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这些数字几乎使人难以置信:过去电力总公司把订做的工业配电盘交给客户需要三周时间,现在只要三天;过去美国电话和电报公司需要两年才能设计出一种新型电话机,现在只要一年;过去摩特罗拉公司从接到订货单到生产出电子传真机需三周时间,而现在只用两个小时。速度理论正在受到普遍重视。弗吉尼亚州的一家凯瑟咨询公司最近对50家美国大公司进行了调查,发现所有公司都把时间列为最重要的经营战略。为什么?因为速度不仅能消除竞争对手,而且会带来很大的、有时是令人吃
These numbers are almost unbelievable: in the past, Power Corporation took three weeks to order a customized industrial switchboard for customers, now it takes only three days; in the past, it took two years for the U.S. telephone and telegraph company to design a new type of telephone, and now It only takes one year; in the past, Motolora took three weeks from receiving the purchase order to producing an e-fax, and now it takes only two hours. Speed theory is receiving universal attention. A recent survey by Katherine, a Virginia based company, of 50 major U.S. companies found that all companies rank time as the most important business strategy. Why? Because speed can not only eliminate competitors, but also bring great, sometimes edible