Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

There is concern these days about how technology is replacing our jobs and estranging our connections. The only hope seems to be make our technology appear more human. In the apparel industry, companies choose one path or the other between high-tech and high touch. New tools and strategies. High-tech and high-touch.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Apparel Marketing Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. The same goes for technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

That process might work for conventional or ongoing business lines, but new ventures, which are less predictable, require a different set of planning and control tools. Ultimately, discovery-driven planning is a set of disciplines and tools that includes the following five steps. ” Step 3: Define operational requirements. .

Planning 8

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. Adapted from.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

For decades, we’ve often thought of leadership profiles in unique buckets—two popular varieties were the “visionaries”, who embrace strategy and think about amazing things to do, and the “operators”, who get stuff done. It just does not work.” receive stock options and health insurance.

Execution 15

Execution Strategy How To Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

I met the team at Vineyard Vines while doing research about data-driven marketing technologies for my book, Marketing, Interrupted , and was able to learn firsthand about the company’s beginnings, and what has made them so successful today. Enter Fayez Mohamood and his team at Bluecore, a retail marketing automation platform.

Retail 8

Retail Apparel Engineering Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

It’s become an essential tool for understanding online customer behaviors and driving site improvement efforts. Already, the scale of data collected by early adopters of this technology is staggering. Operations. Any company building an online presence wouldn’t think twice about the need for sophisticated web analytics.

Retail 8

Retail Customer Intimacy Apparel Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

For example, does use of these data-driven tools lower cost and/or enhance customer service? The traditional paradigm for supply-chain management is to develop sophisticated tools to generate forecasts that accurately predict the value and the level of uncertainty of future demand. The Future of Operations. Why does this matter?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Management Constraint Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Starbucks is just one of many companies using this type of technology, and it’s not hard to understand why. This is the exact approach taken by Belk , the largest family owned and operated department store in the United States. Managing people Retail Technology'

Software 9

Software Management Retail How To 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

And citizens, using new social media tools and old-fashioned marches, rose up to drive change. Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. A teenager pressures Cola-Cola and Pepsi – and wins.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

This year, there were countless eco-efficiency stories about companies saving millions of dollars and developing new tools to make buildings, fleets ( Staples and UPS, for example ), and manufacturing much leaner. But companies can also use "open" innovation tools to generate new ideas and invite the world to solve problems together.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. Renewables have been trouncing fossil fuels for a few years as the costs of the newer technologies have dropped remarkably fast. Renewables Kept Growing and Getting Cheaper. days of innovation).

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8