Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Companies need to make drastic changes to their websites and marketing collateral to recognize the change in the digital marketplace. Sales managers need to do a much better job at onboarding and coaching in this new environment. Printed material is not as important as how the company presents itself on its websites and social media.

Dunning 100

Dunning Supply Chain CPA Compliance 100

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

If you really want to understand a leader’s perspective on the market, ask them about their competition. I’m always on the lookout for new practitioners entering the market where we have practice areas, disruptive technology, or changes in the landscape that could disintermediate certain aspects of the market.

Leadership 353

Leadership PR Disintermediation Supply Chain 353

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Traditional mass manufacturing is based on principles of “Scientific Management” that date back to the 19th century. Managers hold virtually all decision-making authority. However, until recently there was little evidence on this question in the countries that dominate global markets in low-cost manufacturing.

Lean Manufacturing 8

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Multinational corporations long have looked for growth opportunities in emerging markets. In 2014, according to the latest United Nations estimate, direct foreign investment (FDI) in emerging markets reached more than $700 billion — accounting for over half (56%) of all global FDI flows for the first time. Crime exacts a toll.

Marketing 8

Marketing Company Compliance Reputation 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

There was a time when the entry of an online alternative in a market would scare the hell out of small offline retailers. The time changed, markets evolved, competition became even harsh, and marketplaces required more innovative ways to make money than the mere commissions. marketplace model today. It indeed is.

Retail 117

Retail Supply Chain Software Marketing 117

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Arthur Nielsen, market research pioneer and founder of the Nielsen Corporation, once said , “The price of light is less than the cost of darkness.” To cope with the shortfall in market supply, companies need to better leverage their existing talent. Consult legal and compliance stakeholders.

Team 8

Team Compliance Supply Chain Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

These ranges were wide due to the relative size of the different players in the supply chain (for example, a company that has higher revenues will realize greater benefits than a smaller firm). of the world market, and the second-largest beef producer and consumer. of revenues) and $13 million to $62 million (0.01% to 0.7%

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In our surveys, more than 66% of CEOs said they expect their companies to change their business model in the next three years, with 62% reporting they have management initiatives or transformation programs underway to make their business more digital. Without that clarity, returns from digital initiatives suffer.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

It could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships, and even entrepreneurship itself. This will not only challenge tax departments’ current calculations, but will also put increasing pressure on legal departments wrestling with IP asset and risk management. IP piracy will be another major complication.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Happily fading from memory is the cliché that ethics and compliance teams effectively constitute a “business prevention department.” It can cost more to ensure better labor standards in a supply chain, or to meet environmental standards. Moreover, the business benefits of integrity have many variables.

Ethics 12

Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 12

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2020

There was a time when the entry of an online alternative in a market would scare the hell out of small offline retailers. The time changed, markets evolved, competition became even harsh, and marketplaces required more innovative ways to make money than the mere commissions. Is the marketplace is a profitable business idea in 2020?

Supply Chain 75

Supply Chain Retail Software Marketing 75

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The contemporary CEO must not only be expert at addressing the commercial verities of products, markets, and competitors. These include legislation, regulation, investigation, enforcement, litigation, ethics, reputation, crisis management, corporate citizenship, and pressures from public officials, NGOs, and the media.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

Managements may want to dramatically improve productivity but they're decidedly mixed about comparably increasing their accountability. Of course, engineering design and test should be held accountable, but more sophisticated data-driven analytics makes the cost-driven, compliance-oriented supply chain employee culpable, as well.

Resistance 8

Resistance Organization Supply Chain CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Most companies have ethics and compliance policies that get reviewed and signed annually by all employees. Clearly it takes more than a compliance policy or Values Statement to sustain a truly ethical workplace. The head of Supply Chain was given a $3.5 ” Of course, that policy comes directly from Enron. .

Ethics 8

Ethics Compliance Policies Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. The definition of a market, customer, partner, or even competitor is now a moving target.

Strategy 10

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?”

