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Ever increasingly the world is becoming a global village, and the trends are accelerating. This creates many challenges for large and small companies alike, but also the potential for enormous opportunities. Overcoming the challenges and taking advantage of the opportunities has been at the heart of the development of Operations Management as a discipline for the last 25 years…
I refer to Operations Management and the Strategy of the same as the over-arching framework for a particular reason; that being, for too long enterprises have wrongly compartmentalised and subdivided this discipline, hence I believe sub-optimised their strategies. For example developing plans for “Strategic Procurement” or “Supply Chain Management” or “LEAN Manufacturing” or over-simplistic in-house vs. outsource and make/buy decisions.
So how should enterprises respond, what should they do now?
To help develop and implement a successful Operations Strategy I propose a structured Approach using clear frameworks to evaluate the Challenges and determine the Enablers needed to transform an enterprises Operations Management capability.
I will also share my perspectives on a completely new way of thinking about operations management, integrating and leveraging strategic choices into a new market differentiating Global Operations Orchestration approach.
Please share your views on these or other interesting topics in the Discussion Forum
Thank you, Ian Truesdale