Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Exploring Space with Nuclear Energy Some Space missions run for years, or even decades. Economic demands place increasing pressure on executive and managers to reduce costs while maintaining high levels of operational safety, reliability, and efficiency. Source: Topix – Nuclear Energy News Published on 2018-11-19.

EPR 50

EPR Execution Supply Chain Engineering 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Source: Daily Energy Insider Published on 2018-11-20 By Chris Galford ENTERGY CORPORATIONHoltec Files Request to Acquire Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station by End of 2019 Entergy Corp. Source: Topix – Nuclear Energy News Published on 2018-11-20 Explosion kills 1 in Idaho. and Holtec International have requested the U.S.

Execution 50

Execution Supply Chain Energy Banking 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

An evolving energy market, led by cheap natural gas and subsidized renewable generation, threatens the long-term financial viability of America’s remaining nuclear power plants. Unlike other clean energy sources, nuclear power is available during all weather conditions, offers price stability, and on-site long-term fuel supplies.

Payback Period 50

Payback Period Power Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 20, 2020

If an idea or industry doesn’t light a fire inside of you, then avoid it at all costs. You will need to dedicate a significant amount of time and energy into building and maintaining a successful enterprise, so it’s critical to love what you do. Never launch a business for the sole reason of making money.

Supply Chain 65

Supply Chain How To Brand Audience 65

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

If an idea or industry doesn’t light a fire inside of you, then avoid it at all costs. You will need to dedicate a significant amount of time and energy into building and maintaining a successful enterprise, so it’s critical to love what you do. Never launch a business for the sole reason of making money.

Supply Chain 68

Supply Chain How To Brand Audience 68

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

We know that we are somehow complicit in the moral chain that links our cheap clothes with collapsing factories, but we feel powerless to respond. So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. Because the cost of not knowing product provenance is huge when things go wrong.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Ethics Telecommunications Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

Last year, networking giant Cisco Systems worked with one of its contract manufacturers in Malaysia to deploy 1,500 energy and temperature sensors on its manufacturing equipment. As Kern put it, “We always manage costs so closely, but we weren’t really measuring energy — we didn’t know how much we spent!

Energy 8

Energy Company Supply Chain Operations 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 29, 2016

Months, and even years, may pass in a significant opportunity with a large account: And as time adds up in pursuits, doubt, uncertainty, risks, and costs do as well. The commitment of finances, organizational energy, and resources – human and otherwise – can be daunting.

Due Diligence 50

Due Diligence Team Supply Chain Finance 50

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. The repercussions of all this uncertainty are dramatic in terms of cost and material use.

Energy 11

Energy Supply Chain Operations Benchmarking 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Few people realize the important role water plays in our daily energy use, or the energy required to heat, treat, and supply water. Meanwhile, the electricity used for water treatment can be as much as one-third of a city’s energy bill. Focus first on cost-effective solutions that reduce or shift demand.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

Wal-Mart's recent announcements continue a five-year campaign to green the supply chain, but they add in some interesting new twists as well. The sustainability benefits are real — on the green side, reducing ingredients like sugar should have sizable ripple effects up the supply chain in saved energy and water.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Bottom-up Energy Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

"System" is the key word, and it was top of mind during a recent HBR event in Palo Alto, sponsored by Hitachi, where I was moderating a panel on sustainable supply chains. Pepsi has rolled it out at hundreds of sites, and now is sharing it with supply-chain partners. Lifecycle analysis isn't new, of course.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 15

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

MAY 18, 2017

Entrepreneurs can now deliver solutions to small-size African farms at cost models that farmers can afford. And SunCulture , which sells drip irrigation kits that use solar energy to pump water from any source, has made irrigation affordable. Beyond precision farming, financial solutions designed for farmers are blossoming.

Technology 13

Technology Supply Chain Entrepreneur GDP 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Growing food requires water, seeds, labor, machinery, energy, and fertilizer. Letting food go to waste, then, is a frivolous use of natural resources that drives up costs, inflates food prices, and weakens the food supply chain. Partner with farmers in the supply chain. billion to 9.8 In the U.S.,

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

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. Is it time to retrench? Not if you want to stay in the game.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

That said, with 187 countries pledging collective action to cut carbon emissions, the deal will have vast repercussions for business , particularly as governments put into place policies to remake our energy, transportation, and building systems. The vision of an all-renewable energy system comes into focus. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

” Many managers can easily recite the business case for ethics: Who doesn’t want better risk management, deeper employee engagement, reduced regulatory costs, public trust, and a lure to purpose-driven Millennials? It can cost more to ensure better labor standards in a supply chain, or to meet environmental standards.

