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Like Vince Lombardi, who focused his championship 
teams on the mastering of football basics, we need 
to focus our teams on the mastering of business 
basics.

When it comes to improving systems performance, 
"Information Integrity" is a most important business 
basic. I call it Infotegrity - the ability to 
communicate data and documentation completely, 
accurately and in a timely manner. 

If your company is having trouble with data collection
accuracy and/or the quality of documentation, you'll 
want to be sure to read this week's bulletin, 
“INFORMATION INTEGRITY, A requisite to achieving good 
systems results.”

Have a nice day, keep the faith, and stay connected.

Bill Gaw
Business Basics, LLC
Bg@bbasicsllc.com
760-945-5596

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INFORMATION INTEGRITY
A requisite to achieving good systems results. 

It is not uncommon for front office management to 
become disenchanted with MRP/ERP system results when 
time schedules and promised paybacks are not achieved. 

When will we learn that bottom line expectations will 
never be achieved when inaccurate, untimely and 
uncontrolled data and/or documentation drive day-to-
day production and manufacturing/material control 
systems?

If your company is typical, converting the monthly 
financial forecast into reality requires overtime, 
costly expediting, expensive "on-the-run" product 
changes and, at times, even a little "smoke and 
mirrors".

With all the available sophisticated computerized 
systems, why is it so?

The answer lies in what's missing and has nothing to 
do with the quality of the system designs. What's 
missing? It's a focus on the execution of business 
basics.

Like Vince Lombardi, who focused his championship 
teams on the mastering of football basics - we need 
to focus our teams on the mastering of business basics.

When it comes to improving systems performance, 
"Information Integrity" is a most important business 
basic. I call it Infotegrity - the ability to 
communicate data and documentation completely, 
accurately and in a timely manner. Like blocking and 
tackling in football, it's not glamorous and few want 
to do it - but without tenacious and effective 
execution and its continuous improvement, manufacturing 
performance and bottom line results will never meet 
expectations.

To maintain ones competitive edge into the future, 
management's focus must be shifted from systems 
sophistication to systems Infotegrity. In short, 
its time to put the "horse before the cart". 
Information Integrity is no panacea, however, 
I'm convinced that a company with unsophisticated 
lean systems and a high level of Infotegrity will 
outperform a company that has sophisticated systems 
and low Infotegrity. What about those company that 
have both? I buy their stock!

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To help you and your company improve its data and 
documentation integrity and systems performance, I have 
extracted the "Information Integrity" Training Module 
from my e-Tutorial, "Kaizen Based Lean Manufacturing" 
and it's now available to you and your company on CD.

This training module is in the form of a PowerPoint 
presentation with expert commentary and annotated 
footnotes by yours truly ... it's like attending one 
of my seminars in person, as I guide you personally 
through the process. It can be used as a self-paced at 
your place e-learning tool or as a PowerPoint training 
presentation for self-directed business teams.

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