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Chief Procurement Officer Search: Securing Your Supply Chain Leadership

N2Growth Blog

A successful executive understands the intricacies of the supply chain and leverages their expertise to drive innovation, reduce costs, and enhance organizational efficiency. A well-rounded and comprehensive set of leadership requirements can be defined by involving stakeholders from finance, operations, and other relevant areas.

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Vision vs. Mission | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Vision statements, as implied in the construction of the phraseology itself, put forth a statement of envisioned future. A goal is a specific target and the objectives are the attainment components/benchmarks/hurdles which will lead you toward achieving said goal. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business Review

To set an aspirational but realistic target, we created a benchmark that combines the best attributes of these advanced digital nations. Second, with the benchmark as a composite, no single nation achieves it and yet each of the five countries’ progress toward the ideal can be assessed in terms of performance against the benchmark.

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Develop Your Company’s Cross-Functional Capabilities

Harvard Business Review

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. Business units come and go, but finance, HR, marketing, IT, legal, and R&D seem to last forever.

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Research: Index Funds Are Fueling Out-of-Whack CEO Pay Packages

Harvard Business Review

On average, common ownership concentration has almost doubled in the last 20 years in the construction, manufacturing, finance, and services sectors. They may choose it for other reasons, for example, to encourage cooperation or innovation. Maybe it’s not a conscious choice at all.

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