A few words that describe the ARCHITECTURE! blog’s story are: holistic, end-to-end, line of sight, comprehensive, strategy execution, bring strategy to life, connect and empower.

I believe the future of asset-intensive organizations lies with Industry 4.0. It’s how these organizations will become agile, responsive, and remain competitive. These organizations will have to Bridge the Gap between where they are today and their C-suite’s vision of the future. The most effective way to do this is to define the strategic objectives with your executive team that eliminate your organization’s weaknesses and define its future. In this way, Asset Management is placed on the Executive Agenda. Your executives will pay strict attention to these strategic objectives, the targets, and the timeline. It’s how they are incented and paid!

3 Big Questions

-What is your enterprise all about? What is its story? Who are the people behind it? What is their motivation? This is the  identity  of the enterprise; what it stands for and the reason for its existence.

-What will you provide to your people? What are you offering? How is what you offer going to change people’s lives? This is the experience the enterprise aims to create for customers and other stakeholders.

-What do you need to manifest this reality? What are the parts that make it work? How are those parts related? What can you achieve with them? This is the  architecture  that holds the enterprise together.

In the past, these questions have been treated separately by specialist functions and disciplines, leading to incoherent, siloed, underperforming enterprises.

Elements such as a sound strategy, a well performing operating model, or a winning product design are very difficult to get right if there is no coherence in the way people working to create and lead the enterprise answer these questions.

These are strong motivating reasons to ARCHITECT! your organization’s way to Industry 4.0!