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Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: A Comprehensive Guide

HR Digest

Industry Percentage of Professionals with Flexible Hours Life Sciences 74 percent Supply Chain 69 percent The feasibility of flexible working may vary across industries, as shown in the table above. As a part of your diversity and inclusion policies, constantly evaluate how you can make the workspace adapt to the needs of your workers.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 50 – An Interview with.

Strategy Driven

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line. To read Marshall’s complete biography, click here.

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Operational Improvement Has Improved

Harvard Business Review

If you've had a bad experience with an operational improvement effort (like Six Sigma or Business Reengineering), or if you haven't given it much attention lately, you should take a fresh look. I see three forces behind this trend: 1. But improvement has improved. But improvement has improved.

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China’s Slowdown: The First Stage of the Bullwhip Effect

Harvard Business Review

For the last two months, global supply chains have been experiencing the first stage of a bullwhip effect triggered by uncertainties about the severity of China’s economic slowdown. In the context of a normal economy with modest demand volatility, the bullwhip effect causes volatility to vary across the tiers of a supply chain.

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How Retail Can Thrive in a World Without Stores

Harvard Business Review

To embrace this market shift, retailers will need to experiment with a range of technologies and strategies across marketing, supply chain, and merchandising. When eyeglass maker Warby Parker launched in 2010, its founders had $2,500 seed funding and impressive business school pedigrees. billion valuation within five years.

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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

billion impressions on Twitter and Instagram and was the top trending topic in the U.S. According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion. during the assembly. of the time.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet.