Tagged ‘Operational Management’
One might struggle to associate the agricultural industry with InfoTech projects. However that struggle is partly as a result of stereotypes that are very hard to disassociate from IT. Agriculture is seen as the less glamorous business that cannot possibly be related to InfoTech. On the other hand IT is seen as a primarily office-based endeavor which has no business getting saddled with the agricultural sector.
However this view is rather old fashioned thinking. Agricultural enterprises can range from the small scale subsistence farms to large commercial firms that require huge investment and complex operations. Even for those that are presently small scale, it is advisable to consider up-scaling on the basis that the more technological advanced a farm is, the more likely it is to have large scale customers who pay well. Read the rest of this entry
If a company is running well and making profits, then chances are that the senior executives are well acquainted with business performance management. They may not have a technical definition of the concept but will have acquired the knowledge and skills to apply it practically within their areas of responsibility. There are a number of related terms that have been used to explain business performance management (BPM).
These include but are not limited to operational performance management (OPM), business performance optimization (BPO), corporate performance management (CPA) and enterprise performance management (EPM). Despite the difference both operate on one principle which attempts to increase the efficiency and profitability of the organization right up to the optimum level. Read the rest of this entry
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