Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world. By the end of 2010, we have a prototype adaptation of our Whizard trimmer for tissue processing operating with the original customer, but we know that the tool is unsatisfactory in many ways.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? If an organization can’t get things done, nothing else matters – not the smartest strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even game-changing technology. OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?)

Execution 68

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 68

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

It's a kind of Wikipedia, but built on a corporate, not a cooperative, model. As a communications technology, it has radically changed the ways we connect with one another. Of the top five terms in 2010, two were "Facebook.com" and "Facebook Login." Technology that hyper-enables it should, logically, thrive.

Media 15

Media Short-term Taylorism Taylor 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. When firms fail to establish good relationships with their stakeholders, it can lead to increased conflict and reduced stakeholder cooperation. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2018

firms in 2017 were launched through the IT systems of suppliers or other third parties such as contractors, up from less than one-quarter of attacks in 2010. Competitors might even consider taking this cooperation a step further and implement programs through which they share vendor security ratings and flag potential issues.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Management Metrics Hotels 8

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

Cooperation – willingness to collaborate. Poor organizational trust is also an indicator of lower cooperation, productivity, and sales (Davis, Mayer, & Schoorman, 1995; Davis et al., 2010), and even looking into the impact of facial features (DeBruine, Lisa, 2002). 5) Operational Transparency -.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions. Allow time and persevere.

Company 11

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

From building cross-functional customer segment units to creating additional teams that cut across merchandizing, store operations, and segment owners, senior leadership at Best Buy saw to it that the entire organization embraced an outside-in approach. Q: How long does this process generally take? And what are the benchmarks of success?

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

Technology, on the other hand, makes it much easier. And while you might scoff at these as something that only early adopters use, even late adopters of digital technologies leave behind an incredibly detailed trail of their lives. But the technology alone isn''t the problem.

Film 8

Film Information Technology Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Instead, it operates more like GE. Competition trumps cooperation, and distributed decision-making by individual business units trumps universal strategy. Competition trumps cooperation, and distributed decision-making by individual business units trumps universal strategy.

IPO 12

IPO Welch Strategy Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

personal consumption expenditures in 2010 and that over half of that amount actually went to U.S. newspapers, the share of foreign stories has declined from 27% in 1987 to 11% in 2010. Both in terms of operations and organization, this is certainly responsive to a more protectionist environment. On the front pages of major U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8