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Affiliations
FastTrac®
A program of the
Kauffman Foundation
ASBA: Arizona Small
Business Association
CoreAllianceSM
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Values
Focus on client needs
Be prepared
Work smart
Partner with others
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Mission
Blackerby Associates helps any organization transform into a high-performance enterprise. Our experts in planning, management and operations provide a single source for organizational transformation and improvement services.
A high-performance enterprise is...
| Profitable: |
It makes money. |
| Growing: |
It sells more in its markets, or enters new markets. |
| Productive: |
Value added per production unit is high. |
| Improving: |
It learns how to improve each year. |
How does your organization measure up?
If your organization is not as profitable, growing, productive or improving as you think it should be, contact Blackerby Associates.
What We Do
Blackerby Associates provides custom consulting and training services to small- and medium-sized businesses. Key services include:
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Lean Practices
Small- and medium-sized businesses can use lean practices to improve productivity and profitability. Lean practices remove the fat and waste, leaving lean, value-added processes.
Using techniques created for manufacturers, Blackerby Associates can help you apply lean practices to other types of businesses, from construction to tech services, health care, financial services, insurance...
Any business that has processes (and what business doesn't?) can benefit from higher productivity and faster throughput. It all starts with value stream mapping...
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Business Planning
Any business can benefit from a business plan, even if financing is not needed. A business plan can:
| Align people around common goals; |
| Chart a path to growth; |
| Identify & remove barriers to success; |
| Estimate feasibility before investment. |
Blackerby Associates can write your business plan for you, guide you as you write it yourself, or train you to write your own business plan.
Business plan training includes the FastTrac programs of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, cosponsored locally by Stealthmode Partners.
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Strategic Planning
for the Public Sector
Government and not-for-profit organizations at all levels write strategic plans to develop agreement on program goals, target measurable results and ensure accountability.
| Broad citizen participation; |
| Stakeholder consensus-building; |
| Long-range research & analyses. |
Blackerby Associates has extensive experience facilitating and managing strategic planning projects for public sector organizations. Recent public sector clients include...
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Resources
Business Planning
"Top 10 Business Improvements" Download 
"How to Survive & Thrive;
Steps to Succeed During
Recession" Download
 "Skills. Jobs. Self-respect."
Ariz Republic Apr 5, 2007
Recovering women build a
coffee shop business. 
"Finding Money in Cities, States
and Federal Gov'ts." Tech Oasis
Phoenix, Download PDF 1,355 KB.
"Business Plan Budgeting,"
FastTrac Business Planning.
Download PDF 975 KB.
Lean Practices
"Lean Practices for the Construc-
tion Industry." Fountain Hills
Association of Licensed Contractors,
Download PDF 1,579 KB.
"Lean Thinking," by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones (excerpts for home building industry), Download PDF 801 KB.
"Lean Manufacturing and Your
Bottom Line," Arizona Tech. Expo,
Download PDF 2,011 KB.
"Enterprise Transformation to High Performance" Scottsdale Professional Networking Assoc., Download PDF 1,012 KB.
"Measuring the High Performance Enterprise" AQA Southern Arizona Conf. on Performance Excellence, Arizona Quality Alliance, Download
Public Policy & Strategy
TechConnect Magazine Winter 2007 p. 34 Capitol Watch: Technology Community Readies 2007 Policy Agenda
"My View: Tech-transfer proposition offers 'win-win' for Arizona," Phoenix Busi- ness Journal, Aug. 13. Link or Download PDF 95 KB.
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