My son recently turned 18 and he loves fast cars, so for his birthday we took him to drive a Lamborghini around a race track. Here an 18-year-old is going to drive a $250,000 car at speeds of around 120 miles per hour.
I watched him improve with each lap. What was interesting was his lack of fear while some folks in my age group drove around the track barely reaching 80 miles per hour.
In an age where organizations are dealing with a more informed, powerful and demanding customer, it has never been more crucial to be flexible, dynamic and just as informed. While many businesses have tried – and failed – to go it alone, there is an unspoken value in nurturing and developing an ecosystem of strategic and effective partnerships. Simply put: in today’s business environment, collaboration is king.
No one ever said that managing your manufacturing operation was easy, in fact it can be one of the most time consuming, labor intensive and complex collection of business processes you can engage with.
I have often stated that if someone says “I know everything there is to know about our ERP system” they’re lying. ERP systems are so feature and function rich, it would take one to focus solely on getting educated in order to know it all.
