Author name: Forrest Breyfogle

How to use Leading and Lagging Indicators for Predictive Statements

How to use leading and lagging indicators to provide futuristic insight should be an organizational desire.  However, if one were to read the results from a Google search on the topic, the conclusion that would probably be made is that a measurement is either a leading indicator or a lagging indicator and much cannot be […]

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Building Quality Management System

For a building quality management system objective, one can benefit if they could utilize an Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) system structure.  IEE provides a fact-based management system for processes that is aligned to the financials. Details of implementing the IEE system are described in a five-book series. The book, Integrated Enterprise Excellence Volume II, Business

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Creation of a Predictive Analytics Scorecard: Description and Webinar

Forrest takes traditional performance metrics and transforms them in to predictive measures that suggest business actions or non-actions. Look at the transformation of the following: – Table of numbers business performance metrics reporting – Red-yellow-green scorecard business performance metrics – Time series business performance measurement dashboard See how the change to a futuristic view can transform your organization!

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Business Improvement Failures Answering Right Question

Business improvement failures answering right question is addressed below as a story, which could also have been titled: Executive Frustrations and Opportunities. Business Improvement Failures Answering Right Question or Executive Frustrations and Opportunities It was late into the evening hours as Bill frustratingly examined this month’s performance report, which appeared in his e-mail inbox earlier

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Roadmapping Your Success with Business Process Management Skills

Wikipedia describes Business process management (BPM) as a “holistic management” approach to aligning an organization’s business processes with the wants and needs of clients. Additionally Wikipedia states that BPM uses a systematic approach in an attempt to continuously improve business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. This 48 slide presentation by Forrest Breyfogle will describe a system that quality practitioners and managers can use to help their organization become more competitive and increase their personal value to his/her employer.

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Predictive Business Intelligence Strategy Examples

The following predictive business intelligence strategy examples illustrate the value of transitioning traditional dashboard reporting to a predictive measurement methodology. The described business intelligence tool format for dashboard reporting provides the business intelligence architecture for performance reporting so that, for example, healthcare business intelligence can be provided at a click of the mouse. Predictive Business

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Exceptional Business Results: TD Bank

Process Improvement and Service Quality Vice President at TD Bank, Leslie Behnke, presents on End-to-End business results. Leslie shares the mission and pillars of TD Bank and discusses how the Service Quality team works to align with these themes for the success of the organization. Through Lean Six Sigma training, organizational support and buy-in and strategic alignment, TD has reported exceptional business results year after year. Listen to this one hour webinar to hear from Leslie the bank’s continuous improvement testimony. **Note: Video will start at 40 second mark.**

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