Steklarna Hrastnik is a company, positioned on the second stair of design management, which means that design is included on a project level. Companies at this sage use design for a final improvement of products and mostly as a marketing resource that adds value to the existing offer. It is an operative functon and is not systematically included.
The result of the master’s thesis are four scenarios that would enable Steklarna Hrastnik to make strategic changes. All of them are completely possible and legitimate, however, this thesis will describe in detail the scenario in which the company strives to invest in growth and strategically include design in the processes.
The company has many opportunities for improvement in the field of internal processes and services for external B2B customers. The importance of including design in strategic processes would be reflected mostly in the clearly defined and upgraded Hrastnik 1860 brand, higher added value, more realized design solutions and many other advantages that will be described throughout the thesis.
The purpose of the thesis is to encourage the company’s management to think about ways that could bring positive changes to the company.
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