HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Our employees are experts in helping our customers create more efficient, resilient and sustainable supply chains. We have a critical role to play to help our customers, our industry, and our world lessen the environmental impact of supply chains. Robinson will continue to help advance the supply chain around the globe.

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Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

HR Digest

APRIL 21, 2024

workers recognize the importance of focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, although opinions vary along demographic and political lines. However, organizations should strive to implement flexible working policies that enable employees to better manage their workload, well-being, and work-life balance.

Diversity 95

Diversity Policies Commitment Supply Chain 95

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2013

I studied indigenous Amazonian languages and Ethnobotany in college and managed to avoid taking any math, science or business courses (yes, I went to Brown University). We’ve built our entire supply chain from the ground up and are the first to introduce guayusa to international markets.

Talent Management 167

Talent Management Management Supply Chain NGO 167

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

We find ourselves amidst the challenges of living and working in a triple-threat world of a global pandemic, economic instability, and political unrest. and a development manager at Oracle Corp. Prior to joining Apollo, he was Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer at BlackRock. Leaders25 2020 Top CHRO Awards. CHRO for HSBC.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2017

These shifts will have important implications for the supply chain and profitability of U.S.-based political upheaval. Senior leaders who have learned to manage in uncertainty focus on the few risks that matter most. based companies. Companies can choose from three types of action: No-regret moves.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Hedge Uncertainty Automotive 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

And, when political turmoil in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere in the Mideast erupted, many businesses could only watch and wait to learn what it would mean for their supply chains. This is a concept fundamental to finance but that, for some reason, has not migrated into supply chain risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Risk Management Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Either accept it (and its higher costs and lower profits) or take control of your fate with strategic, game-changing actions that cut time and costs from the supply chain. The impact on supply chains. Longer supply chains also increase inventory levels and carrying costs related to financing and warehousing.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

A leader’s view on competition will not only reveal a lot about their beliefs on current and future market trends, but also on innovation, branding, talent management, supply chain issues, constituency management, capital markets, and customer facing. Current or former employees who could become competition.

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Leadership PR Disintermediation Supply Chain 353

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. Reserved your spot? You can learn more in FE News.

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The disruptions to everything from gasoline supplies to the deliveries of merchandise for the holiday shopping season caused by Hurricane Sandy have demonstrated that our ability to forecast weather events has outpaced our ability to forecast supply-chain disasters. Government incentives are necessary.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Transportation Merchandising 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2018

You’re Not Polite. To check that your business practices – and supply chain – would get the approval of public opinion, considering conducting an ethical audit. It sounds simple, and to a degree it is, but it’s also true that some businesses are turning their customers off, and they don’t even realise it.

Supply Chain 65

Supply Chain Ethics Bottom-up Politics 65

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2019

As well as being the owner, you are now the marketing executive, the financial guru, the social media manager, the reprographics assistant, the web designer and the coffee maker. An answering service for lawyers is perfect for those legal firms that want a polite and professional representative for their potential clients.

Supply Chain 50

Supply Chain Outsourcing Media Review 50

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The company would have to find a way to support the victims and their families and to tighten up oversight of its supply chain. When Laura had decided that T&T should launch its own clothing lines and engage more directly with the supply chain, she’d never imagined that anything like this could happen.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Case Study Merchandising Hotels 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Oh, and what about development methodology?

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2016

Patagonia is spreading expectations around supply chain transparency. Change – environmental, political, social, cultural, technological, economic – is occurring constantly. Right now, at this very minute, there are hundreds if not thousands of brands out there heightening your customers’ expectations. Drivers of Change.

Trends 50

Trends Supply Chain Innovation Human Needs 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

After tsunamis, protests, wildfires, and riots — to name just a few recent major disruptions — few managers can be unaware of companies'' vulnerability to the vagaries of politics and extreme weather. Risk management' You''d think. Why did these systems fail so spectacularly?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Risk Management Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Now, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's insistence that " good economics is good politics ," India has announced a new wave of reforms, seen by many as the most significant step since the ground-breaking " opening of India " in July 1991. Already there is political backlash to Prime Minister's proposed reforms. Cautiously.

Retail 15

Retail Supply Chain Business Model Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The decline of manufacturing has dominated the political narrative in the United States, but there are dual plotlines within this well-known story. Many of the small and midsize manufacturers that did manage to survive kept going by cutting costs, which has led to stagnant wage growth. kevin phillips/Getty Images.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Risk management is now at the heart of the governance model for the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement, and not only because of their growing scale and complexity. Other mega-events have sometimes taken their toll in business disruption, by interrupting supply chains, altering consumption, or giving rise to workforce absenteeism.

