[vc_row rt_row_background_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted”][vc_column rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_column_text] There are some managers still thinking that Supply Chain or Operations are the enemies of Sales. They think that the goal of those areas is…
Tax Efficient Supply Chain Management: TESCM Strategies
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There are financial tools like Economic Value Added (EVA) which shows us tax management as one of the key business levers. Tax Efficient Supply Chain Management (TESCM) shows us the potential of using tax and supply chain management in an…
Strategic Focus: Core Business Types
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] John Hagel III and Marc Singer (1999) defining the core business types (infrastructure management, customer relationship management and product innovation) got a similar conclusion that Michel Treacy and Fred Wiersema (1992) in their work about the value disciplines (operational excellence,…
Is Profitable and Justified Strategically Maintaining Our Current Network Of Facilities?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Products, customers and offices unprofitable must be identified and make profitably or we should take the decision to remove them. Many times it is assumed that facilities network are a strategic long-term decision, so it is not reviewed the strategic…
When Should We Outsource Activities?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Whenever a company produces a service internally that others buy or produce more efficiently or effectively externally, it sacrifices competitive advantage” (Quinn, James Brian, Thomas I. Doorley, Penny C. Paquette “Technology in services: rethinking strategic focus” Sloan Management Review, Winter…