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. The definition of a market, customer, partner, or even competitor is now a moving target.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Often, they come to find that the majority of new ventures don’t understand corporate decision cycles, purchasing requirements, compliance processes, post sales customer service, and the like. Intrinsic in entrepreneurship is a long period of living in a twilight fluctuating between breakthrough market success and breakdown (i.e.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Supply Chain Venture Capitalist Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

They were bold and brash and injected fresh new ideas that challenged existing policy and practice in many quarters of the Department of Defense administration (such as finance, human resources, procurement, and supply chain processes). For example, it implemented an Internet service that answers the question "Where's my refund?"

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

It is an ongoing management discipline; as a living, breathing organism, your organization must be continually refined and improved. What are our markets? Great service sits at the intersection of sales, customer service, and supply chain. These numbers reflect a fundamentally flawed approach to thinking about systems.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Bureaucracy McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We have been deploying technology, re-engineering, training, and adopting modern IT-enabled management platforms to help our workers improve their productivity, hence their income. By competing on products, we respond to the market. Suppliers play far more than a supplementary role in our supply chain.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

At some of the world’s most successful enterprises — Google, Netflix, Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook — autonomous algorithms, not talented managers, increasingly get the last word. Elite MBAs (Management by Algorithm) are the new normal. Top management would have to trust its computationally brilliant bidding software.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Only a minority of firms is well ahead in planning and preparing a UK market strategy. For example, adjusting supply chains can take up to nine months or longer depending on internal and external constraints. The sooner firms have a Brexit plan, the faster they can focus on managing these competitive dynamics.

Planning 8

Planning Supply Chain Strategic Planning Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

Investors who have flooded the cybersecurity market in search for the next software “unicorn” have yet to realize that when it comes to a risk as complex as this one, there is no panacea — certainly not one that depends on technology alone. First, cyber risk evolves according to Moore’s Law.

Training 9

Training Supply Chain Agility Risk Management 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Does your organization have the “market power” to implement the scenario? Identify whether your organization has the ability, based on market size and/or influence, to get other parties to participate in a consortium. Powering the Supply Chain with Internet of Things (IoT) technology.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

To get started on analyzing the impact of green on your business: Take a close look at your supply chain. Measuring is the first step: If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. With this supply-chain information in hand, select an initial project that the use of green analytics might impact rather quickly.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Retail Energy ROI 14

Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2023

Businesses primed to leverage these technologies to streamline everything from supply chains to sales and marketing will be riding the wave’s crest. The solution lies in a remarkable tool streamlining the way businesses manage and access their content, from creation and storage to archiving and disposal.

Supply Chain 104

Supply Chain Loyalty Content Efficiency 104

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

A greater percentage of FOB than non-FOB directors said skills were missing on their boards and the missing skill they named most was HR-Talent Management—to a degree almost 3 times that of non-FOB directors. Strategic Challenges and Talent Management. Boards cannot govern effectively if they’re missing key skill sets.

FOB 8

FOB Diversity Talent Management How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

Energy vampires are often smart, well-intentioned managers who inadvertently slow the company down with too many questions, too much analysis, too much process—and not enough action. For what seems like all the right reasons, the company is not acting in the external market, but is piling up more internal initiatives.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy 360-Degree Feedback How To Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

multinationals, while increasingly harassed by Beijing , have many leading market share positions in China, especially in high-tech and sophisticated capital goods such as U.S.-made First, he needs to string together enough Carrier-type deals, especially among large factory complexes that influence the wider supply chain.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Offshoring Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

That’s understandable — the growth of the consumer mobile market in Africa has been spectacular. And while almost all the examples I cite are from West Africa, many of these ideas and innovations are well suited for emerging markets around the world. In emerging markets, infrastructure is always an issue.

CRM 8

CRM Marketing Supply Chain NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

What if we could track every component in a supply chain, automatically verifying their compliance with regulations and laws as they cross borders and are processed and combined with others to create a final product for sale? Machine-readable laws and machine-readable contracts enable machine-managed supply chains.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Politics Compliance 8