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The Dutch Windmill framework

In the early 2000s, Professor Arjan Van Weele came up with the Dutch windmill framework by combining the Peter Kraljic portfolio analysis and supplier preferencing matrices. It assesses the level of buyer-supplier interdependence and the resulting impact on potential category strategies, defining 16 types of business-to-business relationships. The Dutch windmill framework is a useful tool for estimating the power balance within the buyer-supplier relationship and is essential in category management. It helps advance category strategy and identifies suppliers where significant benefits are likely to occur. However, the framework shares the limitations of the Kraljic portfolio analysis and supplier preferencing models. For a more in-depth analysis of procurement segmentation models, readers can refer to the works of Professor Andrew Cox.

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Amsterdam Information Management Model (AIM)

TL;DR: The Amsterdam framework for information management provides a mapping of the relationships between organization and information.

The Amsterdam Framework for Information Management was created at the University of Amsterdam in 1997 to provide a high-level view of the entire scope of information management. It can be used as a tool for positioning and interrelating information management functions, specifically for business-IT alignment, sourcing, and IT governance. The framework can be applied to analyze organization and responsibilities, and can support strategic discussions in three different ways: descriptive, specification, and prescriptive.

Amsterdam Framework for information Management

The framework distinguishes three domains of governance on the horizontal axis: business, information and communication, and technology. The vertical axis describes the three levels of governance: strategy, structure, and operations. The framework offers a map of the entire information management domain and can be used for positioning specific information management processes in the organization, reorganizing the information management organization, and identifying gaps in an organization’s information management.

This model can help in understanding the complex world of business and IT, and more specific, to understand the role of information management.

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