Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

Supply Chain 57

Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

In terms of solutions, Ann emphasised the need for employers to promote women proportionately through the ranks, offer flexible working solutions for those on career breaks and create sponsorship programs that cater to women from diverse backgrounds. All leaders should commit to these actions.

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Strategy Driven

APRIL 29, 2016

The commitment of finances, organizational energy, and resources – human and otherwise – can be daunting. Over the course of these long enterprise pursuits, you will be dealing with wide, diverse buyer networks. At just the right time to leave just the wrong impression. You just finished reading Put Time on Your Team !

Due Diligence 50

Due Diligence Team Supply Chain Finance 50

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2013

We’ve built our entire supply chain from the ground up and are the first to introduce guayusa to international markets. The diversity of species naturally cycles nutrients, protects the soil, and manages insect populations. In a forest ecosystem, no intervention is needed.

Talent Management 167

Talent Management Management Supply Chain NGO 167

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. Coherent companies direct capital, time, and other resources with purpose to those activities, products, and businesses that will extend their lead.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Leading supply chain organizations, for example, are embedding agility and responsiveness into their DNA to catalyze the digital supply chain into action. In this environment, every functional leader has a role to play in translating digital ambition into commercial success.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

In 2012 the rise in consumer activism and mobility, the Occupy movement, 24-hour accountability (thanks to social media), and global resource depletion will force every enterprise, large and small, to make CSR a focal point. More and more, companies are building long-term commitments to corporate social responsibility.

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain Company Strategic Planning Bottom-up 16

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. Diversity. To be more responsive, companies need better data on resource use and climate risks up and down the value chain.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Strategy Risk Management Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. The investment industry is changing.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

In a remarkable interview with The HR Digest, Mary Hasset shared how ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ is being firmly anchored into Lam Research’s philosophy, how the company is bridging the diversity gap in executive leadership, and shed light on the upcoming Inclusion Index. . Leading Through the Unexpected.

Diversity 52

Diversity Agility Supply Chain Globalization 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Coca-Cola devotes many resources to creating cleaner water supplies in developing countries. had a diversity metric. The incentive provided the necessary teeth to enforce the commitment, ensuring that adequate resources were put on this industry-leading initiative.

Execution 11

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 11

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.

Team 8

Team Compliance Supply Chain Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Companies are increasingly more concerned about their human capital than about business issues like sourcing, supply chain and location. We must view talent not as a static commodity, but as a resource that requires continuous development. If workers are anxious about this shift, so are employers.

Skills 17

Skills Six Sigma Supply Chain Education 17

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Regardless of your views on the who, what, when, and why of climate change, the pursuit of sustainable processes up and down supply chains can translate into immediate savings — and opportunities for innovation. And look for more materials, resources, and exclusive HBR research in the coming weeks. Adi Ignatius.

Project 8

Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

In South Africa, integrated reporting is a requirement for listed companies on an apply or explain basis and the European Commission passed legislation that will require around 6,000 European entities to disclose on non-financial and diversity information. Performance measurement Data Human resource management' Why the interest?

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 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, 2017

At the heart of the Denver-based company’s crisis was the ever-present problem faced by companies that depend on multiple suppliers to deliver parts and ingredients: a lack of transparency and accountability across complex supply chains. Its advocates say it will take the internet’s empowering potential to its next level.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Globalization Technology System 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Companies seem to be using CSR efforts to counteract or distract attention from the negative toll they exert on society through poor treatment of their workers, poor stewardship of the earth’s resources, poor management of investors’ dollars, or, even simply, poor customer service. Consumers aren’t falling for the trick.

