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How Coty Reinvigorated Its Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

where one of us is Vice President Supply Chain, suggests this “magic” can be repeatable. In 2010, Coty was rapidly expanding through acquisitions and internal growth and needed to align, integrate, and further accelerate improvements in its supply chain. The experiences of global beauty company Coty Inc.,

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

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. You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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The Silent Killer of New Products: Lazy Pricing

Harvard Business Review

This new (and alarming) data comes from pricing consulting giant Simon-Kucher & Partners, which conducts its survey every other year with the Professional Pricing Society, a professional association. The 2014 survey polled approximately 1,600 executives and managers from over 40 countries and across a range of industries.

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Everything You Didn’t Know You Wanted to Know About the Pallet Industry

Harvard Business Review

The personae include Wharton management professor Daniel Raff, who points out the dangers of Amazon’s growing control over cultural products, and venture capitalist David Pakman, who takes the kind of position a venture capitalist would, namely that publishers need to wake up to the realities of the digital world.

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Will You Be Writing Off Your Investment in Egypt?

Harvard Business Review

With political upheaval roiling the streets of Cairo, the first concern of top management in many multinationals is to get their employees and their families out of Egypt safely. Disruption to supply chains will mean reduced output and shortages will send prices soaring. Certainly the money at stake is substantial.

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You Can’t Make Good Predictions Without Embracing Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

The experts — middle management, analysts, engineers, consultants — aren’t asked to provide a comprehensive view of possible futures and their probability of occurring. The team then quantified each of those probabilities in terms of the scale of supply-chain disruption they would cause.

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The Booming Business of Drones

Harvard Business Review

Imagine the hybrid of aviation, logistics, technology, supply chain management and more that will be required to be an effective employee in the near-future for the drone industry. Drone usage at the domestic work level is going to create a significant number of jobs where both the talent and title doesn't even exist today.