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Systems Thinking as an Competitive Advantage for Subcontractors with Guest Dr. Kenneth Preston

Episode Summary

In this episode, we discuss the following: *Inconsistency issues among customers, contractors, and suppliers, specifically for how they think about components and assemblies of systems within larger systems. *Explore systems thinking and its inherent benefit. *Examine application areas, including analytics, decision-making, technical competitiveness enhanced by supplier collaboration, and mutually agreed-upon execution and performance management principles. *Present a process for achieving successful systems, demonstrating effective technical coordination with contractors and customers, and building a strong cultural bond between systems engineering and customer organizations *Show how trust and confidence can be fostered through systems thinking applied to the supplier-contractor relationship to generate new insights into their respective thinking, interests, and mindsets. Host: Nate Crews Produced by Tracylynne Williams

Episode Notes

In this episode, we discuss the following:

*Inconsistency issues among customers, contractors, and suppliers, specifically for how they think about components and assemblies of systems within larger systems.
 

*Explore systems thinking and its inherent benefit.


*Examine application areas, including analytics, decision-making, technical competitiveness enhanced by supplier collaboration, and mutually agreed-upon execution and performance management principles.

*Present a process for achieving successful systems, demonstrating effective technical coordination with contractors and customers, and building a strong cultural bond between systems engineering and customer organizations

*Show how trust and confidence can be fostered through systems thinking applied to the supplier-contractor relationship to generate new insights into their respective thinking, interests, and mindsets. 
 


 

Host: Nate Crews

Produced by Tracylynne Williams