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Improve Productivity? How? And perhaps more importantly, when?

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Review almost any business article on how to improve profitability and you’ll find a step focused on improving productivity. But practically speaking, how do you do that? Most of us are so busy doing our jobs we don’t have time to figure out how to do them better.

In his article, Five rules of productivity improvement, Lean specialist Torbjorn Netland urges organizations to focus on some clear-cut principles:

1.  Deliver value to the customer. First, focus on doing the right things. Then, focus on doing those things right. In other words, Quality first. Then figure out how. 

2.  Get processes under control. Leverage technology to help automate tasks and remove bottlenecks in your operations. As a technology company, Sage can help with this one.

3.  Synchronize processes as a system. Be systematic in your approach. Variation is the enemy of productivity, so focus on eliminating dysfunctional variety in your processes. Your Sage 50 software, by design, integrates processes. So… we can help with this one too.

4.  Shorter throughput times. Keep things moving and eliminate wasteful steps. Knowing how to use the software properly can reduce waste and rework.

5.  Continuously improve. Your systems will never be perfect and the environment will continue to change. Build an organization that is committed to continually evaluating and learning a better way. Sounds good in theory. But how and when do you start?

Instead of giving up on productivity improvements altogether, why not start today by taking a few strategic steps focused on using your software more efficiently?

Sage offers Productivity Tips and Tricks Boot Camps. This seminar style boot camp is intended for customers who want to improve their productivity, as well as benefit from the powerful features available when working with Sage 50 Accounting.

Visit Sage University to learn about additional training options, and join us for this productivity boosting opportunity!

Register for the productivity Bootcamp (or other instructor-led, online training) by August 31st using code DiveIn17 to save 25% on instructor-led training.

  • When someone submits a suggestion to improve the product there is an implied expectation that the product will be improved I just clicked on the idea link, and filtered ‘completed’ suggestions by descending date, the second recent completion was submitted last December And it looks like it was the payment implementation that required the ‘pinning’ fix Then I filtered on ‘coming soon’ – the list is empty Filtered on ‘not planned’ – a list of two entries, with Sage feedback.

  • in reply to RandyW

    Hi Randy.

    Thanks for your comments and for the help you provide other Sage 50 CA users in Sage City.

    As a friendly reminder, if you have suggestions for improving the product, please don't hesitate to submit them in the Ideas section of this group. Our product teams look at the ideas submitted and take them in to consideration when updating Sage 50 CA. 

    Thank you for being a valuable Sage City community member. 

  • 1. "First, focus on doing the right things. Then, focus on doing those things right. In other words, Quality first. Then figure out how. " That would be value first, then quality second. 5. "Continuously improve. Your systems will never be perfect and the environment will continue to change." We would like to make Sage 50 an integral part of our systems. But after 7 years of suggestions escalating into threats, we're still limited to 99 'ship-to' addresses. Copying + pasting from Excel has been part of our 'systems' for the last twenty-six thousand Sales Orders. Continuous improvement doesn't work on immovable obstacles.
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