Concerned about the changes in corporate value proposition to break the existing enterprise boundaries and islands of the functions within the organization to design a more open, modular business components that can win in the future to build a business model. The starting point of integration, we began the supply chain.
With the globalization of resources and markets, how can we get the best from around the world the ability, knowledge and assets, and apply it to the world, where there is a demand to become CEO were concerned about most issues.
This requires attention to changes in the value proposition to break the existing enterprise boundaries and islands of the functions within the organization to design more open, modular business components that can win in the future to build a business model. The starting point of integration, we began the supply chain.
"The future of the enterprise"
Compared to best-selling book "The World is Flat" Friedman, author of an outsider's perspective, from the facts and phenomena to analyze the impact of globalization, IBM CEO and Chairman of the Board are based on changes in the role of the participants in-depth description of what he understood and is undergoing globalization, and in this context, enterprises would have to, or organizational changes that are taking place.
Two years ago, Sam in the "Foreign Affairs" (Foreign Affairs) published called "globally integrated enterprise" (Global Integrated Enterprise, called GIE) of the article, the text in which he explained the last 30 years the global economy has undergone a significant changes and these changes on the global impact of operating companies.
Sam made special mention of two factors:
First, is the economy, nationalism and national boundaries are gradually weakened, therefore, investment and trade barriers should be reduced gradually freer trade and capital flows to change the company's understanding of the scope of globalization.
Second, from the last century since the early 70s the information technology revolution. Information technology to improve the quality of the global communications and corporate operational efficiency, but also significantly reduce the corresponding costs. The most important is that technological change is the standardization of basic activities of the company's operations, which the company interactions within and between companies to more easily link to allow the exchange has become more convenient. Global harmonization of IT-based infrastructure to share a combination of technologies and standards, changing the company's awareness of the possibilities of globalization.
It is precisely because of globalization and realize the extent permitted by the possibility of a new awareness, a number of leading companies to accelerate the process of globalization itself: The original simply to sell, manufacture, or a small part of the research and development functions, let multinational companies in different countries, through the operational changes designed to become a globally integrated companies. This is an open, modular business model, regardless of company size, are able to integrate into the mesh fabric of the economy in order to achieve the flexibility to cope with global economic competition and integration of resources.
In short, is a globally integrated enterprise in pursuit of the objectives of a new reform their own strategy, management and operations of the company, and this goal is to integrate resources on a global scale and value delivery. This means that the company you want to shift the focus from the product manufacturer - what products manufactured from the selection to choose how to manufacture these products; from the selection to provide customers with what kind of service, to choose how to provide these services.
Behind in the global integration, IBM Greater India, Henry Chow, chairman of view, it is the following three drivers (and implementation tools) to promote enterprises in integration:
1. Economic power. The company to continue to seek new markets revenue growth and improved profitability by lowering costs.
2. Professional competence. Words, the companies look to international markets, to seek talent, ideas and innovation, and enhance the provision of global solutions and services.
3. Open. An increasingly open business standards, business models and systems to enable business components have become possible, while the component can bring the best professional work assignments and further integration.
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