Operating strategy- Dyson
1. Specify at least one, and no more than three, critical service and/or operational capabilities that Dyson must excel in to succeed. E.g. product quality, the speed of delivery, customer service, competitive pricing, service flexibility, availability or dependability, etc. Do not be generic and list everything, focus on the business’ core competencies.
2. How does the company attempt to excel at these capabilities against their competitors? How can it improve?
3. Chart the current Value Stream Map of a key process (such as production, the customer communications or customer service, or order management cycle), analyze the opportunities for improvement. Chart the future state (and the ideal state if possible) of the Value Stream Map.
4. Based on your research, how do the company’s operations strategy impact their marketing and business strategies, and provide competitive advantages or lead to disadvantages?
5. Which areas do you think the company should focus on operationally in order to scale or grow? Propose a growth strategy operationally for 2019.
Additional comments from Customer: Comment from the customer: “The chart is for current value stream mapping, that could be written by themselves, instead of searching online.”
2. Joseph Trimble Rothrock: “The father of forestry in Pennsylvania”
Joseph Trimble Rothrock (1839- 1922), well known as “the father of forestry in Pennsylvania” is also distinguished for his contributions to North American botany. Closely associated with his Pennsylvania reforestation program are noteworthy endeavors to rally public opinion, obtain the cooperation of Pennsylvania’s political leadership, and develop effective government-private sector collaboration in establishing and administering a reforestation program in a state that previously had no public wilderness or forest preserves. Additionally, Rothrock is credited with signal accomplishments in forestry education and the development of outdoor recreation opportunities. Rothrock’s work in Pennsylvania largely led the way for similar programs in other states and in Canada. Prior to taking up the reforestation crusade, Rothrock was at the forefront of a major transition in botany from a largely taxonomic activity to plant physiology and pathology.
The Papers of Joseph Trimble Rothrock include:
correspondence
diaries
scientific notes
reports
minutes
manuscripts
articles
texts of speeches and lectures
press clippings
news items
This collection is organized chronologically by category. These papers are an important resource for those studying the history of science, the history of forestry, and botany.
