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When You’re Tied Up In Supply Chains, You Need A Strategy

Strategy Driven

According to estimates by supply chain management organizations, the global supply chain market is worth more than $10 trillion a year. In short, it’s an enormous business, consuming some 6 percent of total world GDP, more than military spending and education combined. Get Better At Returns.

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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra

QAspire

They have built their own standard for supply chain right from procuring raw material to delivery of these meals in schools across. Entrepreneurship : Akshaya Patra’s mission is “No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger” and that is no small one. Truly remarkable!

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

As one example; if you are a manufacturing organization, innovation in your core could include new and improved materials, new techniques, novel approaches to supply chain management etc. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Open India: Considerations for Retailers

Harvard Business Review

How can multinationals develop innovative business models with "small store" formats to promote convenience, yet give consumers lower prices through economies of scale in purchasing and supply chain efficiencies? How do we educate the consumer in their best interest? How do we educate the consumer in their best interest?

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Doing Less, Leading More

Harvard Business Review

This emphasis on leading and not merely doing has had a profound impact on management education. In my client’s words, “We went from being firefighters to being fire marshals,” taking a more strategic approach to the business, redesigning inefficient systems, and solving problems before they became crises.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

From Alexander the Great to the modern day, the elements of management — from organizational behavior to supply chain management — have made the difference between success and failure. In 2010, the government of Malaysia launched the third wave of its National Blue Ocean Strategy. There is nothing new in this.

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Using the Power of Supply Chains to End Sexual Harassment

Harvard Business Review

Among the recommendations we offer, one in particular is salient to businesses: supply-chain reform. ” Certified farms then comply with auditors and participate in worker-education programs to “ensure farm workers have the right to work without violence and the opportunity to create a workplace of respect and dignity.”