A recent magazine argued that companies on average waste 40% of every labor dollar (direct AND Indirect) because they either have no Strategy and/or the decisions that are made daily don;t align with their strategy. So what is this costing you? here's a quick formula for you to use.
Take your labor spent from your income statement and multiply by 40%. That's what is being wasted due to mis-alignment.
Take the result from number 1 above and divide it by your company's profit margin. This result is how much you'd have to sell in new sales to get back what you're losing in mis-alignment.
Look at how much you'd have to increase your sales from number 2 above from your current sales level and ask yourself if it's easier to try and sell all this new business or get a strategy and align your activities.
If you're interested in a supply chain simulation that helps teach this to your folks, check out my website and request a demo round. Mention my name in the referral and I'll give you a discount on training.
PS: It would be fun to share what you find for results from above and see how big a deal this actually is
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