Conclusion

The most impressive aspect of Emerson as a company is their continued focus on processes and procedures. To say that Emerson is a large company would be an understatement, the number of companies that eclipse Emerson in size are few and far in between. Our biggest stigma that we had going into this project was that as such a large corporation, Emerson would be "stuck in its ways", so to speak. It is very common for a company to get to a comfortable size and then be content with how things run because it is proven that they work. While this keeps a company stable, in the long-term it can lead to archaic processes being codified into company culture and the inefficiencies they carry aggregate. Emerson breaks this mold by priding itself as a company on refining its procedures, which is especially important in the ever-evolving digital landscape we find ourselves in. The Information Systems we elaborated on in this paper are very evident in that, as over the past 5 years the stock price and overall valuation of the company has increased about 33%, beating the stock market average of 8% annual return significantly. 

            With this in mind we believe that the recommendations we put forth in this paper will drive growth even further, as fine-tuning procedures even in small increments can yield huge dividends for a company as large as Emerson. To put in perspective, if our procedures cut costs by say even 1% in a manufacturing plant, and that procedure is carried over to all 200+ locations, the compounding effect of that would push Emerson to even higher on the Fortune 500 list than where it currently resides. It is eye-opening in the regard that sometimes all it takes is a fresh pair of eyes to step back and analyze a process to find improvements that might not have been found otherwise for some time. Thank you for reading!