N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

QAspire

AUGUST 22, 2010

They use technology to cook more food in less time. They have built their own standard for supply chain right from procuring raw material to delivery of these meals in schools across. I wondered too, till I visited one of their kitchens in Ahmedabad recently. Truly remarkable!

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Quality Innovation NGO Supply Chain 156

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

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. Innovation, improvements, or these 'Next' Practices should be looked at in all facets of your business value proposition, your core.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Tim Cook took over as CEO in 2011. Tim Cook's career followed a very different path. Cook had been running Compaq's supply chain with cutting-edge efficiency when Apple's supply chain was in a shambles. Neither bode well for the future. Fault Line #1: At the Top. Jobs was an innovator at heart.

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Supply Chain Retail PR Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

But as Apple’s profits multiplied from 2004 through 2011, it was clear that, as you now call it, “ return of capital ” to shareholders was not a pressing priority for Mr. Jobs. Yet these careers and the returns that they can generate are not guaranteed. You clearly have a different point of view on distributions to shareholders.

Innovation 11

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

There were no checks and balances for members of the supply train. This archaic mindset flies in the face of progressive supply chain management, which successful companies now embrace. Technology companies must now learn the lessons that steady-growth companies in other industries absorbed. Communications.

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Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57