Manufacturers have experienced many stages of evolution and paradigm shift. The paradigm shifts from crafts to mass production, then to lean production, and finally to agile manufacturing (AM). Agility will reduce the time to market for appropriate products and services. Twenty-first century...

The present business environment of accelerated complexity, ambiguity, uncertainty and volatility seems not to be settling down soon. Today’s business world is consistently bombarded with turmoil and unprecedented change. This makes it very difficult for organisations to accurately predict...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Figure I.1 Agile Sales -- Figure 1.1 Pareto Principle and 80/20 Rule -- Figure 1.2 Persona Map -- Figure 1.3 Personal Map of Driven Bob -- Figure 1.4 Customer Contextual Interview Form --...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Key Abbreviations Used -- 1 Exploiting Agility for Advantage -- 2 What is Organisational Agility? -- 3 Prudent Opportunism -- 4 Leading Agile Enterprises -- Bibliography for Part I -- 5 Introduction to Part II: Using the EAfA Process to Exploit Agility for...

Intro -- Nutzungshinweise für Ihr BusinessVillage-E-Book -- BusinessVillage E-Book-Lizenzvertrag -- About the authors -- Forwords -- Foreword by Professor Michael Wade, IMD Business School -- Foreword by Monika Waber, Swiss Re -- Foreword by the authors -- 1. How does digital transformation...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Figure I.1 Agile Sales -- Figure 1.1 Pareto Principle and 80/20 Rule -- Figure 1.2 Persona Map -- Figure 1.3 Personal Map of Driven Bob -- Figure 1.4 Customer Contextual Interview Form --...