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Competitive Strategies Of IBM

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IBM
Raymond Lucero
OPS/571
Instructor: Niraj Kohli
March 5, 2018 Introduction IBM is not only a processor manufacturing company but also prides technology to provide exceptional customer experiences with businesses and society in general. With the help of clouds and the internet, advances in programming solutions and memory as well as prompt connectivity through 5G, IBM has gained a competitive advantage by providing the globe with effective solutions to many common problems. The company centers its focus on diversity, inclusion, implementation of policies, education and more so, sustainability in a bid to achieve customer satisfaction from stakeholders and customers.
Lean strategies and how they impact IBM Lean Six Sigma is a proven process relying on facts, data and philosophy for improving the values that focus on prevention over detection. Key focus is customer satisfaction and results by reducing process time, waste, and variation by practicing the use of work standardization flow and having a competitive advantage. This practice can be applied anywhere waste and variation exist, while every employee focuses on this practice. Six sigma is focused on minimizing product variation while at the same time improving process control and lean is focused on waste reduction that does not profit the company in any way. Success, therefore, is derived from implementing lean- six sigma strategies, thereby, making the environment a friendly place to work. When an

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