Business strategies

Management buy-in for the PSM system depends on how clearly executives understand how the system supports corporate goals and business strategies. It is your job to make these correlations, as you did in your initial selling (Chapter 2). The difference is that you now have more tangible information to support your case. 

Over a period of 20 years, it is possible for a company, even one that is not growing, to experience numerous changes in its business, product markets, competition, government regulations, available technologies, business strategy, labor markets, and so on. These changes are the inevitable products of its interaction with a world that is not static. 

To fulfil the above objectives, strategic mentoring is required -i.e. it becomes an integral part of business strategy. It focuses on... 

Keywords Energy management, Greenhouse gases, business strategy, manufacturing, sustainability... 

A more detailed discussion regarding the need for the consideration of business strategies within EM for manufacturing, with the development of a procedure to facilitate this consideration and finally,... 

A case study to demonstrate the applicability of the developed EM procedure for the business strategy manufacturing level. 

Two distinct and simple business strategies for manufacturing household furniture may be described as the provision of either low-cost, short lifespan, or expensive, long lifespan products. The decision on which strategy to take is made at the conception stage of the business and may depend upon existing supply chain links, market opportunities or available workforce skill set for example. It is unlikely that such a strategic decision would ever be made... 

A Case Study for EM Method at the Business Strategy Level... 

The life cycle approach for considering energy at the business strategy level can be applied to any product, provided that sufficient consideration is given to the contributing factors. The level of detail can be adjusted to allow for different levels of data availability or understanding, but it is important to assess the need for different energy consumption factors within the life cycle of the product. 

Table Z Numerical values used for comparison between PSS and sale business strategies for steel roofing.

Tukker, A., 2004. Eight types of product-service system Eight ways to sustainability Experiences from SusProNet, Business Strategy and the Environment, 13 (4), 246-260. 

The new partnerships are currently seeking for new applications in nanomaterials development. The business strategy includes the introduction of their products into the life-science research, industrial, and biothreat markets. 

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