Derek Thomason – Operational Excellence Society https://opexsociety.org Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:03:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://opexsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cropped-Opex-Favicon-512x512-32x32.png Derek Thomason – Operational Excellence Society https://opexsociety.org 32 32 The Cost of Complexity https://opexsociety.org/body-of-knowledge/the-cost-of-complexity/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:00:32 +0000 http://www.xonitek.com/?p=4319 This post The Cost of Complexity appeared first on Operational Excellence Society.

Recently, whilst working with the Global Planning Team of a major oil company, we were asked, “What is the cost of complexity and what is the effective range on this cost?”  At one level, the answer is easy; “It is the cost associated with having more than one customer and product.  The more complex the supply chain,...

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