How Do We Define Quality?

Quality is a strange subject.  It’s strange because people talk about it a lot especially when they have a complaint or an admiration about a product or service.  At the same time, people don’t seem to take it seriously especially when they settle for a cheaper product or service because they don’t have the budgetContinue reading “How Do We Define Quality?”

What is the Right Way to Serve Customers?

A manufacturer of metal parts hires a management consultant to help stimulate sales.  The consultant at once suggests the manufacturer prioritise production of its top twenty (20) best-selling items.  The manufacturer thus makes one month’s worth of stock of each of the twenty (20) top-selling items.  Three (3) months later, the stock is hardly selling. Continue reading “What is the Right Way to Serve Customers?”