| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: There is only one location – Gurgaon that the Bid office operates from)
Customer (Not Relevant: Only one Customer – Ericsson Global)
Size (Not Relevant: Processes are independent of the size of assignment)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Processes followed do not differ by the organization structure. However, the organization s structured by the nature of work being done. Hence this factor is captured in the “Type of Work” factor – therefore it is not repeated here)
Type of Work: The Bid office handles various kinds of work – hence the OU is also structured along the lines of the nature of work being done for the bids. These are also called Practices |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
TECH (Type of Work): Bid response for mobile networks including technology areas like Radio, Core, Transmission, IP and related technologies
CM (Type of Work): This type of work relates to bids which primarily looks at the commercial aspects of the bid response in an industrialized manner – taking a global view across regions
SRV (Type of Work): The Services type of work relates to bid response preparation for various services offered by Ericsson |
| Subgroups: |
Practice CM: Commercial Management sub group is the practice that supports Ericsson Sales and Marketing in the strategic and commercial aspects of a bid
16 People, 1 Basic Units
– CM
Practice SRV: This sub group is the Practice that provides Bid support for any Bid concerned with Provision of Services by Ericsson
69 People, 1 Basic Units
– SRV
Practice TECH: The TECHNOLOGY sub group handles all Technology type of work in domains like Mobile Broadband, Mobile Core, Fixed Broadband Convergence.
204 People, 4 Basic Units
– TECH |