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Business planning

To combat the symptoms of departmental silos many organizations implement a very rigid Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Business Planning This helps run their internal processes and coordinates inter-departmental communication. By their nature, these systems are very formulaic and prescriptive with a one-size fits all approach to planning. Now a different bunch of problems start surfacing […]

If Your Business Has Too Much Internal Focus, You Could Be Missing Out

Internal Focus

Internal Focus It’s no surprise that customers hate companies with too much focus.  As organizations free up their inter-departmental planning from rigidities, the communications start to bloom.  Efficiency improves considerable and everybody starts running together, faster.  However, a higher set of problems emerge due to lack of external focus – on suppliers, customers, and end-consumers. […]

A Revamped Business Model: The Introduction of Customer Centric

Revamped Business Model

New challenges need new responses. The common organizational model looks like the generic drainpipe structure, meeting the mammalian need for an ordered hierarchy and flow of power within a business. Most companies have evolved in the last 2 decades and their functioning has become almost entirely customer centric.  Their customers’ priorities drive most of the […]