Increasing our incomes will be slow and difficult. We need to work on multiple fronts to raise our incomes. Here are two examples. The second example is the Finance and Operations Division of the Milton-Hershey School in Hershey. Lawrence Davenport, VP of Finance and Operations has used Arthur Andersen's Global Best Practices for benchmark data from individual companies rated best in the world for specific functions.
Many communities are content to seek incremental improvement based on their historical database.
Organizations throughout the world have proven that focusing on World Class best practices can result in dramatic improvements. This will also work in visionary communities. This addition was a major priority in the 1994 Tyler Vision Process. Tom Mullins reports that Tyler will have a five-year review of the Vision progress in August 1999. Schuylkill set up a Workforce development System with 82 partners that provide programs to facilitate service providers meeting employer's needs.