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Don’t Be Tyrannized by Old Metrics

Harvard Business

Consider the automotive industry. automotive manufacturers owned rental car companies in the hopes of maintaining strong unit sales figures by captive fleet purchases (which were also to maintain volume to fulfill their onerous union obligations). When things change, outmoded metrics can threaten a firm’s survival.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Management Consulted

An ERP system is an enterprise business management software program that organizes and tracks large company’s resources (cash, raw materials, production capacity, etc.) It helps facilitate error-free transactions and production (before ERP, people actually used odd things like pens, paper and ledgers to keep track of their stuff).