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Master the PRIMES

Leading Blog

Fixing involves corporate improvement programs like Activity Based Costing, Six Sigma and others.”These The Primes will show you where you can grow as a leader. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. What kind of problem are you trying to solve?

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Zero-Based Budgeting Is Not a Wonder Diet for Companies

Harvard Business Review

In comparison to other methods (such as Six Sigma or activity-based costing), ZBB typically does not address operational excellence in core processes (marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing) or fundamental cost drivers such as portfolio complexity, organizational complexity, customer complaints, and quality issues.

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The Mayo Clinic Model for Running a Value-Improvement Program

Harvard Business Review

These efforts were part of the providers’ quest to increase the value of their care delivery — in other words, achieve better outcomes at the lowest-possible cost. Each Mayo Clinic value-improvement project must: gain senior leadership support, including an approved charter. Gain senior leadership support.

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Health Care Providers Need a Value Management Office

Harvard Business Review

ICCI serves as a center of excellence for measuring the outcomes that are most important for patients, significant for clinicians, and suitable for value-based reimbursement contracts.