The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 17, 2022

The pandemic created a multitude of risks for businesses, with orders either delayed, reduced, or stopped altogether, supply chains disrupted, and general challenges involved in securing adequate supplies. The scale measures things such as staffing, profitability, partnerships, and processes.

Stress 112

Stress Supply Chain Uncertainty Comparison 112

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

A lot of people think that consulting is all strategy-driven, where companies hand a few slips of paper to the CEO and then leave. But this is not actually the case; there are all kinds of companies offering advice right along the value chain. There are many types of consultants to choose from. Technology consultants.

Consultative 68

Consultative Supply Chain Efficiency Advice 68

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Increased sales can be directly attributed to how successfully a business collaborates with the entire supply chain. Supply chain management has immense potential to enhance business operations, improve productivity, and increase a business’s agility to changing market trends and customer demand.

Supply Chain 95

Supply Chain Agility Management Operations 95

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2017

These shifts will have important implications for the supply chain and profitability of U.S.-based based companies. However, there is a high level of uncertainty about the ultimate outcome and consequences for companies, in part because the effect could be offset or aggravated by how currency rates adjust.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Hedge Automotive Uncertainty 9

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In fact, most companies think they are moving quickly – it’s just that in actuality they are not. As recently as ten years ago, it took a lot longer to design and launch products, or even companies for that matter. They sat by and watched their vaunted products, and in some cases the companies themselves, wither on the vine.

Supply Chain 120

Supply Chain Banking Analysis Globalization 120

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

A leader’s view on competition will not only reveal a lot about their beliefs on current and future market trends, but also on innovation, branding, talent management, supply chain issues, constituency management, capital markets, and customer facing. Current or former employees who could become competition.

Leadership 353

Leadership PR Disintermediation Supply Chain 353

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Supply chains are linked to these inputs, as is every other variable the CEO needs to be concerned about, from available corporate resources to stock price. If we have enough past information of competitive successes and failures, BDAI is capable of helping leaders develop options. About the Author.

CEO 66

CEO Balanced Scorecard Supply Chain Sharpe 66

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

Companies are always shocked when low-probability events such as an earthquake or a tsunami disrupt their supply chains — as has happened after the tragic events in Japan two weeks ago — because of two fallacies. seems far-fetched, so most companies hadn't drawn up a suitable Plan B. Locking up supplies.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Fixed Costs Price Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2011

Countless companies have reconfigured their supply chains to reflect the latest strategy, only to discover that committing to these "best practices" exposed them to unexpected risks later. MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi says companies need find new ways of managing their supply chains by using a segmentation strategy.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Webinar Price Globalization 8

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Mellisa Patrick CMgr MCMI, CMI’s programme development manager, attended the event to engage with potential new partners, including universities, colleges, and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) providers. You can watch the webinar here. Like this article? Why not share it.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Committee Hotels Webinar 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. Companies less frequently offer formal training – a trend that has been on the decline for years. During my 11 years at PepsiCo, mostly during the 1990s, “personal development” was treated as a major company initiative.

Career 15

Career Development Company Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

And a quarter of companies, according to the same survey, confess that not one of their new offerings met its profitability goals. This new (and alarming) data comes from pricing consulting giant Simon-Kucher & Partners, which conducts its survey every other year with the Professional Pricing Society, a professional association.

Price 11

Price Productivity Products Simon 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Since the start of 2016, oil prices have swung between $27 and $42 per barrel, about a quarter of the 2008 peak crude oil price of $145. On February 16, oil ministers from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar, and Venezuela agreed to a tentative deal to freeze their production in an attempt to boost prices.

Price 8

Price Energy Airlines Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

First, the global goals campaign represents a significant new opportunity for companies that view emerging and frontier markets as their source of long-term growth. Second, with the public declarations by many companies to help with the goals , there is likely to be competitive pressure. The case is clear.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

Leadership development represents a huge and growing investment for most organizations. Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. Reversing this means that companies start at the end — with results.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

based companies by anywhere from 10% to 20% , depending on their current tax position. At a recent investor conference, one of us heard a CEO proudly state that the new law would have no effect at all on how his company views investments. Why are CEOs so reluctant to pursue bold new investments in growing their companies?

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain CEO Discount Retail 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

Last week, at an internal Cisco meeting, the company’s VP of Supply Chain, John Kern, proudly reported that the project had identified ways to cut energy use by approximately 30%, which will likely save $1 million per year. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Insight Center.

