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Unlocking Excellence: The Role of a Chief Procurement Officer

N2Growth Blog

As the primary procurement and supply operations overseer, the CPO is crucial in improving procurement excellence. Furthermore, they must also prioritize compliance and risk management in procurement operations. Procurement is also critical in securing goods and services essential to a company’s operations and success.

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Why Doctors Today Need Managerial Skills

The Horizons Tracker

While the pandemic obviously shone a light on the incredible medical expertise of healthcare workers, it also highlighted the tremendous importance of skills such as supply chain management, strategic planning, and interpersonal communication. Managerial expertise. New skills. Making it happen.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic. It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

As one example; if you are a manufacturing organization, innovation in your core could include new and improved materials, new techniques, novel approaches to supply chain management etc. Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. As an example, Look at Apple!

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Zero-Based Budgeting Is Not a Wonder Diet for Companies

Harvard Business Review

In comparison to other methods (such as Six Sigma or activity-based costing), ZBB typically does not address operational excellence in core processes (marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing) or fundamental cost drivers such as portfolio complexity, organizational complexity, customer complaints, and quality issues.

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Global Demand for Food Is Rising. Can We Meet It?

Harvard Business Review

Businesses and governments will have to work together to increase productivity, encourage innovation, and improve integration in supply chains toward a sustainable global food balance. First and foremost, farmers, trading companies, and other processing groups (Big Food in particular) need to commit to deforestation-free supply chains.

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Navigating the Complexities of Doing Business in Russia

Harvard Business Review

Interestingly, all these intrusions into business operations typically do not come from the Kremlin but from local officials who seem eager to gain the Kremlin’s favor amid instances of elevated international tensions. This environment is altering how multinational firms operate in the country and market their products.