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Research Shows That Investing In Tech Matters

The Horizons Tracker

It’s influenced by factors like complex supply chains, many suppliers, different products, and uncertain technology. The research looked at 1,054 American manufacturing companies from 2011 to 2013. It helps organizations use their resources well and keep cash flowing smoothly.

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Motivate with a Memorable “Vision Phrase” that Matters

Michael Lee Stallard

Andy Dalton, a 2011 TCU graduate who is quarterback and a member of the Cincinnati Bengals’ leadership team, is another fine example. McCarter and his colleagues have helped transform Shreveport, La., and they are presently rolling out their program in Washington, D.C. Dalton played a part in restoring the team’s competitiveness.

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Interview: Leading Organizational Change from the Middle

Change Starts Here

In 2011, I was interviewed for the Supply Chain Expert Community blog on the topic of Leading Organizational Change from the Middle. I recently found out this recording is included in the course material for a Masters-level Engineering Leadership/Strategic Change class at North Carolina State University.

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Protect Your Supply Chain During a Pandemic by Using Automation

Strategy Driven

as well as the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011. All of these crises foreshadowed a reality that the global pandemic of 2020 confirmed: There are systemic weaknesses in most companies’ global supply chains that must be mitigated. AUTOMATION AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN. THE TRUTH REVEALED.

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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.

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Salty to Sweet: The Transformation of Mount Franklin Foods

Change Starts Here

For Mount Franklin Foods, a candy and snack manufacturer headquartered in El Paso, Texas, the years leading up to 2011 were tumultuous. When CEO Gary Ricco joined the company in May of 2011, the company had struggled for years to turn a profit. A revolving leadership door had ushered four CEOs in and out in two years.

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What happens when business as usual is impossible?

Coaching Tip

World economic losses to disasters totaled an estimated $380 billion in 2011, and nearly every major company now sets up detailed continuity and mitigation plans for everything from terrorist incidents and nuclear attacks to pandemics like bird flu. They rely on just-in-time delivery.