Energy 8

Energy Company Supply Chain Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

For the last two months, global supply chains have been experiencing the first stage of a bullwhip effect triggered by uncertainties about the severity of China’s economic slowdown. Consequently, although companies should cut costs now, they should be on the lookout for the quick rebound that is likely to follow.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2014

The supply chain for German cars is significantly more globalized than it was a decade and a half ago. In 1995, 79% of the value created in the process of manufacturing a German automobile was captured by domestic firms and workers; by 2008, German companies and workers captured only 66%.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Skills Intellectual Capital Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

Strategic consistency is the hallmark of many great companies. over the last half-century, but also one of the best-performing companies in any industry. For over 50 years, Wal-Mart has pursued essentially the same strategy of “offering the lowest price so its customer can live better.”

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Airlines Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

” These information-focused leaders emerged as the world changed and the capabilities that companies needed shifted over time. Consider three critical mega-trends: resource constraints and rising commodity prices; climate change and extreme weather; and radical, technology-driven transparency. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just look at Uber to understand the importance of diversity and product safety or at car manufacturers scrambling to develop a competitive advantage in electric cars as countries seek to decarbonize their economics and fight pollution. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

The true solution, we think, lies in understanding the changed nature of modern supply chains and identifying new business models better suited for managing them. The need to improve supply chain compliance does not come from moral arguments alone; the business consequences are also increasingly unescapable.

Business Model 8

Business Model Supply Chain Compliance Disaggregation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Maintaining an obsession with the front line—where the company meets the customer—is fundamental to achieving sustainable growth. But as companies get bigger, they have a harder and harder time staying close to their customers and maintaining the sharp, ground-level instincts of a younger company.

Company 11

Company Hotels Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

shale oil and gas producers have been ramping up production to take advantage of rising crude oil prices — prices that had been rising in the wake of a deal between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia, and other non-OPEC producers to reduce oil output. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

That is, why bother trying to innovate if no matter what they do, large companies can no longer maintain a sustainable advantage and their life spans are just getting shorter and shorter? But other fields, like mining, construction, agriculture, and many types of manufacturing, have been largely ignored by start-up companies.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Company Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

Consider Tesco , one of the world's largest retailers with over 500,000 employees, which has spent the last three decades improving its supply chain processes, and the last two decades collecting and analyzing customer data. They continued to use insights from Clubcard to regularly adjust offers, tweaking the supply chain accordingly.

Customer Intimacy 8

Customer Intimacy Operations Supply Chain Transportation 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The conventional wisdom about strategy may be leading your company astray. Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. In this unpredictable economy, traditional approaches to strategy are a luxury most companies cannot afford. by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi. Let’s go after it.”

Resources 51

Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

It could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships, and even entrepreneurship itself. Executive teams need to assess their industries’ and companies’ time horizons for the technology, because they will have a huge amount of strategic and business process planning to do before their companies adopt it.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. We exclude companies with a traditional CSR program that supports employee volunteering in the community – this does not by itself qualify as sustainability.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

All this secrecy comes at a price, both in the supply chain and by creating a difficult workplace. Consider how many people have to keep the secrets: factory workers, supply chain workers, and retail employees. Founded in 2010, Xiaomi is one of the biggest Chinese smartphone companies. Apple Innovation'

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Supply Chain Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Who are the local partners best suited to help your company? How can multinationals develop innovative business models with "small store" formats to promote convenience, yet give consumers lower prices through economies of scale in purchasing and supply chain efficiencies? What are your competitors planning?

Retail 15

Retail Supply Chain Business Model Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

The companies that are most vocal about environmental and social issues tend to be big, mass-market brands — well-known retailers , consumer products giants , and tech firms that are telling a new story to consumers who increasingly care about sustainability. These companies can’t ignore sustainability.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

So, what should companies take away from this latest warning? First, companies must accelerate ongoing efforts to decarbonize their businesses. The list of actions companies take is well-developed and documented, and most large companies do the following: Slash energy use and emissions in operations. auto industry.

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Cheap, plentiful labor was readily available in developing countries like China, India, Mexico and Eastern Europe. dollar, rising fuel costs and the risks inherent in longer supply chains have many companies rethinking their sourcing strategies. Offshoring isn't going away, but companies will have to be smarter about it.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Apparently the struggling department store company, which is closing 33 underperforming stores and incurred a net loss of nearly $500 million in its last reported quarter, felt it was important to promote a report detailing its sustainability activities. Even well-run, well-intentioned companies get it wrong.

Brand 12

Brand Supply Chain Price Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Companies line up like never before for climate action. CEOs from some of the world’s largest companies put out public statements backing a strong climate deal. Even oil giants from Europe (including BP, Eni, Shell, Statoil, Total) advocated for a price on carbon. Goals matter. This all leads to a huge breakthrough: 5.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8