{"id":1743,"date":"2023-11-14T00:13:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T00:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/?page_id=1743"},"modified":"2023-11-14T01:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T01:43:12","slug":"the-challenge-of-increasing-productivity-the-situation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/?page_id=1743","title":{"rendered":"The Challenge of Increasing Productivity: The Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1743\" class=\"elementor elementor-1743\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae1ff10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae1ff10\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4523fd8\" data-id=\"4523fd8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a9e5be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a9e5be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Current  Reality - The Situation<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ba0cfd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ba0cfd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9817d95\" data-id=\"9817d95\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84318a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"84318a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p>In this lesson, you will see some examples from the logistics industry. However, do note that a Productivity Journey applies to all industries. The issues are generic to almost all businesses.<\/p>\r\n<p><b> Case Study<\/b><\/p>\r\n  <p> <i>Steve is the owner of Fast Freight, a small forwarding business.<\/p>\r\n<p>He is reviewing the latest P&amp;L report and is disheartened to see the numbers are not as good as he would like. It is a real struggle to expand and grow due to the business&rsquo;s tight cash flows.<\/p>\r\n<p>When Steve compares Fast Freight to the larger firms within the forwarding industry, they seem to be profitable and growing despite the high cost base and low margins endemic to the industry, whilst offering a competitive rate at the same time.<\/p>\r\n<p>Steve has to fight hard to get Fast Freight seen, and taken seriously, and he frequently relies on the strong personal relationships of his small team to &lsquo;poach&rsquo; and hold clients.<\/i><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"alert-danger\">\r\n<p><strong>Problem:<\/strong> Currently, improving productivity is seen to be a big, comprehensive project that takes a lot of time and effort. It has the potential to be very disruptive to business as usual.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-511e1d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"511e1d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a11df91\" data-id=\"a11df91\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1aef1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e1aef1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/?page_id=1748\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Next Page: The Current Reality - It's a Competitive Industry<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90ab759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90ab759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Busy-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1042\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Busy-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Busy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Busy-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Busy.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Current Reality &#8211; The Situation In this lesson, you will see some examples from the logistics industry. However, do note that a Productivity Journey applies to all industries. The issues are generic to almost all businesses. Case Study Steve is the owner of Fast Freight, a small forwarding business. He is reviewing the latest &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/?page_id=1743\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Challenge of Increasing Productivity: The Situation<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1743","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1814,"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743\/revisions\/1814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}