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London Succeeds in Its Olympic Trials

Harvard Business Review

Rather than panic, London's leaders have been both innovative and fearless in finding ways to "make more from less." Games leaders have worked hard to award contracts to smaller suppliers across the country and tracked this as far down the supply chain as possible. This is no unbudgeted ego statement, but good business.

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

His group’s data science, procurement, and supply chain teams crafted algorithmic ensembles that, by all measures and simulations, would save hundreds of millions. Even better, they would respond 10 times faster to market moves than existing processes while requiring minimal human intervention.