Clockspeed

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'Faster is not necessarily smarter. In this world of constant acceleration, while most firms become increasingly reactive, the race will go to the few who can think more deeply rather than react more quickly. Charlie Fine's is likely to be one of the voices they're listening to.' Peter Senge, Founding Director of the M.I.T Organisational Learning Centre and author of THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE 'Charles Fine's CLOCKSPEED demonstrates compelling insight into the cyclical nature of industries, companies, products and processes. Supply chains designed to master these inevitable cycles will ultimately delight customers, reward shareholders, and dominate the competition.' Stuart Smith, Vice President, Materials Management, Dell Computer Corporation 'An ambitious and important book. CLOCKSPEED provides practical and visionary insights into how choices concerning product design, process technology, and supply chains can shape the evolutionary path of companies and industries.' Morris A. Cohen, Professor, The Wharton School, and Co-Director Fishman-Davidson Centre for Service and Operations Management 'In this rapidly changing environment of technology mumbo-jumbo, it is refreshing to come across as powerful a metaphor as the industrial "fruit-fly." Charlie Fine masterly applies the principles of genetics and heredity to teach us the dynamics of company life cycles and reveal new ways to manage business strategies.' Gene Meieran, Intel Fellow (chief technology officer) Intel Corporation 'Coping with industry clockspeed acceleration is a key issue for the twenty-first century. In this book, Charles Fine not only identifies the key problem- he also proposes practical solutions. CLOCKSPEED shows why supply chain design has become a strategic imperative, and how managers should think about it, together with the design of products and processes.' Haim Mendelson, James Irwin Professor of Information Systems, Stanford Graduate School of Business