Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?” Manage the arduously long sales cycle.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Daniel Yergin's typically sunny outlook on oil in his recent Wall Street Journal piece, " There Will Be Oil ," suggested that technology and new energy discoveries would avert any of the economic disasters portended by peak oil. They also hide the declining energy density, higher cost, and lower flow rates of these new resources.

Price 9

Price GDP Supply Chain Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

As the impacts of climate change become even more evident, we will see calls for increased regulation to help us move away from carbon-emitting energy. More recently, in 2011, a large group of mostly European companies, led by the Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group, signed the 2°C Challenge Communique.

Policies 8

Policies NGO Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

These new capabilities connect to the work we’ve done over the past several decades inside our enterprises to automate processes with tools — such as accounting systems, supply chain, call center, and such. Leadership should make it clear that they are offended by wasting time, as it’s also wasting energy, resources and brain space.

Agility 65

Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

This fictional story is inspired by "The Art of Piloting New Initiatives" by Rhoda Davidson and Bettina Büchel in the Fall 2011 MIT Sloan Management Review. We still haven't figured out how to put the energy data in a format that's truly useful to customers. Please contribute by offering solutions and insights from your own experience.

Case Study 9

Case Study Innovation Committee Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

The initial breakthrough came in 1987, but the first drug wasn’t approved until 2011. The Joint Center For Energy Storage Research (JCESR) has a five-year mandate to develop next generation battery technologies. In battery research, for example, scientists have long focused on finding materials with greater energy density.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

How many companies have figured out how to shift from supply chain management to integrating customer feedback directly into their product design, distribution, and delivery? Case in point: Gap missed many of its performance numbers in 2011 by believing that their only interaction with their customers happened at the cash register.

Banking 15

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The greening of the supply chain. The military continues to lead the way on energy and climate. These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well. Was a year like 2011 possible in a world without climate change? Was a year like 2011 likely ? But please. Not at all.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

At Essent, the Dutch energy company, CEO Erwin van Laethem provided practical guidance to his CMO. “My That process incorporates operations, customer service, R&D, clinical specialists, sales, supply chain operators, and service teams. Informal practices can be even more helpful. That was very helpful.”.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. Where professionals once wrote memos to be read, 2011 begins an era in which documents are written with touch both in mind and on fingertips. That's right.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Now for the company-level stories: Supply chain pressure continues to rise (a.k.a., Even coming out of the recession, this was a big year for green supply chain announcements. In February, Wal-Mart said it would eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its supply chain. Looking Forward to 2011.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Goals release energy. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Learn more about Hank Moore and The Business Tree™ by visiting his website, www.HankMoore.com.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

Extreme weather brings unpredictable dangers for physical assets or massive disruptions to supply chains (like auto and hard drive companies found out with floods in Thailand in 2011). So are a lighting retrofit, a boiler overhaul, innovation to reduce energy use of your products, and much more. That’s exactly right.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Short-term Fast Follower 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

After making $50 million in insurance claims in 2011 alone, the company's insurance rates will certainly rise. In the Thailand floods of November 2011, both the hard-drive industry and the automotive sector experienced serious supply chain problems. This kind of disruption is only going to grow.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Insurance Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 Nuclear reactors melted down, disrupting the national grid, reversing energy policies as far away as Germany, and contaminating a part of Japan for generations to come. Before companies could fully recover, massive flooding in Thailand caused further disruptions in Asian supply chains.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Supply Chain Christensen Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

Air quality and smog red alerts and the complete bans on vehicle traffic in major cities around the world highlight how traditional commerce and supply chains can and do grind to a halt because of climate risks. Record flooding in Thailand in 2011 severely impacted air travel, tourism, and one of the major regional airports in Asia.

Cost 8

Cost Tourism Supply Chain Attrition 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Yet, when the company shifted from being an energy supplier to the hucksterish energy trader, the charitable activities were dispensed with. 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.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

in February 2011, it became clear that machine learning could go beyond this single-minded focus and handle unstructured, ambiguous data. Traditional propositions like “one-stop shop” or “supply chain optimization” will become commonplace, easily achievable by small players or new entrants in a number of industries.

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Core Competence System 8