Centre for Business Performance
Ryanair, easyJet – What do the numbers mean?
Yesterday Ryanair announced that their bookings over the summer were less than expectation and their forward bookings for September and October were not as strong as expected. Michael O’Leary was quoted as this being due ...
Take the blindspots out of your decision-making!
One of the modules I teach at Cranfield University's Executive MSc in Managing Organisational Performance is about improving organisational decisions, in particular those relating to measuring and managing performance. There is a great need in ...
Insights into manufacturing issues in the UK
At the Manufacturing Professors' Forum on Monday, 25th June, we heard a number of first-hand insights and challenges from David Sprent, Logistics VP for the UK and Ireland at Unilever. David explained to the audience ...
4,000 avoidable deaths a year
Accident and Emergency (A&E) are back in the headlines again. Mortality rates are higher at weekends costing some 4,400 lives a year according to a dossier being prepared by NHS England. It is being suggested ...