KEARNEY

Year founded

Revenue USD ( 2019 )

country , then you must manufacture in their country . You have to give back some of what you take . So those are the type of political considerations you must take into account when building a strategy . You must decide where to manufacture , understand costs , service , agility and resiliency and put it all together .

When looking to drive out complexity , Gandhi warns to set boundaries and suggests leaving the customer out of it , as customer-facing changes may have you in an unending loop . “ What we have found is that having that as a constant is absolutely critical . Don ' t change that proposition because otherwise , you end up with a situation of circular logic , and you never reach an end .

“ If you start to look at things like changing features , then you have to consider if the customer will be willing to pay for it and you start to go around and around . New product development starts to fight with supply chain , who fights with the CPO , who fights with sales and marketing , and you never make your way out of it . That ' s why I say ,

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