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You just need to help them believe it.

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What’s missing in many organizations is a go do it attitude. Let your people know you believe in them and they will believe in themselves.

I wrote earlier today about the impact of having a quality process and how it can lead to employee pride. But what if you already HAVE a quality process? How can you ensure that it stays relevant to employees?

Over time your quality processes can fade into the background. Management and employees can start letting things slip. Eventually they may forget or just disregard the process altogether. So, what can you do?

Here are two things you can do to promote your quality process:
1. Keep driving the overall importance of the process both verbally and with actions.
2. Freshen up the delivery of information with new messages and imagery.

Just the way you’d notice a new color of paint on your neighbors house, a new message in a familiar spot in the workplace WILL get noticed.

Shake things up in your work “neighborhood” with a message that will get noticed. Here are a couple examples:

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Having a quality process or processes in place at your firm do more than just set the standard to ensure a good output of product or service. A good quality process helps set the internal culture of your firm.

The employees of a company that has no processes in place may be confused as to HOW things are to be done. They may be receiving a message that “anything goes” and that the company is unprofessional, unorganized and doesn’t really care how things are done. Thus, each employee may have a different interpretation and performance in their job. Clearly that’s not a good thing for your customers to experience!

With good processes in place, company expectations are clear and employees can feel more secure that the company they work for is professional. They are able to feel confident in their role which in turn leads to having pride in their work. When that happens, your customers will know the difference.

If you are not sure where to start with quality process, why not begin with these questions:

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When it comes to keeping and attracting more business in an increasingly competitive marketplace, Quality is one of the most important features a company can provide for their customers. Quality will promote the following for a company’s products and brands:

Increase customer loyalty and repeat business.

Attract new customers looking for quality products and services.

Lower overall costs of doing business.

Decrease the need for inspection.

Increase long-term profitability.

When choosing to buy two competing products of the same cost, customers will choose the product they feel will give them better value, (a personal perception formed by the belief that the product either works better, lasts longer, tastes better), or commonly referred to as QUALITY. Even when quality differences are narrow, the brand with the better perceived quality usually will get the consumer dollar. Loyal customers buy repeatedly and often influence friends to buy the product. Once a product is known for quality, customers will be attracted to buy even when it is not reduced in price.

Business should focus on building quality into the product. This starts at the design phase of the process. A production process with less variability, where departmental functions conform to established and documented work procedures, standards, inspections, and other monitored quality measures, will produce higher quality products. When a company builds quality into the product at the start, there is less chance for a poor quality product at the end of the process. It is much harder to take poor quality inputs and create a high quality product.

When a business makes a high quality product the first time, it does not have the added cost of rework or scrapping a poorly made unit. It does not cost a company anymore to make the product right the first time around. The true COST of poor quality, or non-conformance, can carry a high price tag. Fixing defects in a product costs more time and money, and actually creates losses (scrap) for those poorly made units. Consequently, if these same non-conforming units are allowed to reach the end customer, the resulting loss of consumer confidence and their brand loyalty is difficult, if not impossible, to ever gain back.

Organizations often seek ways to increase employee awareness of Quality responsibility into their everyday processes, from initial concept to final shipment. One way that employee pride of workmanship and ownership can be inspired is by displaying attention-getting Quality awareness posters and other incentives. Our creative team at www.awarenessideas.com also understands that your organization is unique and that you may have more specific or targeted needs. We will be happy to assist you with incorporating your own Quality reinforcement campaign through customization so that your message is communicated with maximum impact.

Below are several products featured on www.awarenessideas.com that can be used to focus on raising awareness to Quality:

AwarenessIDEAS.com is a place to go for creative customized environmental & promotional awareness marketing and motivational products. We help organizations stop environmental waste, encourage work safety, quality process, and move toward their goals. We help facility managers create an alignment with their employees and community to stop waste & reduce utility bills.

We create messages and unique visual effects that when produced on our related products… will get your message across. We have easy to implement turn-key solutions and a lot of creative input available to you. We have a very large variety of products that can be used in various departments for education, awareness reminders and recognition. Most importantly pay attention to our theme development, graphic design and tag lines that help communicate your message.

When at the home page, in upper right hand corner, click on our animation which you can re-use as needed. Have fun and get business done at http://www.awarenessideas.com/

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Remember: that with everything people have to do in there job, putting out fires and meeting goals, without a sustained marketing campaign, subjects like quality control, sustainability and safety take a back burner. The more marketing an organization does to create awareness the more significance people give to that subject. We can help you have a sustained, impactful awareness process.

There is no difference in what it takes to market products and the marketing of appropriate Quality Process, Energy, Recycling and Safety habits. The decision to buy, or the changing of a mind or a habit, does not occur in a communication vacuum.

Marketing departments learned a long time ago… they need to use multiple forms of advertising, over and over again; to catch the attention, to change a mind, to move people to take action.

