Define: "Turnkey" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Nothing is ever turnkey. Expect three weeks of configuration and troubleshooting."
A product or service that is ready for immediate use.
What does "Turnkey" actually mean?
"A system that will require 6 months of custom integration by the engineering team to function at all."
"The vendor promised a turnkey solution that requires zero custom development on our end."
"We were sold a turnkey solution that naturally required two dedicated consultants and six months of our lives just to turn it on."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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