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Nexteer Automotive Swot Analysis Essay

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In Competing on Analytics, four pillars of analytical competition are discussed, “Distinctive capability, Enterprise-wide analytics, senior management commitment and Large-scale ambition”
(Davenport & Harris, 2007, p. 25) with chief among them being senior management commitment.
According to Rogers (2016), commitment among our C-Level executives is strong. He went on to say that if a ROI (Return on Investment) can be delivered they are willing to pursue it. I would like to add
Roger’s position as Manager of Data management and BI is freshly minted as of 2015. To me, this shows a realization of the importance of data and that Nexteer needs to make better use of it. Another factor, is the significant investment in new systems that support tying …show more content…

It seems the desire for Nexteer to get its arms around its data and analysis challenges currently has the required support.
The next I would like to review is the Support of a Strategic, Distinctive Capability. When speaking with Rogers (2016), he made it very clear that Nexteer’s product is what makes Nexteer, Nexteer.
To that end, Nexteer has invested heavily in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) systems to better ensure the quality and timeliness of product delivery. I believe
Nexteer Automotive’s Ability to Compete Analytically 6 the next steps systems integration and reporting across the true lifecycle of the production. Beyond that, I see applied machine learning being applied to the large flow of data coming from the development and production sides to look for quality issues.
An Enterprise-Level Approach to and Management of Analytics is an area that Nexteer needs to improve on. My discussion with Rogers (2016) did shed some light here and it is a topic that is actively being addressed. Nexteer is working on buy in for a cross-functional coalition to manage and better utilize data. I can see that Nexteer needs to change the way it views data from a functional resource to

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