Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Other enterprises and their functions are looking to leverage technology to optimize and augment existing operations. But disruption also breeds cultural tensions — as the digital ambitions of the enterprise conflict with longtime operating objectives and create competing priorities that employees don’t know how to balance.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

General Mills’ CEO recently blamed the winter for less-than-expected earnings , saying that “severe winter weather…disrupted plant operations and logistics…We lost 62 days of production…which hasn’t happened in decades. Diversity. billion hit to earnings). billion hit to earnings). Redundancy and buffers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Strategy Risk Management Christensen 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. 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

JANUARY 6, 2012

in operating income, while companies with lower levels declined 32.7% (Towers Watson). According to Fay Feeney, CEO of Risk for Good, "Boardrooms will see CSR issues presented to them in many ways: reputations risks, ESG proxy, political spending, hydraulic fracturing, natural resource management, supply chain, board diversity and more.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Company Strategic Planning Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

One strategy is to take the team approach to cross-pollinate and commingle the required skillsets; bringing together a diversity of skills and backgrounds from within your organization to achieve a common goal is a highly effective method. Simpler product environments will require experts in operations, logistics, and supply chain.

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Team Compliance Supply Chain Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

Nearly every major company today operates a broad set of social and environmental activities that parallel its commercial value chain. Three examples of companies that get this are Nestle, Nike, and IBM. Avoiding harmful practices in the supply chain and donating to good causes won’t get the message across either.

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Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Audience 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

election and Brexit are only the most recent examples of the pervasive, burgeoning importance to corporations of business-in-society issues. It needs to focus its oversight function by clearly defining the core operating objectives for the 15 highest priority risks and opportunities that include business and society issues.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

But it’s still crucial to make sense of the environments in which we operate and foresee how different factors will affect our decisions. For example, what if a new competitor enters the market earlier than expected? The US Military has become an expert in preparing for combat operations using war games.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage Strategy 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2019

The assigned plates determine the batch/unit, and it improves the efficiency of your warehouse operations, streamlining inventory transfer within the supply chain. Imagine this: you’ve been managing your supply the same way throughout the years. Say for example you have a diverse supply to take care of.

Licensing 50

Licensing Supply Chain Constraint Efficiency 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Moreover, fixed assets are more difficult to leverage across diverse businesses than capabilities, and they tend to expire, become obsolete, or give way to related services. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. We call this measure the ‘coherence premium.’

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Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, for example, the global financial crisis caused private developers for the Olympic Village project to withdraw, requiring a refinancing package backed by government. These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics.

Risk Management 14

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

This is only one of countless examples of the problem with most corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts these days. A few years ago the West Coast hamburger chain Carl’s Jr. So instead of using design to justify higher prices as most companies do, IKEA operates in exactly the opposite way.

Brand 10

Brand Supply Chain Price Operations 10

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. As corporations rethink their global supply chains and business models, creating ecosystems of suppliers and aspiring entrepreneurs could be part of the solution.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Consider, for example, the work that Apple is doing with Epic (an electronic health record provider for hospitals and large medical groups). Amazon, for example, analyzes enormous pools of data to predict who their customers are and what their customers will buy next. Fire TV, Amazon Prime) and to stock its warehouses.

Strategy 9

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. .—while The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

My favorite example was a Corporate Affairs team that had an ambitious agenda to work collaboratively to transform the perception of the organization among members of the public, the regulator, and three levels of government. I’ll use the example of a leadership team of a manufacturing plant to demonstrate the process.

Operations 8

Operations Short-term Supply Chain Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

McKinsey has identified more than 20 distinct submarkets in China, for example. On the innovation front, the opportunities are more diverse, but equally powerful. We see advances in materials, processes, and information technology that will make possible entirely new kinds of products and can radically alter how manufacturers operate.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Consider, for example, the work that Apple is doing with Epic (an electronic health record provider for hospitals and large medical groups). Amazon, for example, analyzes enormous pools of data to predict who their customers are and what their customers will buy next. Fire TV, Amazon Prime) and to stock its warehouses.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

Dawn Jones, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Vice President of Social Impact, Intel, is not short on ambition. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, Intel continues to make great strides in the field of diversity and inclusion (D&I). In these past few years, you also implemented?several?strategic

Diversity 52

Diversity Supply Chain Globalization Mentor 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

It's a way of operating that creates the most value when it's embedded throughout the organization. And as with quality, this isn't just about ethical or aspirational hopes — acting with sustainable values, for example, as covered well by many, including Dov Seidman in his book How.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Business Model Trends Quality 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

In the 2000s, the number of Chief Supply Chain Officers in large firms shot up in several industries, while the “War for Talent” spurred companies to add Chief Talent Officers to their benches. Thus, for example, CEOs who are financial specialists should be careful if their main confidant is the CFO.

