Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

He now writes and speaks without waiting for the results of his pilot project. According to Gail Baugh, president of PeopleWearSF, an alliance of sewn-product-industry professionals, the apparel industry can use many discarded materials for textiles. This keeps an entrepreneur going during challenging times.

Entrepreneur 16

Entrepreneur Cooper Apparel Bureaucracy 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

In the apparel industry alone, we’ve just seen the end of American Apparel’s Dov Charney and the ouster of Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson – plus the installation of interim CEOs at Target and JC Penney following their previous leaders’ firings. A lot of CEOs are being shown the door lately.

CEO 15

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Companies are spending millions on digital transformation, yet studies find many leaders feel their projects aren’t achieving their objectives. I’m Angelia Herrin, Editor for Special Projects and Research at HBR. Let’s say it’s an apparel company, right. ” Download this interview. .”

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

They know we won’t make any radical changes in our business – such as growing too quickly or selling off entire divisions – that might negatively impact the attention they get from us on their projects.” ” High-rise buildings and schools are among Gilbane’s typical projects.

B2B 8

B2B Press Release Construction Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

So you look at past projects, gather and analyze relevant market data, make predictions about how much revenue you’ll be able to generate, decide what resources you’ll need, and set milestones to reach your targets. You’re working on a new venture and you know you’ve got to create a plan to execute it. Not so fast.

Planning 9

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

Unfortunately, the history of IT investments in most organizations is far from stellar: Research over the years suggests that the overall failure rate of IT projects is around 70%. In the apparel industry, the benchmark for inventory accuracy is somewhere between 60% and 70%. However, the implications of inaccuracy are significant.

Tools 8

Tools Supply Chain CRM Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Two-thirds of our respondents, for instance, said that they were tracking the number of projects in their development pipeline. Number of projects in the innovation pipeline. Stage-gate specific metrics, i.e. projects moving from one. Sixty-nine percent of respondents said they’re gathering that data. stage to the next.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2011

Competitors in the auto, computer, and apparel industries frequently rely on the same suppliers and distributors, and to keep them healthy need to make sure that the overall industry does well. You could work in the other area on a temporary project, or even institute an official job rotation.

Apparel 15

Apparel Pharmaceuticals Finance Licensing 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

In the apparel industry alone, we’ve just seen the end of American Apparel’s Dov Charney and the ouster of Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson – plus the installation of interim CEOs at Target and JC Penney following their previous leaders’ firings. A lot of CEOs are being shown the door lately.

CEO 8

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Here, Try Some Nixon and Kimchi: How the Garment Industry Came to Bangladesh Planet Money I admit it: The reference to Nixon and kimchi in the headline got me to read it, but this piece on how Bangladesh came to be a world center for apparel manufacturing held my interest. Not bad for a 24-year-old who joined IBM straight out of college.

CTO 8

CTO Apparel Ryan Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

If their projections turn out to be right, we should get ready for a bumpy road ahead, with market volatility and negative surprises. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., Boards are clearly aligned with business leaders and executives on their outlooks for 2016.

Politics 8

Politics Telecommunications Policies Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

In our experience, few companies track those projects comprehensively, so even just identifying them can be an eye-opening experience. Only one out of about 30 different projects was clearly an effort to bring a new offering to a new market. The problem is even worse for new growth efforts, which involve so many new variables.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

Fara Howard , VP of global marketing for the shoe and apparel firm Vans, describes her brand as “an intuitive brand that leads with its heart.” This key insight launched a campaign targeting this demographic that has, so far, more than doubled projected goals for the category. Market-driven CMOs are great listeners.

Leadership Styles 8

Leadership Styles Leadership Brand Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. Capability development is also very important to a company’s essential experts, especially gaining knowledge and applying it to meaningful projects.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

CEO Peter Loscher declared Germany's plans to move aggressively toward renewables "the project of the century.". On the use side of the water issue, companies with products that depend on water in production (beverages) or in use (shampoo, apparel) are also seeing the writing on the wall and getting creative.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

It was the stuff of Silicon Valley lore : Employees from across the company took a break from their regular projects to develop mind-blowing ideas about artificial intelligence over an intense 24-hour period. Facebook recently hosted its 50th hackathon. Late-night thinkers enjoyed a 1AM meal to refuel.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Banking Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

I have a project with the Bank of England called simple heuristics for a safer world of finance. The same for an apparel business. They’re like if you have an airbag in your car that works all the time except when you have an accident. So we need to go away from probability theory and investigate smart heuristics. Less was more.

Uncertainty 10

Uncertainty Kahneman Banking System 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

The athletic apparel giant has also engaged a broad base of partners (and competitors) in innovation toward that goal. With its approach to "considered design," Nike has awakened its entire workforce to the ethos of "growth that's good for all" in their day-to-day behaviors and decisions. It's not enough to change one company.

Organization 14

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Over one-third of the world's largest companies surveyed by the Carbon Disclosure Project are already seeing the impacts of climate change on their business. Keeping the apparel theme, um, running, check out Nike's new shoe with FlyKnit technology. This is the focus of my next project.). So many stories, so little time.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In this case, Levi’s had spent a decade identifying great ways to cut water use in the apparel value chain. Sweden is planning to offer tax breaks for fixing things instead of throwing them away, and six EU countries started a four-year project to help small and medium-size enterprises move to circular models.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8