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.

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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.

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Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Strategy Driven

APRIL 20, 2020

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. You could also study health management, operations management, global leadership, or supply chain & enterprise resource planning. Feature realistic goals.

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Supply Chain How To Brand Audience 65

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

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. You could also study health management, operations management, global leadership, or supply chain & enterprise resource planning. Feature realistic goals.

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Supply Chain How To Brand Audience 68

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!

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Energy Company Supply Chain Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

But the company’s achievement also raises some interesting questions about how goals are set, how they’re viewed in the court of public opinion, and what Coca-Cola should focus on going forward. And so it set goals accordingly. This goal, and its achievement, arguably makes Coca-Cola “water neutral.”

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Goal Supply Chain Operations Energy 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. On the latter point, Wal-Mart was not the first to the table, with companies such as Kraft and Pepsi setting similar goals last year. Are they for social good or to make money?

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Bottom-up Energy Banking 14

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.

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Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

degrees Celsius , or even 2 degrees (the stated long-term goals). 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. Goals matter.

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Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

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.,

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Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

UjuziKilimo , a Kenyan startup, uses big data and analytic capabilities to transform farmers into a knowledge-based community, with the goal of improving productivity through precision insights. And SunCulture , which sells drip irrigation kits that use solar energy to pump water from any source, has made irrigation affordable.

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Technology Supply Chain Entrepreneur GDP 13

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?

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Supply Chain Brand Metrics Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The UN then asked the IPCC to study what it would take to achieve that goal. The list of actions companies take is well-developed and documented, and most large companies do the following: Slash energy use and emissions in operations. Embrace renewable energy. °C (2.7°F). °C (1.8°F) °C (2.7°F)

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Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

It isn’t just about limiting downside risk; the company can also create profitable new products and services to address the urgent global needs such as those associated with scarce water supplies, hunger, and greenhouse gas emissions. Coca-Cola devotes many resources to creating cleaner water supplies in developing countries.

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Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Too worried about their own hides, most managers don’t have time or energy to focus on anyone else’s. What are job goals and key success metrics? It’s best to identify these along with your manager, but if that’s not happening then write down what you understand the goals and key performance indicators to be.

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Career Development Company Supply Chain 15

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.

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ROI IRR Power Payback Period 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For every “shared value” example of an energy-saving initiative that reduces operational costs, or of a social investment that enhances customer loyalty, one can find a less comfortable result. It can cost more to ensure better labor standards in a supply chain, or to meet environmental standards.

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Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

It’s time for sustainability to be a real goal for businesses striving to ensure a competitive future. The urgent challenge now is to drive the majority of businesses to take measures that will save energy and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The goal of ARD is to produce denim in a sustainable way by tackling the three main ecological issues the industry faces: water, energy, and chemicals. For instance, denim industry leaders in Amsterdam have come together, with the help of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, to form the Alliance for Responsible Denim (ARD).

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Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

The company has made increasing commitments to renewable energy as part of its aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals (30% by 2020). KP is buying both carbon offsets and significant onsite energy — 11 megawatts of solar and 4 megawatts of fuel cell generation, for example.

Health Care 10

Health Care Operations Supply Chain GDP 10

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. The goals vary, but this is the first time in history that every country will agree to manage its emissions. For example, the U.S. They’re not exactly legally binding.

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Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The company focuses on building environmentally friendly work sites and data centers and improving access to clean energy for all. Without secure energy and a stable climate, we won’t be able to make meaningful progress on other challenges — like connecting the world. This interview has been edited and condensed.

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

The ultimate goal should be for all employees to find meaning in their daily work. Avoiding harmful practices in the supply chain and donating to good causes won’t get the message across either. Often these efforts do not make much difference to employees nor achieve significant social impact.

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Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Audience 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

Sustainability can no longer be a compliance measure or a “nice-to-do”; it’s now a business planning imperative with measures, goals, and explicit value connected to our programs. If the ultimate goal is to create both economic value and social value, how do you strike that balance?

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CEO Supply Chain Operations Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The HTA’s self-described goal is “to improve the way corporations provide health care benefits in an effort to create better health care outcomes for their employees” by aggregating its members’ purchasing power and using it to gain additional leverage with care providers. health care system works.

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Health Care Supply Chain Company Presenteeism 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

As the impacts of climate change become even more evident, we will see calls for increased regulation to help us move away from carbon-emitting energy. BICEP''s specific policy goals run along the same lines, and the Prince of Wales'' group created a more targeted Carbon Price Communique to push for the most important policy of all.

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Policies NGO Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

In the fast growth markets of Asia, Africa and Latin America, national governments are responding to a more empowered citizenship, and looking for corporate partners to achieve their development goals. Companies that fill that need effectively are doing more than reacting to development. They are playing development to win. It’s neither.

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Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

Russia’s recent economic downturn, precipitated by the collapse in energy prices, has also contributed to more conservative state policies at the expense of economic reforms – which undermines the business climate and long-term growth prospects. This will likely continue to make business planning even more difficult.

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Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2016

In the global effort to limit climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), the energy and transportation sectors are the most obvious targets, but perhaps not be the biggest. Two big companies in particular, General Mills and Kellogg, have set new, aggressive goals. jennifer maravillas FOR HBR. Consider the food business.

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Goal Industry Consensus Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Energy, agriculture, insurance, retail, human resources — no industry is unaffected. When predefined treatment goals are attained, both parties contractually benefit. Medtronic is using big data and advanced analytics to drive their approach to patient and physician support and manage supply chains.

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Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The first is instrumental support , the ideas, advice, and assistance offered by people trying to help you achieve your goals. Whether it’s online or in person, seek out a group of people (a supply chain professionals group, a chamber of commerce, women in capital markets, etc.) and join in.

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Supply Chain Mentor Stress Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

They would see that exploiting children in far-off lands creates an unstable supply chain and hurts their future markets. For example, GE's turn toward manufacturing energy-efficient locomotives was a perfect alignment of values: The market was turning toward ecological solutions, and GE was smart enough to jump on the train early.

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Porter Morale Supply Chain Long-term 14

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

These new capabilities connect to the work we’ve done over the past several decades inside our enterprises to automate processes with tools — such as accounting systems, supply chain, call center, and such. Leadership should make it clear that they are offended by wasting time, as it’s also wasting energy, resources and brain space.

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Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

At Essent, the Dutch energy company, CEO Erwin van Laethem provided practical guidance to his CMO. “My That process incorporates operations, customer service, R&D, clinical specialists, sales, supply chain operators, and service teams. Informal practices can be even more helpful.

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CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

How many companies have figured out how to shift from supply chain management to integrating customer feedback directly into their product design, distribution, and delivery? Collaborating with people through shared purpose creates advantage because it allows everyone to work towards a shared goal. Because that's the point.

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Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Customers and suppliers: The ultimate goal of our business is not to sell products but to serve customers. Suppliers play far more than a supplementary role in our supply chain. We pride ourselves on finding ways (through R&D) to use less energy and water in the production process.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

The Joint Center For Energy Storage Research (JCESR) has a five-year mandate to develop next generation battery technologies. In battery research, for example, scientists have long focused on finding materials with greater energy density. So far, the program has exceeded the expectations of the initial plan.

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Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8