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Complexity management
Complexity management is a business methodology that deals with the analysis and optimization of complexity in enterprises. Effective complexity management is based on four pillars: 1) alignment with the overall strategy of the company, 2) transparency over all costs and benefits of complexity, identifying the optimization benefits, 3) related measures and managing the trade-offs between parts of the total value chain (the totality of all the company's activities), and 4) sustainable infrastructure such as IT tools, incentives and processes. Complexity management has benefited from technology, leading to detailed analysis and simulation of complexity, optimization measures, and their effects down the value chain.
Article summary
Complexity management is a business methodology that deals with the analysis and optimization of complexity in enterprises. Effective complexity management is based on four pillars: 1) alignment with the overall strategy of the company, 2) transparency over all costs and benefits of complexity, identifying the optimization benefits, 3) related measures and managing the trade-offs between parts of the total value chain (the totality of all the company's activities), and 4) sustainable infrastructure such as IT tools, incentives and processes. Complexity management has benefited from technology, leading to detailed analysis and simulation of complexity, optimization measures, and their effects down the value chain.
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