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Manufacturing Firm: Providing Direction for a Global Information Systems Organization
Industry: Technology
Challenge
- Determine the global information systems department’s strategic role and the role of local information systems departments in the United States and Europe
- Develop tactical plans to position these departments to manage planned business growth
Approach
- Identified, documented, and published global business objectives
- Performed an information technology assessment of each information systems department
- Developed recommendations to align information systems strategy and investments with the business objectives
Results
- Selection of core applications software to serve the firm’s future needs
- Implementation of organizational changes, which immediately improved morale and confidence of senior business management in decisions of the information systems organization
- Adoption of a new business case development methodology for technology projects, which ensured a fair assessment of each project based on its business merits and its ability to meet corporate objectives
- A collaborative environment of trust enabling business and information systems leaders to effectively work together on key project initiatives focused on meeting business objectives
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