"Wakelam Paul (RBAU/LOG3)" wrote:
> I agree that having the same business process as a competitor can remove an
> advantage, but to change the thread slightly how do you achieve this WITHIN
> a company with different sites ?
> Do you use a
> 1. Top down approach : Driven from head office - one size fits all
> countries. No changes at country level.
> 2. Industry Group then Top-down approach : Based on industry groups
> recommendations for external processes. Driven from head office - one size
> fits all countries. No changes at country level.
> 3. Peer consensus approach : Sharing of approaches between different
> countries in repositories then moving slowly towards a best of breed
> solution(s).
> 4. Standardisation of Interfaces between systems leading to constrained
> variation on internal business approaches approach : Require common
> interfaces for transfer of data within the multinational and so constrain
> the internal process. ( SONY did this according to one article when they
> standardised their factory software in Japan.)
> 5. Don't bother.
If the business processes running in each site are working, why bother?
If they are not, give a bit more detail and you might get a useful answer.
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Ken Steel
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