This example tells you much about the demise of many - see http://bit.ly/drVHa - with the quote from CIO Update "A process is a process is a process, whether it is the manufacturing floor or airline passenger check-in. And what worked for manufacturing in Detroit years ago is also working for British Airways."
(as a matter of fact it isn't)
This typifies the inside-out thinking which does not acknowledge anywhere near sufficiently the Successful Customer Outcome. It might have worked in the 70's and 80's but it just isn't sufficient anymore.
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