The 10 steps of value chain The first step is defining the Business Strategy of the firm. I mean defining our main Value Discipline (Operational Excellence, Customer Intimacy or Product Leadership according to Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema) or our Core…
Sales Efficient Supply Chain Management (SESCM): A Success Foundation for a Business Model
In turnaround situations, we used to find uncoordinated Sales and SCM areas which blame to each other. Implementing SESCM strategy is not an easy job, but these initiatives can really turnaround the firm performance and profitability. Exploring lean techniques is a…
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…
Human Resources Myopic: How Firms Are Losing the Human Capital Battle
In 2014 the Spanish football league champion has been Atletico de Madrid. How is a club with just the 30% of the budget of Real Madrid and Barcelona able to over perform those huge teams? The answer could be playing like…
From Strategy to Execution: Strategic Themes and Initiatives
We have to stress two concepts from the turnaround point of view. Strategic themes is an important concept because means identified the key process, I mean the leverage process that are going to produce the expected turnaround results. The second concept…