Six Disciplines

JULY 25, 2014

An analysis of the organization''s strengths and weaknesses is typically an internal examination process. It''s typically based on a review of internal and external facts and assumptions about the organization and the marketplace in which it operates. Cultural (values, ethics). Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis?

SWOT 99

SWOT Debt to Equity Ratio Analysis Supply Chain 99

Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

An analysis of the organization's strengths and weaknesses is typically an internal examination process. It's typically based on a review of internal and external facts and assumptions about the organization and the marketplace in which it operates. Cultural (values, ethics). Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis?

SWOT 118

SWOT Debt to Equity Ratio Analysis Supply Chain 118

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

Companies are cutting supply chain complexity and accelerating responsiveness using the tools of artificial intelligence. Through AI, machine learning, robotics, and advanced analytics, firms are augmenting knowledge-intensive areas such as supply chain planning, customer order management, and inventory tracking.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology System Engineering 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations.

Compliance 235

Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

From 2007-2011, forced turnovers due to ethical lapses were 3.9% On a regional basis, the share of all successions attributable to ethical lapses rose most sharply in the U.S. We see five reasons for the rise of ethics-based dismissals. More extended global supply chains also increase these counterparty risks.

Ethics 8

Ethics CEO Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

make your own operations more efficient. create the opportunity to invent new operations. defend against “attack from beneath” and maintain your reputation for ethical operations. Traditionally, it trucked tomatoes to its processing facilities in California and then converted them into tomato paste.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’ve been a consultant for almost 20 years, advising companies on complex challenges in ethics, risk, and responsibility. Happily fading from memory is the cliché that ethics and compliance teams effectively constitute a “business prevention department.”

Ethics 12

Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Workers specialize in simple, highly routinized operations. They are incentivized to complete operations as quickly as possible. Operations in a Connected World. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Managers hold virtually all decision-making authority. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Lean Manufacturing 8

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Business needs to play a more powerful role in supporting responsible practices throughout every aspect of their operations. Companies usually manage bribery and corruption risk through a mix of internal processes, certification requirements, and basic good practices throughout their operations — including with suppliers and vendors.

Company 8

Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. CEO acumen on business-in-society issues is thus imperative in addressing fundamental corporate issues, from business strategy to compliance to ethical standards to risk management.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Those losses stemmed not from poor product, marketing, or supply chain decisions but from regulatory violations, loss of business and fines resulting from bribery and fraud, and concomitant reputational damage. Local subsidiaries have to operate in ways acceptable to the parent company. One executive at a U.S.-based

Marketing 8

Marketing Company Compliance Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Part of this story relates to the provenance, or origins, of its products: Chains that provide more upmarket “fast casual” dining such as Panera, Chipotle, and Shake Shack have brands that speak of freshness, health, and trustworthy sourcing. McDonald’s woes offers three lessons for others about supply-chain transparency.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Reputation Brand Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Our stakeholder-based strategy rests on the following key pillars: People: The human factor plays a central role in our operations, and thus our business growth must be tied to the growth of our people. Suppliers play far more than a supplementary role in our supply chain.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Budgeting is a peg in the process. Questions to follow in Budgeting as part of Strategic Planning and Visioning processes include: Does this process increase your accountability to funding sources and to the public? How well can management interpret and apply findings to the decision process? Making the widget itself.

Strategic Planning 68

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 68

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Getting the funds that you need from tight fisted management is an ongoing process. Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Cash outlays are always risks.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2023

Businesses primed to leverage these technologies to streamline everything from supply chains to sales and marketing will be riding the wave’s crest. Embedding these transformative technologies into operations will be easier than ever. And the good news?

Supply Chain 103

Supply Chain Loyalty Content Efficiency 103

HR Digest

JUNE 1, 2023

This article takes a deep dive into IKEA’s digital transformation journey, exploring the company’s innovative strategies, digital transformation at work, and the various trends and success stories emerging from this process. This required a complete overhaul of the flow of goods, supply mechanisms, and store floorplans.

Retail 52

Retail Supply Chain Agility Ethics 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

For example, Apple says that whenever it finds an underage worker in its supply chain, it sends the child home safely, continues paying his or her wages, and even finances the child’s education and offers employment once doing so is legal. Many companies claim to adhere to strict policies about child labor.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Ethics Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

This is still unfamiliar territory for executives who lack a proper understanding of how activists operate and what makes boycotts successful. When Apple was targeted over labor practices in China the goal was not to change manufacturing processes at Apple, but at its main manufacturing contractor Foxconn.

Company 12

Company Supply Chain Politics Media 12

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

There were no checks and balances for members of the supply train. This archaic mindset flies in the face of progressive supply chain management, which successful companies now embrace. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Communications.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

employees can be 25 percent or greater of total workforce; its supply chain of third parties is vital. can benefit consumers and the economy with lower cost (although foreign operations often sell in foreign markets). .; A company's foreign sales can approach or exceed 50 percent; its non-U.S. Use of Revenues and Margins.

Offshoring 13

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 13