The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

Covid-19 has been many things, but the digital transformation it has encouraged has been significant, whether due to the newly remote workforces, the urgent need for online sales channels, or the need for cloud-based technologies to maintain business operations. Redesigning the business.

Supply Chain 64

Supply Chain Technology Hammer Report 64

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2020

Increased Efficiency. The best equipment will also provide the most efficient performance, which is essential for a range of companies, whether you are office-based and require speedy processors, to a company that works on the road and requires a fast DC fuel transfer pump to stay on schedule. Innovative Appearance.

Hammer 68

Hammer Efficiency Tools Innovation 68

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2016

Nineteen days later, as rescue crews grew desperate, a 24-year-old field engineer named Igor Proestakis decided to travel to the site with what he hoped was a breakthrough idea: using a particular drilling technology, called cluster hammers, to cut through the collapsed rock. Innovation in Cities. Insight Center.

Engineering 8

Engineering Project Benchmarking Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Shifting from Drucker's erudition and measured tone to Hammer's revolutionary and provocatively violent declarations ("don't automate, obliterate") was a bit dizzying. During difficult economic times, organizations often seek ideas on how to cut costs or perform operations more efficiently. As the U.S. Pick an Apt Objective.

Prahalad 15

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

They’re “traditional” matchmaker businesses that have been operating platforms for connecting different groups of customers. But they also face significant risk from startups that use new technologies to operate more-powerful, more-efficient, and more-scalable platforms.

Technology 8

Technology Hammer Operations Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. You don’t have to go it alone on AI — partner for capability and capacity.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11