N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

There is friction between globalization and regional autonomy, a conflict between the desire for sustainability and the lure of rapid development, ongoing political uncertainties, and the ever-increasing impact of digital technology. This will serve as a safety net for the business.

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Crisis Management Crisis Management Uncertainty 407

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

If you really want to understand a leader’s perspective on the market, ask them about their competition. In the military we valued actionable intelligence, studied our enemy’s strengths and weaknesses, developed a battle plan around a solid strategy, and executed our tactical mission as if our lives depended on it - because they did.

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Leadership PR Disintermediation Supply Chain 353

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Increased sales can be directly attributed to how successfully a business collaborates with the entire supply chain. Supply chain management has immense potential to enhance business operations, improve productivity, and increase a business’s agility to changing market trends and customer demand.

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Supply Chain Agility Management Operations 105

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

With increasingly vast bodies of knowledge about experiences, one can see how business Intelligence, with enough computing power, became Artificial Intelligence. Supply chains are linked to these inputs, as is every other variable the CEO needs to be concerned about, from available corporate resources to stock price.

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CEO Balanced Scorecard Supply Chain Sharpe 66

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Lines of business are now getting their own official technology budgets for non-standard software products.

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Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

With the swipe of a credit card, the customer support team can move to Zendesk or Desk.com; the HR team lives on Workday; the business intelligence group moves to GoodData or Domo; the finance team logs into Netsuite; the marketing department orbits around Marketo and Salesforce''s marketing cloud.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The buzz around using predictive tools to analyze big data in discrete areas of a business is loud and deserved. The restaurant chain, Olive Garden, uses predictive analytics to guide its food buying and retail staffing plans. The definition of a market, customer, partner, or even competitor is now a moving target.

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Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 10