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Improving Profitability: Lean Operations

2 Credits: Business Management & Organization

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Improving Profitability: Lean Operations

Format
Webcast
Course Level
Basic
CPE Credits

2 Credits: Business Management & Organization

Course Description

In today’s competitive market, businesses face the challenge of delivering maximum customer value while maintaining lean operations. This course offers a solution by diving into the essential tools and principles of lean operations and customer-centric strategies. Participants will gain an understanding of how to enhance business efficiency using the principles of activity-based costing, a method that assigns costs to products and services based on the resources they consume. The course also focuses on identifying and understanding target customers, a crucial aspect in shaping business offerings to meet specific market needs. Additionally, it covers strategies for managing customer responsiveness and key performance indicators, essential for monitoring and improving business performance. By the end of this course, participants will be equipped with the knowledge to streamline operations, focus on customer value, and drive their business towards success.

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Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the importance of lean operations
  • Using principles of activity based costing
  • Understand the concept of target customer
  • Managing customer responsiveness and key performance indicators
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Course Specifics

Course ID
WC1623329466
Revision Date
May 8, 2023
Prerequisites

Experience and/or exposure to financial management

Advanced Preparation

None

Compliance Information

NASBA Provider Number: 103220

CFP Notice: Not all courses that qualify for CFP® credit are registered by Western CPE. If a course does not have a CFP registration number in the compliance section, the continuing education will need to be individually reported with the CFP Board. For more information on the reporting process, required documentation, processing fee, etc., contact the CFP Board. CFP Professionals must take each course in it’s entirety, the CFP Board DOES NOT accept partial credits for courses.

Meet The Experts

Francis X. Ryan Headshot

Francis X. Ryan, CPA, CGMA, MBA, is the president of F.X. Ryan & Associates, which specializes in lean systems implementations, activity-based costing, strategic and operational risk analyses, and corporate governance evaluations. Frank serves and has served on numerous boards of publicly traded companies and nonprofit organizations. In 2008, he was elected chairman of the board of Good Shepherd Center. Frank has served as chairman of the audit committees of two publicly traded companies, and he’s the current audit committee chairman of a major nonprofit organization in Maryland. Francis X. Ryan is an acclaimed author on activity-based costing, lean systems, and …