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The Manufacturing business capabilities model is a logical and intuitive decomposition of the manufacturing value chain and functions into granular business capabilities. The Manufacturing capability matrix includes about 235 capabilities across three levels.

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Manufacturing Transformation

Manufacturing transformation has become a strategic imperative for companies in today’s highly competitive and rapidly evolving global landscape. Embracing advanced technologies and innovative processes is essential to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve product quality. In addition, by adopting Industry 4.0 principles, such as IoT, automation, and data-driven decision-making, organizations can build resilience, create more sustainable practices, and better respond to market fluctuations. As a result, companies prioritizing manufacturing transformation are well-positioned to unlock new growth opportunities and maintain a competitive edge in the face of disruptive forces.

• Accelerating innovation: Fast-paced changes in technology and market dynamics require quicker adaptation to stay ahead of competitors.

• Keeping pace with Manufacturing innovations: The rapid rate of Manufacturing advancements demands staying up-to-date with new techniques, processes, and tools to maintain a competitive edge.
• Leveraging emerging technologies: Adopting AI, machine learning, and big data analytics can supercharge the Manufacturing function, driving efficiency and effectiveness.

Manufacturing Capabilities as the Cornerstone of Transformation:

The manufacturing business capabilities model can serve as an anchor and foundation for driving the transformation of the production function. Business capabilities encapsulate what business does, providing a holistic perspective of the manufacturing value chain. By leveraging Manufacturing capabilities, companies can identify improvement areas and develop new ways to streamline, optimize, and innovate. This can involve investing in new technologies and tools to supercharge the Manufacturing function. By enhancing Manufacturing capabilities, companies can increase throughput, lower product costs, drive down cycle time, and innovate faster.

Manufacturing Business Capabilities Model Deliverables

The Manufacturing business capabilities matrix includes the following artifacts. (The map comprises 235 capabilities across three levels.)

• An Excel spreadsheet with a grouped list of capabilities.
• A PowerPoint presentation with the top two levels presented in a nested visualization.
• A Word document with capabilities in a multilevel list format.
• Capability Definitions (at Level 3)
• Capability KPIs (at Level 2)
• Plus, bonus files.

Value of the Manufacturing Business Capabilities Model

A business capabilities model is a fundamental and foundational entity in the business architecture continuum.

The Manufacturing function has emerged as a mission-critical and strategic differentiator, particularly in a highly competitive world where only the fast and efficient survive. The Capstera Manufacturing capability map encapsulates the essence of the function with a detailed, multilevel capabilities list.

There are several benefits from business capabilities, including, among others:

• Foster alignment between business and IT using capabilities as an everyday language.
• Capabilities are structurally sound and internally coherent abstractions of business functions.
• A capability-based roadmap eliminates redundancy and replication and focuses on capability evolution.
• Juxtaposing capabilities and systems/applications provide a footprint analysis and can lead to better application portfolio rationalization decisions.

Created by business architects and domain experts, the manufacturing capabilities list is detailed, in-depth, and conforms to the construct of MECE (mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive).

Will these Capabilities Fit our Company?

As a generic, multipurpose set of capabilities list, we strive to meet 60-80% of a firm’s needs, not 100%. Please get in touch with our business architecture consulting team for paid engagements if you need additional customization.

• Business Capabilities Matrix: A functional area occupies one box in many business capability maps. Some may wonder why we decomposed the capabilities into 100X or more capabilities. We humbly submit that one box or entry in a one-page diagram is Wall Art, not an implementation tool. Decomposing capabilities into a nested list of granular items will help understand a capability’s depth, breadth, scope, and importance. It is also possible that some capabilities in our matrix may not be relevant to you. Similarly, we may have captured and documented some relevant and essential capabilities of your firm.
• Capability Definitions: The definitions do NOT cover every capability as, at a certain level of granularity, the capabilities are self-evident, and their meaning is self-explanatory. We try to provide definitions at level 3. Please feel free to add, expand, or modify the definitions.
• Capability KPIs (Key Performance Indicators): We added a few KPIs for capabilities (mostly at Level 2) to get you started. You may not measure these KPIs in your company and have a different set of metrics. Again, use them as a springboard, and not debate the applicability to your firm.

And lastly, a note about the cost:

Well, the cost of our capability models is less than an inexpensive team dinner or far less than the loaded cost of a team of four spending an hour in a conference room whiteboarding the capabilities.

Furthermore, avoiding the blank slate syndrome and jumpstarting the capability-building process will ensure you can spend more time socializing, refining, and executing the ideas.

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