Ethics 14

Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 14

Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2020

The same logic extends to every part of your operations and supply chain. Once you have figured out how to find a co packer , you might want to bring your operations closer to them, to shorten the supply chain, and save money. The cost-saving benefits of this are difficult to overstate.

Supply Chain 67

Supply Chain Operations Cost Travel 67

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

The disruption to operations and supply chains is real and costly, and all signs point to increasing threats as weather gets more volatile, driven in large part by climate change. To be more responsive, companies need better data on resource use and climate risks up and down the value chain. billion hit to earnings).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Strategy Risk Management Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Two major forces are driving this clean label world: (1) technology-driven transparency about products and their supply chains, and (2) Millennials, who are regularly demanding good behavior from the companies they buy from and work for. How much of your energy comes from clean, renewable sources?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Brand Metrics Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

But amidst a seemingly scripted set of responses on Walmart's supply chain and operational greening efforts, the discussion took an interesting turn. When addressing the company's aspirational goal of using 100% renewable energy, Bedore said two noteworthy things. EPA's latest list of the top 50 renewable energy buyers.

ROI 13

ROI IRR Power Payback Period 13

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. Supply chains today extend around the world, and are vulnerable to natural disasters and civil conflict. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

degrees will require “rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems” and this transition will need to be “unprecedented in terms of scale…and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors.” Embrace renewable energy.

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

He said that the EU had set aside €650 million to fund innovative ways to change consumers’ usage of raw materials, reduce electronic and food waste, develop new recycling techniques, come up with new construction materials and new ways of using old ones, and create new energy sources out of waste.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chemicals Engineering Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

As a result, firms that take costly actions to source products in a sustainable way could find themselves with a higher cost structure and lower profitability margins, and as a result at a competitive disadvantage. The longer the time horizon, the more appealing many aspects of ESG, as mentioned above.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2011

As a result, these retailers are cutting costs today, planting growth seeds for tomorrow, and setting the stage for accelerated strategic agility well into the future. So retailers manage their supply chains and overhead costs with a tight fist. The secret to the company's success at cost reduction? Consider Asda.

Retail 15

Retail Apparel Supply Chain Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Or total energy use during the product's lifetime? The best thing to share will depend heavily on the product - the labels on energy hogs like light bulbs, air conditioners, and cars should tell us the total energy use and cost to operate over a year or the product's lifetime. Heck if I know. Do consumers even care?

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Retail Apparel B2B 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

But this is essentially a rebalancing after many years in which manufacturing shifted overwhelmingly to lower-cost nations such as China. Intriguingly, the study also indicates that cost factors are no longer the key consideration for many companies deciding where to locate their manufacturing. More companies are investing in the U.S.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Automotive Supply Chain Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

The urgent challenge now is to drive the majority of businesses to take measures that will save energy and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Firms as diverse as Walmart and KKR are finding that reducing energy use and embracing renewable energy can be immediately profitable. To do so, we have created the Future Economy Project.

Project 8

Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

One of my fellow speakers, Reinhard Otten from Audi, introduced a new initiative where Audi will become a trampoline for the whole renewable energy movement in Germany. Audi believes that in order for the car to be truly carbon neutral, it needs to be manufactured using only renewable energy. Easier said than done it, turns out!

Porter 14

Porter Supply Chain Energy Competitive Advantage 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

These talks will reshape the global energy sector and every other industry that relies on energy — in other words, all of them. This is not a minor problem; 4 degrees could be catastrophic , the World Bank says , with significant risk of great suffering, extreme heat waves, declining food stocks, and severe economic costs.

Conference 8

Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. By streamlining store complexity, the team was also able to slash the retailer’s supply chain costs by 20 percent.

Retail 10

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The economic cost of the drought has been incredible; Texas lost $5.2 With agriculture making up 9 percent of the state's economy, and water shortages already threatening growth in the state's energy industry , it's not a reach to suggest that the future of the Texas economy will be tied closely to water availability.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Long-term Short-term Porter 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Those firms may even be your most dangerous customers because they treat you more like low-cost vendors than partners in design and development.". "So His response led to a constructive conversation about successful supply chain collaborations with key customers. So how do we get them to see us as innovation partners?"

CTO 15

CTO Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

While the last wave of globalization centered on accessing foreign markets and creating low-cost global supply chains, the next wave could follow a very different pattern. Leading energy companies are investing in decentralized energy grids, demonstrating the broad feasibility of such approaches.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8