February 22, 2008 - Michelle Strutzenberger - Business Excellence, a forward-thinking magazine out of Norwich, England, featured Wardrop Engineering in its February publication. CEO Shayne Smith, who was interviewed for the article, says the recognition is an honour.

Friday February 22, 2008 -- Michelle Strutzenberger

Business Excellence, a forward-thinking magazine out of Norwich, England, featured Wardrop Engineering in its February publication.

The article, titled "People, Passion, Performance," highlights Wardrop’s recent achievements and activities and speaks to how the company is seeking to ensure its phenomenal growth continues.

CEO Shayne Smith, who was interviewed for the article, says the recognition is an honour.

"As we continue our efforts to improve Wardrop’s brand in the marketplace, the development of our people, and our business performance, it’s nice to have our journey recognized along the way," says Shayne.

Business Excellence’s mission is to foster excellence in business by drawing attention to the real-life achievements of world-class companies — like Wardrop.

The magazine emphasizes that businesses must commit to continuous improvement in order to ensure continued excellence.

"Laurels are always welcome, but last year's laurels soon turn into next year's ashes," states an overview of the publication’s mission statement. "In today's global marketplace, where competition is between supply chains rather than individual companies, the bar is raised every day."

Six foundations of business excellence provide the framework for the magazine’s editorial perspective and coverage. Obviously companies like Wardrop are considered within the context of these ideas. The foundations are as follows:

1. Strategic management: To fulfill its mission effectively and efficiently, a business strategy must match a company’s strengths to the business environment, according to the magazine.
2. Customer focus: True value innovation comes from understanding what your customers are looking for and offering it to them before your competitors do at a price they can’t resist, says Business Excellence.
3. Supply chain: The publication points out that the main objective of supply chain management is to fulfill customer demands through the most efficient use of resources, including distribution capacity, inventory and labor. "An excellent supply chain is a natural extension of your business, a symbiotic relationship with suppliers with no breaks or visible joins."
4. Operational excellence: Central to a business are the processes and techniques that bring competitive advantage by "reducing cost, eliminating waste, and empowering the workforce."
5. Infrastructure: Described as the "backbone" of the company, infrastructure includes finance, training and development, information technology, energy management and administration.
6. Green business: Business Excellence points out that green business has been transformed from an oxymoron into a mainstream concept in the last ten years as early adopters have discovered it’s actually good business to go green. The concept of the triple bottom line that has been coined to accompany it widens the measurement of an organization’s success into economic, environmental and social elements, according to the magazine.

To read the article about Wardrop in Business Excellence online, visit this site.