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Building the Capability to Solve Problems

Customer Value Proposition

To improve the ability of organisations to solve persistent problems that are restraining business improvement, and to implement sustainable solutions.

Outcomes

  • Improved Problem Solving Capability
  • New levels of performance & Productivity
  • Improved Customer Satisfaction
  • Faster Growth Potential

How does your organisation solve problems and improve its key processes? Do you use a disciplined methodology that will determine root causes and deliver sustainable solutions? The Centre for Competitiveness offers support in a number of breakthrough tools and methods.

  • In Company Programmes:
    Customised to deliver performance improvement.
    • Manage Organisational Change
    • Facilitating Employee involvement and Improvement Teams
    • Implementation of Customer Relationship systems
    • Process Mapping
    • Improvement and Control of Key Processes and Activities

  • The Centre For Quality Of Management (CQM) Workshops
    • Mastering Business Complexity
    • Enterprise Modelling
    • Creating Business Alignment
    • Integrated Management Systems
    • Concept Engineering

    The Centre for Competitiveness has partnered with the CQM; Boston to deliver these workshops based on CQM's experience of working with a number of the leading Fortune 500 companies. This activity builds on the formation of the CQM Ireland Chapter.

  • 'Solve the Problem' Workshops
    A series of workshops to enable management teams to solve real life problems in a structured and facilitated environment

  • Six Sigma Deployment and Support
    Six Sigma is a rigorous measurement based methodology for reducing defects and improving business performance.


    • Last year Bombardier Shorts saved a massive £15.2 m using Six Sigma. Michael Ryan, Vice President and General Manager, says "We have no better mechanism for improving our performance and meeting our budgets than Six Sigma"

    The Centre for Competitiveness is uniquely positioned to offer Six Sigma training and support, particularly for SME's. We have partnered with e-Zsigma Inc of Canada to develop the programme. Our local resources include experienced Master Black Belts and Black Belts.


For more information on Capability and Skills Development, please contact Michael O'Neill:
Tel: 0870 240 6668
Fax: 028 9046 8361
Email: michael.oneill@cforc.org