The evolution of artificial intelligence has progressed rapidly, transitioning from the foundational machine learning algorithms of the 1980s to the current era of generative AI. This transformation, driven by exponential increases in computing power, algorithmic efficiency, cloud computing, and the proliferation…
Supply Chain Management Canvas
This one-page framework will support supply chain departments to identify and deliver higher operational and financial performance. However, the success of the implementation of the tool will likely depend on “the mind of the supply chain strategist.” I mean the supply…
The Lost Link to Make Strategy Work: Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
What is Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)? The S&OP is a tool that was created in the 70s with the purpose of operations planning mainly for manufacturing environments. Since then, the planning tool has expanded its scope to other departments and…
The Sustainable Competitive Advantage (SCA) Process: The Hearth of Strategy
In order to choose your strategic positioning, I would suggest that you review the strategic disruptions and examples shows in the first image and the post Is It Time to Review Your Business Model?
Is It Time to Review Your Business Model?
We are going to review quickly a few examples of how all of those seven types of business without any exception are being already challenge. This could create an important stream of turnarounds, if companies do not transform themselves before: 1….
Do You Really Have a Business Growth Strategy? The Growth Strategy Matrix
1. Beat the market: This is the objective of many firms. You have likely heard comments like “we need very profitable sales growth.” However, beating the market as Zara/Inditex is doing in the apparel business quarter by quarter is not an…
Business Alignment: When Board Is Misaligned with Management
How board and management misalignment used to happen? Most of the time a board member does not understand his role. In this situation that member used to implement what we could call “micro-management.” That is entering in the tactical planning and…
Annual Budget: Are You Using Budget As a Real Strategic Execution Tool?
People and structure must be reviewed In many companies the people review process leading for Human Resources is not 100% connected with the budget process. Probably because there are still companies that in their understanding budget process is a “pure financial”…
Focus Strategy: How Successful SMB Firms Compete
In 1980 Michael Porter brought to us the concept of the three generic strategies (low cost, differentiation and focus). The first two have been quite well understood, but the focus strategy looks that there is an important number of firms that…
Delta Model Strategy: New Strategic Inside to Define Our Company Direction and Improve Our Performance
Delta model strategy pros Although the authors do not mention the Star Model of Jay R. Galbraith, we can see that the general framework that they called “The Delta Model’s Winning Formula” fits “almost exactly” in the well-known Star Model. This is…