Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

To take advantage of this surge in shopping interest, most companies traditionally add to or modify their product offerings at this time of year. Similarly, at a Future Agenda Conference in August, much of the conversation was about "less variety." — and even more for some kinds of businesses. As one professor noted,".

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Supply Chain Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

For years, the answer to the question “Do people really want to buy more sustainable products?” ” Surveys consistently show that we aspire to buy responsibly , and we even say we’ll pay more for environmental or socially preferable products. So why are sustainable products surging now?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

But “clean” is a catchall for a much broader and growing list of demands about the human and planetary impacts of all products and services (and the companies behind them). This movement, while hitting a fever pitch around products we put in or on our bodies, is not just affecting the food and personal care worlds.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Brand Metrics Productivity 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

PL and CM: Coherent companies – those that possess a capabilities system that aligns their strategy with their product/service portfolio – generate superior performance over time, which is what we call the coherence premium. We believe coherence confers a substantial premium, and we’ve measured it.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Employers can readily apply market forces and supply-chain tools to improve the performance of both. As part of its effort to use supply-chain methods to obtain the highest quality care for its employees, Intel promptly added procurement specialists to its collaborative. Set priorities for providers.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Incentives Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

For those of us not in operations, supply chain, or logistics, it's a vaguely familiar line item we learned about in finance class. If we could permanently reduce the amount of product sitting idle, we'd save money, energy, and material. We know it's important and that we're supposed to reduce it by increasing "turns.".

Energy 11

Energy Supply Chain Operations Benchmarking 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Falling trade barriers, inexpensive energy and low transport charges further strengthened the case for making products overseas. dollar, rising fuel costs and the risks inherent in longer supply chains have many companies rethinking their sourcing strategies. But suddenly, the case for outsourcing isn't so clear.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

It had been published in the journal of the Society for Health Systems (an organization I am active with today, including running the Red Bead Experiment at their 2016 conference). I was happy to see John Hunter share the article on the Deming Institute blog last year , along with some context. Mark Graban.

Deming 28

Deming Kaizen System Quality 28

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Of course, engagement with entrepreneurs can lead to innovative new products, lucrative investments, new supply chains, advanced technology, and a more creative corporate culture. Commercial incompetence. No wonder the experienced executive frequently insists that software code be placed in escrow.). Then there’s the upside.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Supply Chain Venture Capitalist Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

On Friday, the New York Times breathlessly declared in a cover story that during the recession, " As Consumers Cut Spending, 'Green' Products Lose Allure." It's a nice headline and makes it sound like the green product and business movement is in trouble. So green cleaning products are on their way out, right? Here's the story.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Price Bottom-up Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

Quite simply, adding technology does not automatically confer expected benefits; these benefits have to be unlocked and this can only happen through achieving organizational changes. To address this problem, this retailer planned to tag products at the item level.

Tools 8

Tools Supply Chain CRM Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2013

More humbly, incompatible communications networks and a less-than-proactive IT department drove a company''s supply chain and procurement teams to use LinkedIns, private Tweets and cut-and-paste Sharepoints to quickly coordinate go-to-market product changes with key vendors.

Media 8

Media Power CIO Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Last month, I had the privilege of attending and speaking at a conference about innovation , and specifically, about how shared value can infuse new innovation into companies competing in the 21st century. Or, if you're an F&B company like Nestlé, you're worried about the practices in your supply chain.

Porter 14

Porter Supply Chain Energy Competitive Advantage 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C Engage employees, through awards and incentives, to innovate, find operational savings, and develop products that cut customers’ emissions as well. °C (3.8°F)

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Here’s the scene: A problem has come up with one of your supply chain vendors, threatening to delay timely shipment of your product. At the same time, a potential opportunity appears that, with some exploration and investment, could lead to a new generation of products down the road. Which do you respond to first?

Budgeting 13

Budgeting Innovation Disruptive Innovation Six Sigma 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

Around the world, P&G managers are conferring in such rooms, with embedded analysts from P&G''s Information and Decision Solutions group aiding their deliberations with Spotfire-enabled visuals. Good visual displays keep the focus on managing the business by exception, and direct management attention to where it is most needed.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain CIO Information Technology Information 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Functional experiences help make you great at something, i.e. marketing, supply chain, R&D. from their articles in trade magazines, on lists of speakers at relevant conferences, or from referrals of leaders in your company. They allow you to prove that you’re highly competent at what you do. Request an interview.

Career 8

Career Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

They were in a conference room in Lima watching a focus group in Surrey, England, via Skype as the group discussed the fashion ponchos designed and manufactured by Alejandra’s five-year-old company, Tela. She was thrilled to find someone with his experience, not to mention a shared love of the product and Peru.

Case Study 9

Case Study Price Brand Focus Group 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

It started with marketing, but that has led the way to operations and the supply chain also using those kinds of precise data-driven interventions. It's a very different kind of big; it's not mass production. And then you can do that at scale. So you're saying it lets you be small, but at scale? Are you then big again?

Organization 15

Organization Health Care Supply Chain Magazine 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

Last week Apple''s Tim Cook made fleeting reference to "new product categories." The Apple TV will whisk us to work, to school, to conferences, to the city, to Second Life, to our memory palace and virtual library, to shared worlds like Eve and Halo. Bloomberg West called it " tantalizing.". It may even change the city.

Disintermediation 8

Disintermediation Hotels Airlines Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

It’s nearly impossible to escape a meeting or conference call without someone touting the virtues of collaboration. More conference calls are logged. We’re here to solve the supply chain problem” or “we’re here to build a new product.” Collaboration just feels right — like a big hug or a warm puppy.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Cost-Benefit Analysis How To Conference 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Business continuity: All companies depend on natural services, such as water, either directly or in their supply chains. Innovation: By cataloging our dependencies on nature, we can identify opportunities for better products and services, such as Bayer's drought-resistant crops (Note: Bayer is a client of mine).

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Jones, and Brian Uzzi, “The Increasing Dominance of Teams in Production of Knowledge,” Science 316, no. Consider why incumbents rarely lead the way in new products and services. Attend a conference you have never before attended. Stefan Wuchty, Benjamin F. 5827 (2007): 1036–1039. 2 (2005): 447–504.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2017

Meetings, emails, IMs and other workplace interactions don’t just happen; they are a by-product the company’s organization. A single-product enterprise, for example, might add new products, focus on new customer segments, or even enter new geographic markets. After all, two heads are almost always better than one.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Operations Organization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

It hurried along the formation of global supply chains with ever greater efficiency and economies of scale. Shredded vertical supply chains. Spawned vast new horizontal value chains, in which millions of people began creating their own virtual meeting places and marketplaces with their own lateral economies of scale.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

I am expected to integrate my tools into complex global supply chains of international drug producers to solve the local problem of counterfeiting. I still spend much of my time traveling from conference to conference in the West to meet people who can help my work succeed (I'm writing this on a train bound for Davos).

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By comparison, think of the long strides many businesses have made in reengineering their supply chains, boosting product quality, and rolling out lean six sigma. Executives read the same trade magazines, go to the same conferences, and talk to the same consultants. These efforts have paid huge dividends.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. ” For example, productivity has grown dramatically in the retail sector since 1990; inflation-adjusted sales per employee have grown by roughly 50%. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images. Throughout the global economy, big companies are getting bigger.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

One of his reasons why is what he described as a “fragile supply chain,” wherein weather shocks can damage grain production — a nice way of saying we don’t know if we can grow enough food. The food and consumer products sectors are feeling this megatrend most acutely.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Bottom-up Short-term Globalization 8