Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

The issues in each of these buckets require new leadership, or at least a rethinking of it in the highest ranks of companies, and deep operational changes. We’re starting to recognize that this relatively new situation has important ramifications for how businesses operate, and we’re making some progress. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

in operating income, while companies with lower levels declined 32.7% (Towers Watson). The Skeptical Consumer: As social media platforms continue to grow beyond their pre-teen years (Twitter was only being used by 12-14 percent of the population in early 2011), consumers will demand more transparency from corporations and nonprofits.

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain Company Strategic Planning Bottom-up 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

General Mills’ CEO recently blamed the winter for less-than-expected earnings , saying that “severe winter weather…disrupted plant operations and logistics…We lost 62 days of production…which hasn’t happened in decades. It might have actually generated increased revenue as well, if it meant operating while competitors couldn’t.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Strategy Risk Management Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Since 2011, as emerging markets have suffered from slower growth and fresh social unrest, that $30 trillion prize seems more distant. Olam , an agri-business with seed-to-shelf operations across 65 countries, has already organized its efforts around two of the global goals. of the time.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Employers can readily apply market forces and supply-chain tools to improve the performance of both. Think of providers and health plans as suppliers and manage them as such. Providers and health plans are service suppliers paid by employers. Insight Center. Measuring Costs and Outcomes in Healthcare. Sponsored by Medtronic.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Incentives Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

For example, Express Scripts and Anthem were partners in the medical supply chain. A merger in this context may aim to better coordinate the supply chain by reducing the element of competition from the supplier relationship. This kind of competition can also be affected by mergers and may in itself drive deal making.

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Cooper Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. 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. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

To demonstrate it, we’ve examined a number of industries and mapped the level of capabilities coherence in the portfolio of each of the major players against their operating margins over the past five years. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. We call this measure the ‘coherence premium.’

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

"Off the charts" is both figuratively and literally accurate: the data for the last 100 years shows a tight regression of temperature and water availability in Texas.except for the 2011 drought, which is far off the line (three degrees hotter with an inch less rainfall than any previous year). billion in agricultural production alone.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Long-term Short-term Porter 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Among the recommendations we offer, one in particular is salient to businesses: supply-chain reform. In 2011, the Coalition of Immokalee workers banded together to get consumers on board to pressure the agricultural industry to improve working conditions. We also published an accompanying toolkit, called #NowWhat ?,

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Power Report Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2011

cost of improving the operating systems; unfortunately, the new OS could not be loaded from the internal CD drive and required an external DVD player, which cost $120. In 2011, CIOs of organizations large and small are going to face decisions about whether to keep old systems or upgrade.

Technology 15

Technology CIO CFO TCO 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Facebook, KickStarter, Kiva, Twitter, and other companies thriving in the social era are operating by the rules of the Social Era. Most organizations operating today started when companies needed more operating capital. Conversations, not chains. They get it. They live it. And to them, it's ridiculously obvious.

Banking 16

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Consider the story of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense, which was founded in 2005 under Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and "disestablished" in 2011 by Defense Secretary Gates. Under Rossotti's guidance, the IRS reorganized from a geographic structure to four new customer-oriented operating divisions.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

With political upheaval roiling the streets of Cairo, the first concern of top management in many multinationals is to get their employees and their families out of Egypt safely. Disruption to supply chains will mean reduced output and shortages will send prices soaring. Certainly the money at stake is substantial.

NPV 12

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 12

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. And the sustainability pedigree is going to require a huge amount of input from managers all along the supply chain — they're going to balk at that.

Case Study 9

Case Study Innovation Committee Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

While marketing budgets have been steadily rising as a percentage of firm budgets since 2011, many CMOs still lack real authority over decisions that most affect the customer, since most are delivered through touch points not owned by marketing. This will probably happen if you don’t do that.’ That was very helpful.”.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The greening of the supply chain. These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well. Coca-Cola was not alone in facing increasing costs in 2011; one of my clients, Kimberly-Clark, took an earnings hit from record pulp prices. Was a year like 2011 likely ? But please.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Getting the funds that you need from tight fisted management is an ongoing process. Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Acquire an upper-management mindset.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

As globalization has created longer and increasingly complex food supply chains, there has been a concomitant surge in demand for locally-sourced food. But after the chain was linked to outbreaks of E. But after the chain was linked to outbreaks of E. Operations in a Connected World. How can this be?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Globalization Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

Are managers particularly concerned about the impacts of climate change on their businesses? Part of the disconnect stems from what’s said by company leaders versus what a broad selection of managers think. If we believe the results of a recent MIT Sloan and BCG survey , the answer is no. But it may not be that dire.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Short-term Fast Follower 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

These two unprecedented events are stark reminders that effective crisis management involving complex science and technology is wholly dependent on well-thought-out — and actively practiced — crisis response plans. government initially left many dimensions of crisis management and response to BP. Heineman, Jr.,

Crisis Management 15

Crisis Management Crisis Management Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

As the VP of global risk management told me, the most expensive events in company history in every weather category (flood, earthquake, hail, wind, etc.) After making $50 million in insurance claims in 2011 alone, the company's insurance rates will certainly rise. occurred in the last few years.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Insurance Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 Before companies could fully recover, massive flooding in Thailand caused further disruptions in Asian supply chains. In combat, the fact that someone is actively trying to disrupt your operation changes the calculation. A healthier approach also means managing acceptable losses.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Supply Chain Christensen Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Except when it''s not, which is becoming increasingly common — see the sheer pants crisis , the abrupt resignation of a CEO , a poorly-received job ad to replace said CEO, and a bit of media heat over a 2011 murder that occurred in a Bethesda store. The authors also say Lululemon should probably pay more attention to its supply chain.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Walmart is the country’s largest employer and largest company by revenue and it reached that position through an operating model made possible by proprietary logistics software. What’s Driving Industry Concentration.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

It was very ‘old school’ (a management style that was 40 years obsolete), though it pretended to be ‘new school.’ This archaic mindset flies in the face of progressive supply chain management, which successful companies now embrace. Corporate Culture. Communications. Executives.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57