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Is Your Company ‘Doing’ Lean or ‘Being’ Lean?

Strategy Driven

But as you become more experienced with Lean, you realize that what you can’t see is what separates world-class operations from mediocre ones. The $13 Billion Case Study. We first stopped at their Gemba board, which contained all of the plant’s operating metrics and value stream information. Misspent TAKT time.

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Case Study: When Tragedy Strikes Your Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “What’s your view on keeping operations in Bangladesh? “I can’t stop thinking about the rubble — and the sobbing.” Costs and Risks.

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Case Study: Second Thoughts About a Strategy Shift

Harvard Business Review

Results for the first full quarter of operation under the new strategy had been outstanding. Editor’s note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. But you can’t chicken out in the middle of a revolution.

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Case Study: When You Have to Choose Between Core and New Customers

Harvard Business Review

Alan Kurtz, MMC’s chief operating officer, was standing off to the side, and she moved to join him, but a racer intercepted her. Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. .”

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Help Us Innovate the Innovation Process

Harvard Business Review

Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. Operational goals like productivity, predictability and alignment are woven deeply into management systems and processes. Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance.

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Luxury Brands Can No Longer Ignore Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Harry Potter star Emma Watson is a vocal advocate on gender equality while also appearing regularly in fashion magazines. Given their prominence in the fashion and luxury worlds, their beliefs, statements, and demands on companies matter. These names and others are lending their clout to the social and environmental agenda.

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To Get Consumers to Trust AI, Show Them Its Benefits

Harvard Business Review

See More Videos > See More Videos > In order to understand how firms have systematically enhanced trust in applied AI, my colleagues Monika Hengstler and Selina Duelli and I conducted nine case studies in the transportation and medical device industries.