1.  Accurate and timely information about daily operations is essential if managers are to gauge how well the strategy execution process is proceeding. Information systems need to cover five broad areas:
a.  Customer data
b.  Operations data
c.  Employee data
d.  Supplier/partner/collaborative ally data
e.  Financial performance data
2.  Real time information systems permit company mangers to stay on top of implementation initiatives and daily operations and to intervene if things seem to be drifting off course.
3.  Statistical information gives managers a feel for the numbers, briefings and meetings provide a feel for the latest developments and emerging issues, and personal contacts add a feel for the people dimension. All are good barometers.
CORE CONCEPT: Good information systems and operating data are integral to the managerial task of executing strategy.
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