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). This isn’t a retread of scientific management , nor is it an updated take on scenario planning. We can connect insights and execution at a pace never before possible.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

As a result, the risk-reward ratios that we take for granted, such tight global supply chains, may no longer make sense. For example, in Japan, the utility company believed its nuclear problem was water — not enough water to cool the reactors and ponds. It's not a matter of training to choose option "A" or "B."

Uncertainty 14

Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

For the last two months, global supply chains have been experiencing the first stage of a bullwhip effect triggered by uncertainties about the severity of China’s economic slowdown. For example , U.S. This is exactly what happened during 2010 and 2011 as the global economy was bouncing back.) Lessons from the Past.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

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 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S.-Russian In many cases, people have to bear more costs directly – for example to pay for more of their own healthcare – which also limits their spending power. ” Similarly, hours after the U.S. further sanctions, oil price drop, protests, etc.)

Policies 9

Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Scenario planning is as essential for strategy formulation as it is for the design of next generation technologies and industries. Thinking in terms of scenarios forces people to rigorously examine fundamental assumptions and unexpected risks.

Class 9

Class Education Supply Chain Sports 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

The product of an MIT CTL research initiative called Future Freight Flows, it is a method of convening conversations and achieving alignment, based on the practice of scenario planning. This makes scenario planning an effective approach for long-range freight transportation planning.

Planning 8

Planning Scenario Planning Transportation Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Waiting for perfect information to start planning is a risky approach because sufficient clarity may come too late, if at all, to take crucial action. For example, adjusting supply chains can take up to nine months or longer depending on internal and external constraints. Understand possible scenarios.

Planning 8

Planning Supply Chain Strategic Planning Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

They will recall, for example, how ITT was implicated in overthrowing the Allende government in Chile in the early 1970s; and they will note the not-unfrequent practice of firms bribing dictators to secure key business concessions. In terms of scenario planning , firms would think about alternative paths.

Strategy 13

Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

While consumer spending has proven resilient, with same-store retail sales rising 6% YOY in April , most multinational corporations are developing contingency plans to mitigate risks to their businesses and reassessing the country’s role in their global market portfolio and supply chains. Renegotiating NAFTA.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 9