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ENTERPRISE THINKING. Spring 2011 SJ. Tools and Concepts. Cyclonic Strategic Thinking Model Enterprise thinking Competitive intelligence model Redefining GPP Falling in love with your own idea Critical Path Method Buy in chart. Raymond Limited. The Raymond Shop Premium Retail store
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ENTERPRISE THINKING Spring 2011 SJ
Tools and Concepts • Cyclonic Strategic Thinking Model • Enterprise thinking Competitive intelligence model • Redefining • GPP • Falling in love with your own idea • Critical Path Method • Buy in chart
Raymond Limited • The Raymond Shop • Premium Retail store • Complete wardrobe solutions fabric , apparel and accessories • 550 stores across 200 cities in India and 39 stores overseas • Brands – Raymond, Park Avenue, Raymond Premium Apparel, Manzoni, Colorplus, Notting Hill Prime 5 Values – Trust , Excellence , Leadership, Quality & Service The Businessworld Most Respected Company Award 2011 in the Apparel& Textile category
Behind the scene… Data assembly Discussions
How to do business better…. Strategy Buy only the best sellers Review the range, price, styles. Build the buy plan and place orders. Tactics
Cyclonic Strategic Thinking Achieve target sale numbers Desired Outcome Intelligence Strategy Selection of 800 options from the available 3500 Macro-Tactics Reviewing the range, styles, colours, price points. Tactics Detailed buy plan Create and place buy orders Execution
ET Competitive Intelligence model • Reviewthe products. New intelligence identified.
Goldsmith Productivity Principle (GPP) 80% systems and structure 20% the people Leadership team 80% of an organisation’s ability to compete is driven by its systems and structure and only 20% by its people.
The buying team was unable to service most of the institutional orders. • Reason: The brand sales representative was inefficient • Actual Reason: Systems and structure failed Ideal Solution: Warehouse alerting the manufacturing unit as soon as stock goes below a certain level.
Redefining • Creating the challenge statement: I am looking for a job Scrub Criteria • Is the CS one issue? Yes • Is the CS in present tense? Yes • Is the CS a problem? No • Are the CS facts verifiable? • Are the CS assumptions valid picture? • Is the CS essential to your overall goal?
Rewrite the challenge statement: An apparel retail firm ready to sponsor my H1 visa is hard to find. Scrub Criteria • Is the CS one issue? Yes • Is the CS in present tense? Yes • Is the CS a problem? Yes • Are the CS facts verifiable? Yes • Are the CS assumptions valid picture? Yes • Is the CS essential to your overall goal? Yes
Create a should statement. Wordsmith the Positive-Opposite-Ultimate End. An apparel retail firm should be ready to sponsor my H1 visa. • WWIT statement What would it take on my part for an apparel retail firm to sponsor my h1 visa.
Scanning for solutions • Build a strong resume • Search for an internship • Start networking • Build up Linkedin profile • Find information about companies who have sponsored H1 visa • Contact recruiters • Find information about companies who have sponsored H1 visa ….. AHA!!
2 Review the range 5 3 Critical Path- 14 days Gather and analyse Information Shortlist the options Calculate the buy numbers on a spreadsheet Get approvals on the buy numbers Finalise the styles to be bought 4 4 2 3 Send the buy order to the vendor Prepare the final buy plan 1 1
Can CPM be improved • The information gathering could be reduced by 3 days if the data files are better maintained and data reports formatted differently. • Finalising the styles could take 2 days instead of actual 4 if shortlisting more detail oriented. • Calculation of buy numbers could be reduced by 1 day if the IT team is informed in advance about the nature and structure of required data and asked to mine it. • This would allow CPM to reduce to 9 days instead of 14.