The Efficiency and Reform Group, with expert support, advice and scrutiny from the Efficiency and Reform Board, which includes several non-executives, is helping departments across government achieve massive savings.
An analytics library concept called Model Management has evolved to allow banks to safely, quickly and efficiently catalog and analyze the models under use — retiring potentially dangerous ones and helping departments select from models already successfully deployed.
The sales frenzy also helped department store group John Lewiss to report another strong week with online sales up 32 per cent after Cyber Monday.
Found a new foothold in the private label business when it invested about $250 million this summer buying Regatta, an American firm that helps department stores develop upscale house brands.
ShortPoint — A subscription software that helps department managers build gorgeous intranets with no coding from their existing content systems, such as Office 365.
BER scholars seeking a more active role in promoting institutional change might also help department chairs understand how to evaluate the research of BER faculty.
O'Donnell said higher pay for procurement specialists would help departments retain staff who were otherwise lured to better paid posts in the private sector.
While budgets may be stretched, bringing on an extra set of hands for even a couple of days per week can help departments manage their most critical tasks.
"In the first instance, this will help departments to do something as simple as share documents with each other more easily.
It also tries to help departments change their culture to be more female-friendly.
Quality systems can help departments do the right things and do things right, but organisation and design need to be considered.
