Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

When confronted with disruptive technologies, many companies fail to align digital strategies with their core strategies. On one hand, pure cost-based strategies are now rarely viable because the forces of automated production, mass customization, global supply chains, direct channels, networked devices, etc.,

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2014

Looked at in this light, the terrible delay in finding Flight 370 can be seen as a failure of management practice to keep up with new technology. My take on this lapse is that there’s a gap between the power of IoT technology, and management’s ability to conceive strategies to capitalize on it, which I refer to as “IoT Thinking.”

Airlines 8

Airlines Supply Chain Management Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

In his speech at COP21 European Union Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs, and Fisheries Karmenu Vella stressed the need to switch to a more circular economy. Employing a circular supply chain would help make processes, such as product design, procurement, and waste management, more efficient and productive.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chemicals Engineering Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

While it’s easy to think that vast technology-enabled networks aren’t as real or valuable as the old-fashioned, face-to-face variety, research doesn’t support that view. Do you need some examples of where a new technology is being used to bolster your business case? No problem — your network can help.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Mentor Stress Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

In the past, it was assumed that conventional oil reserves would be developed by national oil companies and major oil and gas companies to supply virtually all of the world’s oil demand. lifted the 40-year-old ban on exporting American oil, and the maiden shipments are finding their way to global markets allowing U.S.

Price 8

Price Energy Airlines Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It’s a weekday and Jeff, the director of technology at Economical Insurance, kisses his daughter and waves goodbye as she enters the doors of her public school. It also increased job satisfaction and decreased stress, particularly for parents with children at home. Kolbz/Getty Images.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Policies Insurance Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

There doesn’t appear to be any supply chain or heavy machinery to worry about. She identified her home country of Spain as a great market to port the model to. Furthermore, Blink Booking had to make the app available in multiple languages to draw in a European market. Insight Center. Growing Digital Business.

Business Model 8

Business Model Hotels Supply Chain Globalization 8

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. Even better, they would respond 10 times faster to market moves than existing processes while requiring minimal human intervention. All-In Autonomy.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Ken Powell, the CEO of General Mills says “human-caused greenhouse gas causes climate change and climate volatility and that’s going to stress the agricultural supply chain ” — as in, the system that feeds us. Leading CEOs are seeing the work to manage climate change as a strategic and human imperative.

Conference 8

Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. Client-server technology begat enterprise resource planning systems, and the consequent system-wide visibility that was required for what we call business process management (BPM). How organizations are changing.

Management 9

Management Software BPM Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

It’s no secret that organizations have been increasingly turning to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve decision making across business processes—from research and design to supply chain and risk management. What exactly is an analytics translator? Additionally, knowledge of common use cases (e.g.,

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Engineering Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

On paper, the project seemed like it would be a hit: The investment by the mining company would bring jobs and 21st-century technology to an economically poor area and tax revenues to the government. All of these approaches must extend across the firm and be practiced by contractors down the supply chain.

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 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.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Cost Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Simply put, business is the 800-pound gorilla where this issue is concerned: 80% of global trade is orchestrated by supply chains of multinational firms. At the same time, we will localize production in big end-use markets like Saudi Arabia. The private sector has a huge role to play in alleviating anger about globalization.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8