People involved organizations need to see that the same consistent efforts are needed to change the minds and habits of employees, to get and stay focused on facility goals as well.

We can help you have a sustained, impact full awareness process.

Whatever your objective, we can create a marketing solution that fits your budget. Our web site will demonstrate our capability to put words into simple graphics that tell big stories that make a difference in the minds of your audience.

We like to say, “Our point is getting yours across” and we do it well.

We are down to earth and to the point. Give us a call, get to know us and arrange to discuss your needs. Visit and review each primary link at http://www.awarenessIDEAS.com

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The new year brings new opportunity to improve the quality process of your operations. Whether you are in a manufacturing facility, office, school, hospital or any other organization, you can make small changes that will result in better communications, superior customer service, a higher quality product and a more satisfied workforce.

Here are a few resolutions to consider for your facility in 2009:

Resolve to make Better Communication a goal. This goes for both your internal operations and your external communications with suppliers and customers. Communication that is well written, to the point, professional and succinct not only makes for a better experience for the reader, but is actually quicker to write and more effective once you get over the hump of producing communications of this quality. Communication doesn’t only need to be clear and concise, it should also be regular. The most effective project management teams I’ve seen have the success they do because they regularly sent status updates, gave praise when appropriate and were quick with critiques and criticisms. The well oiled machine of communication only works if it’s used.

Resolve to provide Superior Customer Service. This applies to both internal and external customers. If your coworkers can count on you to consistently produce good work in a timely manner with a level of quality that they need, they will not only trust you to do so but count on you to do so. When a customer comes to know that your company provides the products or services they need with predictable excellence, their eyes are less likely to wander to the competition. Good customer service is crucial to improving or maintaining quality control in your organization.

Resolve to product Quality Products that begin with quality components and consistent quality control. Even time tested products have to be re-evaluated regularly to ensure they are safe, easy to use, reliable and live up to their reputations. New products or major improvements need that level of quality control as well as a thorough testing both in the lab and in the field. The worst thing you can do for the reputation of your company is to put out a product that is unsound or dangerous. Just ask the chinese about their lead-based toys, chrysler about it’s head gaskets or Seagate about it’s 1.5TB Hard Drives with failing firmware.

Resolve to acknowledge and respect your work force. A Satisfied Work Force will produce a quality product more reliably, and with less turnover. When you consider the cost of training, the trust you build with employees over time and the ebb and flow of an evolving workforce, you realize that your people are often your greatest asset. Threat your team well, give them creative control when it’s warranted, listen to their feedback and provide rewards for their successes. A quality product is built by a team who takes pride in their work, and it shows in every position from basic assembly to management.

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I’m posting this in both our Marketing Your Business and Quality Process blogs, because I deem it that important to your company. When it comes to how a company can most improve itself and make itself a viable commercial entity, especially in hard economical times and in a very competitive marketplace, the best place to look is within.

Processes tend to start out with the best of intentions and they deteriorate over time. This deterioration happens for a number of reasons:

• Lack of Technology – Perhaps when you started this process, the only way to make every side of your company work was to key in data 2 or 3 or 10 times. This redundancy not only is a waste of resources, but tends to dull down morale. Putting new technology in place often remedies this problem.
• Lack of Employee Competency – Often times, an employee will be the downfall of a process because they simply don’t have the training required to make the process work or they are otherwise overworked/incompetent/frustrated/distracted.
• Cost cutting Measures gone Awry – Often times, cutting what seems like a benign corner ends up being a major downfall to the overall health of the process.
• Failure to embrace new methods – The phrase “can’t teach an old dog new tricks” is prevalent in business.

So now that you know why processes fail, let’s work to streamline some of the processes in your operation.

• Examine why your processes fail. The list above may give some clues. Perhaps there are other clues in why the process fails.
• Research, research, research. This can be an internal research into external solutions or you can hire a consultant with the expertise you need. Either way, research multiple solutions to your problem and make the decision that is best both short time and in the long haul.
• Budget for change. Almost anything you do to drastically improve a process is going to come at a cost. Make sure you budget for this change. If the budget can be amended immediately, do so. If you have to wait for a new fiscal quarter or year, do so. Just make sure you have money budgeted to make the big changes.
• Understand that change takes time. No one can possibly make a company-changing shift without the time to allocate resources, properly train and roll out the program. This might be days. It will more likely be months. No change happens instantly, and all parties involved need to know that.
• Don’t embrace the afterglow. As soon as your new processes are in place, don’t just accept that everything is better. Run checks on how much more efficient you are. Look for problem areas. Get employee feedback. Your eyes and ears on the process are your people, and trust their feedback.
• Plan the next big process improvement. After you have rolled out your new process and gotten feedback, plan the next big step. Companies that succeed are companies that are always looking to improve.

Streamling internal processes can be challenging, but it’s necessary to improve efficiency and make the most of your company’s resources.