"With the exception of a few monopolies, organizations cannot now afford big inventories, slow and linear product development, and a foreign operation that goes its own way. Now and in the foreseeable future, **most organizations need to be faster, less costly, and more customer focused**. As a result, internal interdependencies will grow. Firms are finding that without big inventories, the various parts of a plant need to be much more carefully coordinated, that with pressure to bring out new products faster, the elements of product development need much closer integration, and so on." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[organisational-agility]], [[change-management]], [[product-management]] **Source** -- [[20250320103315 - B - Leading Change]]