HR Digest

JANUARY 31, 2019

But no matter how innovative they may be, some benefits still elude them for neglecting the services of a business consultant. Sorting out taxes for your business, for instance, could be time-consuming aside from being stressful, mostly if tax computation is outside your field of expertise. Time and money is saved.

Consultative 92

Consultative Supply Chain Long-term Reputation 92

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 28, 2020

Even among those who still have a job, their work is likely to be done under considerable stress. Those still working on site are often arguably under even greater strain, whether those in our hospitals and health systems, or those in our food and retail supply chains. Tackle the climate of fear. Link ideas to actions.

Hamel 115

Hamel Leadership Supply Chain Tourism 115

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2019

If you are in a competitive marketplace and you rely on natural resources or raw materials, chances are that you will need to look for innovative ways to reduce your costs and maintain your profitability. You should have a just-in-time supply chain system, and a system that allows you to get the right people in the right jobs.

Supply Chain 54

Supply Chain Film Outsourcing Cost 54

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. A solution that is situationally appropriate and highly adaptable to unanticipated stresses is, in a way, “best&# , but rarely shows up in the “solutions&# literature.

Blog 334

Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Here’s the scene: A problem has come up with one of your supply chain vendors, threatening to delay timely shipment of your product. How your organization responds to this stress in allocating scarce resources is a crucial but often unaddressed issue. Sustaining Innovation. Which do you respond to first?

Budgeting 9

Budgeting Innovation Disruptive Innovation Six Sigma 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Other enterprises and their functions are looking to leverage technology to optimize and augment existing operations. But disruption also breeds cultural tensions — as the digital ambitions of the enterprise conflict with longtime operating objectives and create competing priorities that employees don’t know how to balance.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. When confronted with disruptive technologies, many companies fail to align digital strategies with their core strategies.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

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. Farmers must also grow more on the land they currently operate through what is called “sustainable intensification.”

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Policies Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

At a reception for JetBlue’s most frequent Mosaic flyers, I had the opportunity to listen to the airline’s top management discuss its ambitions to improve operations and enhance customer experience. As both a technology and retailer innovator — not unlike Amazon! Customers Information & technology Innovation'

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Airlines Retail Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2014

Thanks to their cost, the very strong interest in running them efficiently, and the enormous safety implications of their maintenance, it has been easy to justify the added costs of building in sensors that transmit information about the engine’s operating conditions to the ground in real time. Innovation Internet Risk management'

Airlines 8

Airlines Supply Chain Management Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. BPM reflected the interactions of different stakeholders, from product creation through supply chain to final assembly. Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies.

Management 9

Management Software BPM Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

His group’s data science, procurement, and supply chain teams crafted algorithmic ensembles that, by all measures and simulations, would save hundreds of millions. The bad news: Petabytes of new data and algorithmic innovation assure that “autonomy creep” will relentlessly challenge human oversight from within.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

“Introduce yourself, and take a little time to get to know people, how they operate, and how they act.” That positive, innovative approach is not only far more likely to lead you to a beneficial solution, but also to a place of trust. Stress “we” over “I” Highlight what you have in common.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2013

In this era of complex supply chains and the hiring of expert sub-contractors, taking such responsibility is crucial for preventing events with the potential to adversely affect the corporation and its reputation. Said Tillerson: And I want to stress that the contractors that we work with are embedded within our OIMS processes as well.

CEO 8

CEO Outsourcing Supply Chain Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Through a concerted focus on our supply chain, we use rigorous value-based purchasing protocols, market intelligence, and business analytics to examine every purchase from the standpoint of value, utility, and outcomes. To remedy that, we’ve taped price lists to supply cabinets in some ORs. Leading Health Care Innovation.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Cost Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

At the same time several other countries such as China and Argentina are beginning to develop their shale oil and gas resources by adopting the technology and business model as well as building an investment and supply chain ecosystem that supports this development.

Price 8

Price Energy Airlines Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

They include electric power producers in China and shale gas developers in the United States, who are looking at alternative options (such as waterless technologies, water reuse, and brackish water) that will allow them to be less dependent on increasingly stressed freshwater sources. Water and energy demand are deeply linked.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8