As manufacturing companies increase their global footprint for growth and profit using internal development or acquisition. They create diversity in many aspects such as resources, processes, business model and culture. This diversity and complexity poses an enormous challenge for managing value chain costs and alignment of corporate strategy with local decisions. We recognize that it is important to design a manufacturing network and at the same time develop an operational model that suits the nature of diversity / complexity and the long term objective of the organization. ValueInfinity is introducing a frameworks for designing a manufacturing network and operating model – structure / processes, covering the capabilities that are required for strategic market accessibility, value chain cost management, manufacturing mobility and learning ability.
Any network spread in three or more locations can take the advantage of this model.