Supply Chain Cost Management: The AIM & DRIVE® Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results
by Jimmy Anklesaria
Appoint a Project Coordinator
It takes an official “nag” to make sure that the team stays on course and continues to execute the strategy that it spent so much time developing and writing up. This could be someone from the team or it could be an interested third party. Often, I’ve seen customers invite a member of the supplier team to lead the project execution. There is no hard-and-fast rule—except that the person must agree—and must have the time—to do it. The role of the project coordinator is to set up face-to-face meetings where necessary, although conference calls seem to be the norm these days. At companies like Motorola, one person was nominated as project coordinator for all AIM & DRIVE teams on the direct side and one for all indirect ...
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