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learned the importance of reducing business complexity by making products more simple and reducing the number of steps in a process. He took GM people to Japan to visit Tbyota’s production line where they saw their “just in time” inventory system and learned to appreciate the impact of making small improvements every day. “Those few thousand dollars saved here and there add up,” smiled Anderson who saw that many of the big companies had to make drastic changes in their cultures or they were going to go out of business under the pressures of Japanese competition and globalization.
Today, John Anderson is helping the Navy to rethink its contracting strategy for the construction of nuclear aircraft carriers. Procurement, Organizational Effectiveness (who does what and why) and Operating Effectiveness (reducing complexity) are three areas that get examined by A.T. Kearney experts to help organizations function better.
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