, one of the leading Interim Management Service Provider in Switzerland …

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