Redesigning CapEx Strategy: A Groundbreaking Systems Approach to Sustainably Maximize Company Cash Flow

AFTERWORD

There is one thing this book has not touched on yet—putting your new capex strategy into action. In other words, this is the change management piece. Once the consultants leave, all the work to be done falls on the shoulders of those left behind. I’ve been one of those people who had to manage the aftermath of Daniel and Fredrik coming into a company four times now.

The first time, I was the manager of a mill at a challenged site. Being in charge of a facility where you’re basically being told, “You’re going to run for cash and then possibly close,” is quite an experience. The second and third times, I was responsible for a business area, and then an entire division. Those had their challenges, to be sure. But I face some of the biggest ...