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Programme management can be the connection between Lean sales and operations. Jörn Niewiadomsky cites the motor industry for effective management
Continuous improvement is the key factor for a Lean enterprise and the past months have made it quite clear that change factors come from the external environment. A business needs to offer so much more than routine change and important factors for guaranteed success include customer satisfaction, quality, profit and, importantly, flexibility. Understanding and managing the value stream
from product design until delivery to the aircraft is the key to success for faster response to the external market demands. The harmonisation of sales, purchasing and operations is a vital factor and the first step for a successful Lean enterprise. Programme management or product engineering are the new departments which are supposed to create the link between the three main players of an operative company. The idea has been copied from the automotive world, where inefficiencies in the production due to bad product design have an immense
“In a successful organisation Lean management, programme management, purchasing operations and sales are all equally important for a dynamic and profitable product”
effect on the profit or loss of a product line. Here the processes are actively managed between the three departments following one goal: the profitability of the product and the company. In the automotive world the position of a programme manager is one of the top executive functions of the company, due to is integrative
Excellent programme management is the key to profitability
importance and direct financial effect. In the airline catering world, the process and the departments exist remain inefficient. Programme management positions are considered more as integrative data base administration rather than a real executive function. As such, the position does not fulfil its original task and basically is obsolete. In a successful organisation Lean management, programme management, purchasing operations and sales are all equally important and pave the way for a dynamic profitable product and company.
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Jörn Niewiadomsky Growtth Consultancy Europe
Jörn Niewiadomsky studied Hotel Administration at the International Management School in The Hague, Holland and subsequently Lean Manufacturing and Process Optimisation at the renowned MIT Institute, Boston, USA. He has more than 10 years of international experience in airline catering and has spearheaded local and global Lean and Restructuring initiatives in several industries. He has been responsible for Airline Catering and Service Solutions with the management consultancy Growtth® Consulting Europe since 2007.
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