Operational effectiveness as a Gross Margin tool

Effective Operations can help your company move in the right direction w.r.t. Gross Margin.

The 8 top most things that come to my mind when we look at GM in high-tech industry from an operations perspective are (in no order of importance).

Operational Effectiveness

NMS - (Fixed + variable) Others

Portfolio Alignment

NMS - Freight Savings

Over Head

Transformation Savings

Supplier Savings

Product and Theater Mix

Royalty Management

We will drill down into each some other day in a white paper.