Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The restaurant chain, Olive Garden, uses predictive analytics to guide its food buying and retail staffing plans. Consider, for example, the work that Apple is doing with Epic (an electronic health record provider for hospitals and large medical groups). Strategy-making can now happen in real time. It’s an entirely different animal.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Increasingly, customers demand more after-sale service; this is the norm now in business-to-business sales, but will spill over to consumer goods, too, thanks to some of the technology advances we'll talk about below. McKinsey has identified more than 20 distinct submarkets in China, for example.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

It''s the rare CIO who applies scenario planning to the business of IT. Yet, in a function driven by innovation and the uncertainties surrounding the application and implication of future technologies, not using scenarios is tantamount to management malpractice. Practice for Business Climate Changes.

Scenario Planning 8

Scenario Planning CIO Planning Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

For example, directors of auto manufacturers and auto parts suppliers will need to understand how shared and autonomous mobility will accelerate electrification of the transportation sector, affecting car sales.

Tips 8

Tips Supply Chain Proposal Decentralization 8