Supply Chain Cost Management: The AIM & DRIVE® Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results

Hold Weekly or Biweekly Meetings or Conference Calls

Face-to-face communication among team members, whether in person or via conference call, is essential as the team proceeds to implement its action plans. How often, then, should the team meet? There is no standard answer to this question. In my opinion frequency should be based on the type of action plan that the team has written. Some action items may have a long time lag between activities and it makes no sense to meet every week when there is nothing happening. However, in most companies that I have been associated with, the recommendation to the team is that they meet once a week for the first three or four weeks and then once every two weeks for at least the next four or five months. ...