Suppose you are asked as the, senior strategic planning director of global petroleum, a 100-year energy solution provider that powers manufacturers, worldwide. This engaged with a BPR process to explore new methods to counter reports that new enterprises have entered the industry with new technology methods to include wind and solar systems. You have also been informed that these new companies are deploying new business/operating practices, computing methods and they are recruiting students from leading universities that are coming with new entrepreneurial thoughts/ideas.

In preparation for the board meeting you have been asked to draw from the following to present and to formulate a strategic recommendation that will draw from the following methods, best-of-class strategies, emerging technology and ways to deal with the changing/future work force: porter's five competitive forces porter's value chain blue ocean strategy (BOS) just-in-time (JIT) enterprise resource planning (ERP) customer relation management (CRM database technology big data mining cloud computing software as a service (SAAS) bring your own/device (BYO/D) attitude collaborative alliances/partners also.

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Introduction Consistency is one of the requirements organizations need to attain to gain competitive advantage and ensure they offer quality services and products Global Petroleum has managed to power ... View the full answer