Keepers of the Strategy

The two approaches will hone different skills. JIT will develop one type of capability — comprising manufacturing cells, kanban systems, and the like. Software solutions will develop another skill set — technology and system implementation. Both might reach the same end point eventually in terms of lead times and production flow. However, the skills 

Strategic direction comes from a vision of where the organization needs to go. The vision provides a yardstick to determine what is strategic and what is not. In fact, we often find that many projects form out of a haphazard process, have no strategic contribution at all, and should be discontinued. Robert expands on this need.  

In general, we find that too few projects are strategic in nature. A typical example is a large program for upgrading systems by implementing new 

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