The Importance of Choosing the Right Software
Selecting the right software for your business is like choosing an outfit that fits your unique body type. Just because something looks great on someone else doesn’t mean it will work for you....
Accountability Starts With Me
At 6R Retail, we specialise in project management for retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers, enhancing business processes through ERP, PLM, eCommerce, and marketing technologies. We help...
Making a Plan of Action
As we initiate a project, once we have a clear business case and green light on funding, we move into the action stage. This might be called the "Nike part" of the project, where it's all about...
Everybody Loves A Spreadsheet
In every single business that we have worked with, there are both sparks of excellence and tangles of spreadsheets; there will be some parts of the business that are using their systems to...
Implementation Success Lives Beyond the Life of the Project
In many cases, successful implementation is about how an organisation adjusts and accommodates new software into their ongoing operations. According to research from McKinsey & Co., many...
Top Down Bottom Up
The Essence of Revolution: Insights from Fareed Zakaria Listening to Fareed Zakaria's "Age of Revolutions" has been fascinating when considering change and what actually produces a revolution. He...
Accountability is easy, right?
Patrick Lencioni says, "It's not easy to hold anyone accountable - even your kids." I've struggled on that front too (and on holding myself to account). Accountability is one of those words that...
Slow is Smooth: Developing Direction
In this edition, we explore the 'slowing down to speed up' strategy, crucial for effective project management and organisational change. At 6R Retail, we apply this principle to streamline system...
Not for Tech’s Sake
Technology for its own sake is at best a novelty and at worst an annoyance. Customers quickly get bored with it if it doesn't deliver some value for them. Post-pandemia, we have witnessed...