Supply Management: Six Elements of Superior Design

While management theorists and business executives focus on marketing, finance, product design, and even manufacturing, the supply organization is often forgotten. A wrong decision in supply organization design can result in a rapid loss of expertise and competitive stature by reducing a company's leverage and splitting supplier relationships across multiple sites, businesses, and geographies. A Holistic Design Theory As Shown in Exhibit 1, the model is used both for organizational assessment (is the organization "up to" …

…new product group's internal business structure. Others have probably designed similar things into their organizations. The point of organizational design is to focus your organization to deliver results. The Organizational Performance Model provides companies with a repeatable thought/design process, which is linked to business needs and cultures. Building regular design renewal into your organizational plan can ensure that your supply design doesn't get left behind by the realities of changing internal and external environments.