ASIA wanted . I would never say it was bad but it needed improvement ,” he says .

“ We had a big workshop with the management team and discussed what should be done at ZTE . This led to the creation of a big corporate transformation project with 16 different sub- projects .

Ye Weimin , Senior Vice President for ZTE Group said that the transformation project is very important for ZTE future success to be a complete ICT solution provider .

“ Some of the projects include automated integrated planning , E-commerce integration , configuration solutions , global supply network , and a customer / account collaboration model . We have a whole supplier relationship module that is very important for us and have set up a very clear model on how to collaborate , with quarterly and yearly business review meetings .”

Leadership

Reflecting on the first of a threeyear plan , Anders says it has been imperative to keep channels of communication open . “ After being here for six months we decided that the organisation needed

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