Here are some real-life situations.  Check off those that apply to your company.
	Do you have customers who are dissatisfied with delivery? Errors, back orders, or late shipments?
	Are your facilities poorly utilized? Excess floor space? Cubic volume not efficiently used for storage?
	Does a competitor keep beating your price? Maybe they know something about reducing costs that you don’t.
	Are you considering reconfiguring, relocating, or consolidating facilities?  It's an ideal opportunity to improve work flow, space use, and efficiencies.  Is that in your plans?
	Inventories too high?  How can they be reduced without affecting service levels?
	Do you need to increase or reduce the number of distribution points?  What is the optimal network configuration?
	Are your manufacturing, distribution, and business processes out-of-date and inefficient?  Which ones are most suspect?
	Do you want to implement Lean Enterprise, Six Sigma, or other major continuous improvement initiatives?  Where do you start?
	Are your competitors' new products beating yours to market?  Where does the design and development process bog down?
	Have business changes or market conditions impacted transportation costs?  How can they be brought back in line?
		Name:		Email:
		Company:		Title: