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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

How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion? Kind regards, Ian 22 March Dear all, First, some breaking news: the winner of CMI's Management Book of the Year 2022 competition is… The Power of Difference: Where the Complexities of Diversity and Inclusion Meet Practical Solutions by Simon Fanshawe ( Kogan Page ).

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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. Third, the companies with the most pricing power use technological tools to measure value and willingness to pay in a systematic way.

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You Can’t Make Good Predictions Without Embracing Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Supply could be disrupted by natural disasters, political unrest, labor strife, or lack of infrastructure investment. The team then quantified each of those probabilities in terms of the scale of supply-chain disruption they would cause. Insight Center.

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The Booming Business of Drones

Harvard Business Review

The business and civilian adoption of military technology is nothing new; we had mass adoption of the wristwatch after World War I when soldiers began attaching their pocket watches to their wrists for more practical purposes. But this is just the beginning — industry analysts predict the market to double in less than a decade.