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Tactical Execution Best Practice 7b – Are You Thinking Lean? The ‘Wastes’ of Execution: Transportation

Strategy Driven

Excess Transportation, the second of the 8 biggest wastes of Lean Operations, focuses on the additional transportation costs incurred by an organization when unnecessarily moving materials, parts, or finished goods within the operations cycle. Can you think of examples of excessive transportation waste within your organization?

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In 1994 having ostensibly completed this successfully I was transferred to the mining side of the business, in iron ore, then aluminium – running the Aluminium Product Group, back to Iron Ore to run this Product Group and then in early 2013 I was promoted to Global CEO. I have been extremely fortunate to have had a very varied career.

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Avoiding The Technology Trap In The Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

Oxford University researchers Carl Benedikt Frey shot to public attention in 2013 when he and colleague Michael Osborne released research in which they predicted that 47% of jobs could be automated within the next decade or so.

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The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

Skip Prichard

And, as anyone who closely follows simulation and prototyping tools knows, their use has become pervasive in manufacturing businesses, even though companies still grapple with the integration and management issues I wrote about in 2003. I had no idea how their use would fuel the rise of today’s online businesses. ” -Stefan Thomke.

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Solutions Future Focus Program

Mike Cardus

In order for you to see the communication processes as successful and competent where would you have to be on that same scale? In these teams they will accomplish the following goal; Imagine 3 years in future September 28, 2013…Describe with vivid detail what your team would like the company to be like. How was today’s time like work?

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

Then make notes about past accomplishments that clearly demonstrate your successes in those areas. So here’s how she made sure her résumé attracted the attention of hiring managers when she started applying for chief administrative officer (CAO) positions. Manage junior staff and evaluate performance.

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Why One Executive Quit Business Travel Cold Turkey

Harvard Business Review

Last year Feld, who is managing director at Foundry Group and co-founder of TechStars, announced he would no longer travel for business. Over the first half of 2013, I struggled through a deep depressive episode – my third as an adult. The physical impact was real: I had deluded myself into thinking that I had ways to manage it.

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