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Lean
Resources
China
Lean Manufacturing Academy
Europe
Jung,
Aust & Partner
Australia
Peter
J. Ellis
North
America
Sims
Consulting Group
Strategic
Impact
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Strategos--An
ancient Greek word translates literally as "the General's art".
From the ancient Greek, through military to modern business usage, the
word retains much of its original meaning--
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Decisions
and actions with long-term and wide-ranging consequences.
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Pinpointing
vulnerabilities in the competitors' position.
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Exploiting
resources and deployment relative to competitors.
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Using
topography, and technology for advantage.
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Finding
niches in the marketplace.
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Thus,
then, in Strategy everything is very simple, but not on that
account very easy.
--Carl von Clauswitz |
Principles
of War
Two
basic principles...underlie all strategic planning. . . .
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The
first principle is: act with the utmost concentration
[trace the ultimate substance of enemy strength to the fewest
possible sources; compress the attack on these sources to the
fewest possible actions; and subordinate
minor actions as much as possible].
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The
second principle is: act with the utmost speed
[every unnecessary expenditure of time and every unnecessary
detour is a waste of strength; take the shortest possible road
to the goal]."
The
first task, then, in planning for a war is to
identify the enemy's center of
gravity, and if possible trace it back to a single
one. The
second task is to ensure that the forces to be used
against that point are concentrated
for a main offensive.
--Carl von Clauswitz |
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"Three
Yards and a Cloud of Dust
Industrial
Management at Century's End"
Excellent
article by Wickham Skinner, considered the father of Manufacturing
Strategy. |
"Clausewitz's
military center of gravity (CoG) and the CoG of mechanical
sciences share many of the same properties: neither is a strength
or a source of strength, per se, but rather a focal point
where physical (and psychological) forces come together."
--Lt.
Col. Antulio J. Echevarria
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