Bm2

(a way to compose the Infrastructure)

CONTEXT

Resources may be:

• unique, rare or widely spread in the industry,
• highly valuable or not in the industry,
• easily imitable or not,
• easily subtitutable or not,
• ...

CONTENT

Resources may be:

• tangible: land, buildings, equipment, machinery, stock of materials,
• intangible: organization, technology, product portfolio, information, intellectual property, design, location, competences, skills, knowledge, methods, rights, relationship, access to supplies, brand, reputation, culture, innovation, management, alliances, equity assets, complementors...
• human.

CONCEPT

Resources may:

• be strategic assets or not,
• be owned, rented or none,
• be located at the organization site, source's site or target's site,
• be exploited by the organization, by sources or targets,
• be strongly or weakly controlled,
• be bought or built,
• be mostly exploited in the Market, Capture or Industry Super-Process,
• be difficult or easy to build,
• be difficult or easy to maintain,
• be difficult or easy to exploit,
• be difficult or easy to control,
• require associated supplies to be exploited (ex: electricity for machines),
• require a low or high level of maintenance,
• improve, stay stable or deteriorate when exploited,
• deteriorate when not exploited (perishable) or not,
• be stable or unstable,
• be in an exploitation phase, a building phase and/or a maintenance phase,
• exist for current exploitation or for potential exploitation (ex: back-up machinery),
• represent a core rigidity (preventing flexibility - ex: exclusive sourcing contract) or not,
• ...

Link with Super-Processes

Resources are the outcome of the Industry Super-Process

(see Process Quadrant)

(a way to get the required Benefits)

CONTEXT

Supplies may be:

• new or not for the organization,
• unique, rare or widely spread in the industry,
• similar or differentiated regarding other sources,
• in an introduction, growth, maturity or decline phase,
• part of a highly competitive market between sources or not,
• part of a demand-driven or offer-driven market,
• subject to a make-or-buy decision,
• ...

CONTENT

Supplies may be:

• Operational supplies (incoming goods and services)
• Investments supplies (long-term assets)
• Financial supplies (Securities acquired by the organization, or rights associated with debt or equity securities it issued1)
• Labor supplies (new employees, and work performed by human resources),

• be tangible or intangible,
• be raw materials, intermediate goods, finished goods or services,
• have tangible and/or intangible attributes,
• ...

 CONCEPT

Supplies may:

• provide benefits for the organization in terms of costs, technology, time-to-market, availability, image, features, standards, compatibility, customization, associated services, quality, reliability, innovativeness, customer relation, expertise, risk transfer, responsiveness, assurance,
• be stand-alone or associated with other products from third parties,
• be difficult or easy to procure, with regard to competition,
• be difficult or easy to procure, with regard to availability,
• be charged by the source (supplier) or not (contributor),
• be standard or customizable,
• be durable or nondurable,
• need to be replaced or not,
• be mostly used in the Market, Capture or Industry Super-Process, or all,
• be used for the exploitation of a resource (ex: electricity for machines) or not,
• be consumed, modified, incorporated or left unchanged through a process,
• require little or large value added through a process,
• involve low or high potential switching cost for the organization,
• be supplied by one or several sources,
• be beneficial for the business or not (ex: old TV sets that stores are required to take back);
• ...

Link with Super-Processes

Supplies are one of the two outcomes of the Capture Super-Process

(see Process Quadrant)

1- Debt and equity securities can be seen as a stock of rights for future cashflows. When the organization pays the security issuer (coupons, principal or dividends), it actual buys back part of these rights.