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Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

It would be easy to dismiss Apple's move as a pure publicity or political play. That leaves Apple vulnerable to a whole host of supply chains risks (e.g., disruptions due to natural events, political events, protectionism, rising wages, etc.). economy longer term. Diversify Its Sourcing Footprint. manufacturing.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Innovation Industry Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Two major forces are driving this clean label world: (1) technology-driven transparency about products and their supply chains, and (2) Millennials, who are regularly demanding good behavior from the companies they buy from and work for. Which organizations, political causes, or candidates are you donating to, how much is it, and why?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Brand Metrics Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

Enterprise politics and culture suggest analytics' impact is less about measuring existing performance than creating new accountability. Managements may want to dramatically improve productivity but they're decidedly mixed about comparably increasing their accountability. "I can't think of any," he said. "I That's not unreasonable.

Resistance 8

Resistance Organization Supply Chain CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

And they need process owners (who may variously be called VP of Customer Experience, SVP of Supply Chain, Chief Engineer, or Value Stream Leader, for instance) to lead these initiatives. Make the role permanent and incorporate it into overall performance management. They can do it in the following ways.

Process 15

Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

In partnership with research firms Trucost and Sustainalytics, companies are ranked based on their management, performance, and transparency in the environmental domain. Unfortunately, we know little about corporate political activities since much of it occurs behind closed doors. But perhaps not. We found extremely low correlation (0.2)

CPA 8

CPA Supply Chain Politics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Yes, political hacktivists brag about Web pages defaced and customer information released over the Internet, but companies rarely reveal the attacks that result in the loss of valuable intellectual property — business plans, proprietary technologies or fraudulent payments.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Risk Management Hedge Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

According to Fay Feeney, CEO of Risk for Good, "Boardrooms will see CSR issues presented to them in many ways: reputations risks, ESG proxy, political spending, hydraulic fracturing, natural resource management, supply chain, board diversity and more.

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain Company Strategic Planning Bottom-up 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

On the one hand, protectionism, populism, and wide-spread distrust of business’s role in politics is threatening international corporations (think Carrier, Boeing, and tariffs/taxes for off-shoring and outsourcing). And they may shift dramatically as the political pendulum swings back and forth in different nations.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

With policy makers distracted by political polarization and limited fiscal and monetary room to maneuver in, one thing seems certain: Global businesses must advance a new, credible narrative for globalization, technology, and the role of corporations — and support it with purposeful action. These are the seven areas: 1.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

What if you’re just trying to change the way your people handle loans, manage a supply chain, or interact with customers? We then asked the managers in each group to view the list of decisions made by their colleagues, and to vote for the decision that had the biggest impact at their respective companies.

Charisma 8

Charisma Supply Chain Creativity Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

and European elections, to management of the Syrian War, it’s clear that relations between the West and Russia have become increasingly hostile. At the same time, multinationals are feeling pressured by the state to demonstrate their commitment to the market by further localizing their supply chain, labor, brand, and production.

Policies 8

Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Every large financial services company has instituted risk management, but that hasn't prevented risky behavior in the form of office politics and personality conflict — as the JP Morgan trading debacle has demonstrated. Risk management isn't exclusive to banking. But all too often, those safeguards are ignored.

Merchandising 11

Merchandising Risk Management Supply Chain Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Managers often think about their careers in terms of winning and losing. With a background in both strategy and finance, Sheila was an up-and-coming manager at a well-known consumer products company. Winners ascend the corporate ladder and get the praise, recognition, bonuses, and top jobs.

Career 10

Career Examples Supply Chain CFO 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?” Manage the arduously long sales cycle.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

” Many managers can easily recite the business case for ethics: Who doesn’t want better risk management, deeper employee engagement, reduced regulatory costs, public trust, and a lure to purpose-driven Millennials? It can cost more to ensure better labor standards in a supply chain, or to meet environmental standards.

Ethics 14

Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Inside, elaborate security procedures, long working hours, and deference to senior managers are all in plain view. Engineers and managers toil for months, often years, to conceive, develop, and launch new products. In such cases, managers often hang on in the hope of an eventual uptake. Killing products isn’t easy.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Decentralization Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

Political process. by combining political uncertainty with lower volatility). Use the scenarios and sensitivities that you’ve identified to test the resilience of your current plans, highlight risks, formulate response options, build capabilities, and reflect the results in strategies and initiatives and in risk management.

Uncertainty 9

Uncertainty Short-term Supply Chain Long-term 9