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KEI&S Methodology
The six stages KEI&S uses to move from understanding a business to improving it.
KEI&S starts with the business, not the software. Each stage produces something you can check before the next begins.
- 1
Diagnose
Map how the business runs today and score all 30 Operating Grid cells.
- 2
Design
Agree owners, processes, rules and management rhythm before any tool is chosen.
- 3
Assemble
Select mature products that fit the design.
- 4
Integrate
Connect them so data is entered once and flows into reporting.
- 5
Build
Build only what is genuinely missing.
- 6
Improve
Re-score, review and refine as the business grows.
Principles
- Design before installation
- Buy, then integrate, then build
- Every document must be used in daily work
- Every system ends in a dashboard and a review rhythm
- Measure before and after
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