Execution 8

Execution Team Committee COO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Executives in search of a system of strategic planning and development that is both organized and rule-based but open to diverse perspectives, conflict, and argumentation could do a lot worse than borrow from the Law. A few examples: Customer Service VPs are supposed to keep customers happy.

Strategy 8

Strategy Teamwork Strategic Planning Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

We’ll also offer some examples of how digitally native businesses have addressed these challenges. Instead, they’re taught to focus on their income statement and optimize their operations around preserving profitability. Let’s offer a tangible example. Take FedEx for example. The challenge?

Business Model 8

Business Model System Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

Who doesn’t want to live in a future free from congestion, collisions, and pollution from combustion engines and the petroleum supply chain? — that I hope adds diverse and contrarian thinking to discussions of a driverless future. The threat : Autonomous driving will rely on a digital information backbone to operate.

Transportation 8

Transportation Supply Chain System Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Your network’s strategic advantage and, therefore, the extent to which it helps you step up to leadership, depends on three qualities: Breadth: Strong relationships with a diverse range of contacts. Breadth: How Diverse Is Your Network? For example, recently we were in a meeting discussing the results of a global people survey.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Here are a few suggestions: Lead by Example. They can partner with for-benefits by incorporating them into their supply chains, or working with them to incubate new products, services, and business models. They can invest in for-benefit enterprises. Change the Rules. that other enterprises then draw upon.

CEO 11

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

It’s no secret that organizations have been increasingly turning to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve decision making across business processes—from research and design to supply chain and risk management. Additionally, knowledge of common use cases (e.g., in their domain is important.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Engineering Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Now for the company-level stories: Supply chain pressure continues to rise (a.k.a., Even coming out of the recession, this was a big year for green supply chain announcements. In February, Wal-Mart said it would eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its supply chain. trillion by 2020.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

A 1% transaction fee may not seem like much, but down a 15-step supply chain, it adds up. While it’s hard to imagine a Wal-Mart with the diversity of products offered by Amazon or even eBay, that is the kind of future we are moving into.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Decentralization Banking Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

While Narendra Modi’s “Make In India ” initiative to promote manufacturing in India was mocked by some , North American executives are increasingly looking to expand their manufacturing supply chains beyond China. American success stories in India. “In the future, manufacturing will be far more decentralized.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Decentralization Automotive Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

For example, it takes 95 liters of water to produce one kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity; and each year, the US uses 520 billion kilowatt hours — or roughly 13 percent of all electricity consumed — to move, treat, and heat water. Companies will need to look along and beyond their own value chains to become agents of change.

Energy 12

Energy Supply Chain Constraint Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

Our research on boards of directors and corporate governance has shed new light on many board practices and reveals the need for improvement in several areas including skills and selection , succession planning , and diversity. For example, attracting and retaining top talent and global competitive threats were leading concerns for both.

FOB 8

FOB Diversity Talent Management How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Conglomerates are defended for their synergies, and for the benefits of diversity as a hedge against failure in one sector (though this argument is often oversold by management, since shareholders can diversify and thus hedge risk for themselves). But conglomerates are inherently more vulnerable than other companies.

Welch 8

Welch Diversity Hedge Chemicals 8

HR Digest

JUNE 1, 2023

With a vision to modernize the brand while retaining its core values, Martin Coppola has been instrumental in bringing about significant changes to the company’s operations, processes, and culture. This required a complete overhaul of the flow of goods, supply mechanisms, and store floorplans.

Retail 52

Retail Supply Chain Agility Ethics 52

Thin Difference

APRIL 11, 2019

Instead of operating top-down, power is distributed throughout the organization, giving individuals and teams more freedom to self-manage, while staying aligned to the organization’s purpose. Holacracy Examples. AIMMS , supply chain analytics. Cooperative Examples. Employee-owned Examples. Zappos , retail.

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Organization ESOP Cooper Reis 62

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

As a result, some larger health systems’ physician operations are generating nine-figure operating losses, which are major contributors to the deterioration in hospital earnings. Management should then quantify and budget the expected return on the practice’s operational loss. Strengthen operations.

Insurance 8

Insurance Incentives System Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Donald Trump and many of his advisers appear hostile to action on climate change and to progress on many social issues that companies have already embraced, such as diversity and LGBT rights. If we take the incoming president of the United States at his word, things look dire for the cause of sustainability. The Economics of Clean Tech.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Bottom-up Short-term Globalization 8