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Article: How to be nimble, how to be quick.(Lucent Technologies' Power Systems)
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- CMA Management
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
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The transition from a captive AT&T supplier to a global competitor has challenged the Financial Organization of Lucent Technologies' Power Systems to reinvent itself as a partner within the corporate organization. The CFO finds itself changing in the face of new manufacturing strategies, aggressive benchmarking activities, and a massive overhaul of their IT infrastructure.
Lucent Technologies Power Systems, located in Dallas, Texas, is a world-class manufacturer of energy systems, electronic power supplies, and components for the data processing and telecommunications industries. Power Systems is part of the Network Products Group, one of 12 strategic business ...