A long time ago, or at least what seems like a long time ago, in the U.S., Manufacturing was King. For companies whose primary product was manufactured, manufacturing, along with finance, dominated discussions. There was little concern for quality, cost, or customer service. The customers would get what they got (and like it), and any additional costs incurred would simply be passed along in the price of the product. Life was good! Continue reading
It wasn’t too long ago, Private Equity firms could purchase a company, do ”financial” engineering, and sell the asset for a nice profit in a relatively short time frame. It provided a nice quick return on their investment.
Well, times have changed. Although many firms would like to sell, they are finding that adequate liquidity does not exist. This presents a conundrum for investors. The traditional method won’t work in these economically uncertain times. Maybe it’s time for a new approach. Continue reading
Over the past several months, I have written several posts about the issues facing IT Business Alignment, a need to create a dependence between IT and the Business, and an emphasis on taking a process centric approach to the issue.
I decided to consolidate that into a white paper, which is now available.
It’s not sponsored by a large software or hardware company, but does present an approach offered by my company (New Age Technologies) to help an organization move toward IT Business Alignment by focusing on a process to be improved, then understanding how it’s infrastructure and technology can help that process.
Please feel free to leave any comments about the paper at this post, or you can email me at the address on the paper.
I hope you enjoy!
Whitepaper: Creating a Necessary Dependence: A Process Centric Framework for IT Business Alignment
Thanks!
Glenn Whitfield
Performance Improvement 