Advising midsize manufacturers shows a strategy focusing on operational hassles to enhance agility.
Midsize manufacturers without proprietary products or production technologies may struggle to distinguish themselves. Kasra Ferdows and Davide Ceriali advise focusing on customers’ operational hassles rather than their technical or technological ones. They propose three policies that will grant these companies the exceptional agility needed to make this strategy a success.
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