Process Integration Case Study

Paper details: Process Integration Case Study In today's unpredictable global busin" rel="nofollow">iness environment, organizations muÕÉ≠†Њ†st be laterally in" rel="nofollow">integrated so that customer requirements are accurately translated in" rel="nofollow">into the designs, products and services. However, changin" rel="nofollow">ing a traditional organization to a process­centric model can prove to be a complex and challengin" rel="nofollow">ing task. McAdam and McCormack state, "Organisation structures change to suit their environment and to enable strategic decisions." (McAdam & McCormack, 2001) • How well is McAdam and McCormack's proposition borne out by the evidence from the various companies they surveyed, and in" rel="nofollow">in particular from Nortel Networks? • To what extent does the evidence assembled by Cagliano, Caniato, and Spin" rel="nofollow">ina suggest that, to be successful, external in" rel="nofollow">integration strategies need to be supported by in" rel="nofollow">internal in" rel="nofollow">integration within" rel="nofollow">in the firm? What lessons does this have for the busin" rel="nofollow">inesses discussed by McAdam and McCormack? Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the above case studies as a jumpin" rel="nofollow">ing­off poin" rel="nofollow">int for further in" rel="nofollow">inquiry, identify key areas in" rel="nofollow">in which supply chain" rel="nofollow">in management can be in" rel="nofollow">influenced by busin" rel="nofollow">iness process in" rel="nofollow">integration and management. Your task is to prepare a 2 page paper usin" rel="nofollow">ing this week's resources and at least two other peer­reviewed practitioner or scholarly resources, fully documented and cited in" rel="nofollow">in APA format. Resources: Cagliano, R., Caniato, F., & Spin" rel="nofollow">ina, S. (2006). The lin" rel="nofollow">inkage between supply chain" rel="nofollow">in in" rel="nofollow">integration and manufacturin" rel="nofollow">ing improvement programmes. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 26 (3/4). McAdam, R., & McCormack, D. (2001). Integratin" rel="nofollow">ing busin" rel="nofollow">iness processes for global alignment and supply chain" rel="nofollow">in management. Busin" rel="nofollow">iness Process Management Journal, 7(2). Themistocleous, M., & Corbitt, G. (2006). Is busin" rel="nofollow">iness process in" rel="nofollow">integration feasible? Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 19(4).