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Process Improvement, Lean Processes, Or Rethinking IT Outsourcing Contracts?

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 21/08/2010 - 06:01

AT Kearney published an interesting article on rethinking IT application outsourcing contracts. In their vision outsourcing still gives many advantages. With some guidance you can make the most of the current economic turn-down.

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Options To Beat Your Low-cost Rivals

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Fri, 23/07/2010 - 05:07

Adrian Ryans wrote in the McKinsey Quarterly an interesting article on what you can do when you underestimate a low-cost rival. Hans Lodder discusses your options to beat your low-cost rivals.

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Lean Mindset Example: A Tool Should Serve The Work!

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 10/07/2010 - 05:03

The lean mindset lives! I get many questions on how to practice a lean mindset. An example might help!

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Improve Your Website Performance: SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Is Equal to Google Analytics?

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 26/06/2010 - 03:20

In my website conformance checklist I present SEO (Search Engine Optimization) best practices. A client of mine, exploiting 500+ websites for freelance professionals, invited me to discuss the website conformance checklist.

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Web 3.0 Is Coming!

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 12/06/2010 - 04:59

Companies are busy implementing Web 2.0: Functionality and Web Standards Conformance Best Practices. It is now time to start thinking about Web 3.0!

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My Curriculum Vitae (CV) Assessment Checklist

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 29/05/2010 - 04:33

A client asked me to review a Curriculum Vitae (CV). He thought the candidate was very suited for a project he run. I was asked to give a 2nd opinion.

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My Website Conformance Check Best Practices

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 15/05/2010 - 04:30

Forrester Research has executed a web-site check on 6 Canadian banks. The results were very bad. The most common short comings were misplaced content and functionality, inefficient task flows, illegible text and poor use of space.

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Yesterday: Content Is King! Today: Content Was King!

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 01/05/2010 - 05:40

Sometime ago I wrote about my Drupal migration project. In one month time the traffic to that site is reduced from more than 3,000 per month to 2 per day. Google displays the home page in search results more than 1,000 times, but less than 10 persons click through to this page. What goes on? How to repair it?

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Do You Already Have A Lean Mindset?

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 03/04/2010 - 05:04

I thought I had one! After writing blogs like Quality Is King (The Theory), Quality Is King (The Pizza Restaurant Example), and Reduce Complexity and Rise Your EBIT! I thought I was definitely on the right way. However, AT Kearney recently brought the Toyota case to my attention.

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My Complexity Reduction Checklist (Or: 5Whys [5 Times Why] Is So Abstract!)

Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 20/03/2010 - 06:05

In my last blog I advocated the 5Whys methodology as an approach to arrive at lean systems and to reduce complexity. Many of you considered this an abstract advice, and asked me whether I could give an example.

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