To overcome the challenges to adopting BSM, Mary Kay followed four key steps:
-Link the effort to the existing company direction (standardize)
-Gain in-depth understanding and consolidation of like processes (change process)
-Consolidate systems
-Educate
The ZipTie Open Network Alliance (ZONA) is a group of like-minded companies and organizations
interested in advancing and promoting interoperability, open management standards, best practices
and value-added tools for the networking community.