Brand 12

Brand Supply Chain Price Operations 12

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

JANUARY 31, 2013

On the innovation front, the opportunities are more diverse, but equally powerful. Increasingly frequent natural disasters such as the Japanese tsunami have made clear how risky complex global supply chains can be. Supply chains and footprints must not only reach all the right places, but they also must be resilient.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

Sustainability pressures force changes in how we build our supply chains, how we design and manufacture products, how we deliver services, how we create and execute our business models and strategies, how we develop financial metrics to measure success, how we attract and retain 21st-century, holistic thinkers, and on and on.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Business Model Trends Quality 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Using machine-learning tools, for example, data that currently exists in different enterprise systems and diverse external sources (production, supply chain, market, customer trend, financial and economic data) can be ingested and mashed together to reveal meaningful patterns and highlight gaps in markets.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Other mega-events have sometimes taken their toll in business disruption, by interrupting supply chains, altering consumption, or giving rise to workforce absenteeism. The Olympics can bring a halt to "business as usual" for the host government as well, as it diverts resources to support and police the event.

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

If pressed, therefore, most of us would agree that that whenever you have a) ambitious people with a variety of visions, b) limited resources, and c) serious flaws with decision tools, any strategic decision is largely an outcome of power plays and politics. The same, we believe, is true for corporations.

Strategy 8

Strategy Teamwork Strategic Planning Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

In many and diverse sectors of the global economy, new web-based business models being hatched for the Internet of Things are bringing together market players who previously had no business dealings with each other. Given the reality of limited resources, this lands many traditional product companies at a crossroads.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Business Model Software Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Suppliers play far more than a supplementary role in our supply chain. Environment: Scarcity of natural resources and degradation of environment are among the most acute challenges facing us. We place a high priority in our strategy not only on tackling but more importantly preventing pollution and conserving natural resources.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Using machine-learning tools, for example, data that currently exists in different enterprise systems and diverse external sources (production, supply chain, market, customer trend, financial and economic data) can be ingested and mashed together to reveal meaningful patterns and highlight gaps in markets.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Oil companies will need to develop both new conventional and unconventional crude oil resources to keep up with current demand for roughly one million more barrels of oil every year in addition to replacing the approximately four million barrels lost annually as reservoirs are naturally depleted.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Its weaknesses, like short-termism, speculative trading, absentee ownership, profit- and shareholder-centric orientation, inability to account for non-monetary value, exploitation of labor, and extractive use of natural resources are creating too many disruptions across the globe for the model to survive.

CEO 12

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

emerging issues in service delivery or trade-offs in resource planning). The meeting is to provide team members with up-to-date information to run their own departments effectively, to identify and gain diverse perspectives on emerging cross-departmental issues, to align around action plans, and to create clear accountability for action.

Operations 8

Operations Short-term Supply Chain Objective 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? Dynamism: A dynamic set of extended ties that evolves as you evolve.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2016

First, emissions from food and agriculture stem from a diverse and complicated mixed bag of sources, including clearing land for grazing or crops (often burning trees and releasing the CO2), direct energy use on farms, fertilizer production, and methane from rice fields and from animals (mostly burps).

Goal 8

Goal Industry Consensus Planning 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

How diverse is the planning committee? Performance measures should be included in contracts with all resources, such as adjuncts, vendors, suppliers. Supply chain management should be implemented. Looking after the people, in terms of training, empowerment, resources and rewards.

Strategic Planning 71

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 71

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

The banking industry is filled with shared resources. Rather than creating hub-and-spoke methods for organizing our shared resources for mutual advantage, this new technology would provide solutions without any central oversight. A 1% transaction fee may not seem like much, but down a 15-step supply chain, it adds up.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Decentralization Banking Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

These weather events also directly affect resource availability, bringing me to my next point. Resources get very tight. So most natural resources are getting more scarce, from oil to metals to crops. Now for the company-level stories: Supply chain pressure continues to rise (a.k.a., trillion by 2020.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

When we talk about natural resource constraints on business — such as shortages in water or increases in the cost of energy or agricultural products — we tend to forget how deeply intertwined these commodities are. Facing these clear resource constraints, businesses will need to adapt, and soon.

Energy 13

Energy Supply Chain Constraint Long-term 13

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. Another company planning to boost exports by manufacturing in India is GE. The takeaway.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Decentralization Automotive Globalization 8