Products available
- TQM In Action
- The Improvement Toolkit
- The Strategic Process Deployment (SPD) Toolkit
- High Fives
- Culture Check
- The Development Review System
- Employment Law Support
- Employment Law Compliance Audit
Excel/Access Applications
- Redundancy Calculator
- Breakeven Analysis for Small Businesses
- Small business Personnel Management Database
- Asset Maintenance System
- H&S Risk Management Database
- Accident reporting form and Analysis Spreadsheet
All prices quoted include delivery in the UK. For overseas, please ask for details. For more details or to purchase a copy, please contact us.
TQM In Action
This book is a practical guide for managers to continuous improvement through Total Quality (£25 each). It takes an historical perspective on the development of the concepts and the reasons why so many organizations have failed to implement the process successfully. It goes on to provide a step by step guide to getting it right and a detailed case study of implementation. For more details or to purchase a copy, please contact us.
The Improvement Toolkit
An A5 sized guide to the tools and techniques of quality improvement; ideal for improvement teams and quality circles. For more details or to purchase a copy (£11.95 each).
The Strategic Process Deployment (SPD) Toolkit
A range of tools designed to analyse and improve the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of business processes as well as reduce errors and rework. This toolkit is part of our consultancy service and cannot be purchased as a stand alone product due to the complexity of the change management process which is required to implement it successfully.
High Fives
A survival guide booklet on being a member of an improvement team. For more details or to purchase a copy (£5 each, discounts for bulk purchase).
Culture Check
A survey instrument for assessing organisation culture. Particularly useful for measuring the impact of major change programmes including business acquisitions and mergers.
The Development Review System
A pack of customisable resources complete with documentation and backed up by training in appraisal skills for managers if required.
Employment Law Support
Advice and case support backed up by regular employment law updates delivered to your managers in-house.
Employment Law Compliance Audit
This service involves checking contracts, personnel policies and procedures against current employment law including a detailed report if required.
Redundancy Calculator
This tool enables you to input basic employee data and have their ages and statutory redundancy entitlement calculated automatically. The spreadsheet enables you to specify whether you wish to apply the statutory wage cap or not and to customise the calculation (e.g. to apply a multiplier to the number of weeks or extend the age/service minima and maxima). It can also be linked via mailmerge to Word documents.
Breakeven Analysis for Small Businesses
Initially designed for Chiropody and Podiatry practices by Christopher Swaffin-Smith, the tool can be tailored to your business. This simple to use yet powerful tool enables you to calculate fixed and variable costs and to conduct what-if analysis on capacity planning and pricing/utilisation changes. A chart shows the impact on profit and the breakeven point for your business.
Small business Personnel Management Database
A simple and cheap alternative to the often highly priced packages on the market. Covers basic employee information, skills, education and many more areas. Easily customisable.
Asset Maintenance System
Designed by our associates in ISdata, this software applies a preventative maintenance, service and inspection regime to key assets such as fleets, equipment or infrastructure assets. Features include utilisation links to Engineers time and the capability to produce payroll data from service timesheets as well as a wide array of analytical tools on performance.
H&S Risk Management Database
The Risk Manager is an Access database which tracks your premises and their major equipment assets by defined areas. It is used to log all risk assessment data including hazards and their rating and the controls and actions in place or required. It also contains an equipment inspection timer and PAT Test schedule tool.
Accident reporting form and Analysis Spreadsheet
This system accords with recent advice from the Data Protection Commissioner and the HSE for secure accident reporting and analysis. Reports time since last accident, flags up RIDDOR requirements and facilitates year by year performance analysis categorised by accident type.