Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

While security executives have a reputation for stymieing operations and product development with the burdens of technical operations, their role is actually to enable business. Directors should make sure that OpEx and CapEx are aligned with risk reduction priorities and projects; security is not done for security’s sake.

CAPEX 8

CAPEX Chief Financial Officer How To Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. But exactly how do today’s companies create or update an operating model to match adaptations or wholesale changes in strategy?

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

and saved $200-$300 million in ongoing operation and maintenance costs). In all of the completed corporate projects, the green option won out toe-to-toe on capital expenditures and operational expenditures. Power consumption and CO2 emissions were reduced by 98%, which lowered operating expenses dramatically.

CAPEX 10

CAPEX Cost-Benefit Analysis Construction Cost 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

A scorecard that links financials with learning initiatives and other operations would serve as a cross-check for managers. Let's say, for example, that you're seeing a pattern of strong store sales for a group of products that were previously perceived as unrelated.

CAPEX 15

CAPEX Balanced Scorecard Hedge Software 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

It may make costs more predictable and shift investments from CapEx to OpEx. Unfortunately, we have found that the focus of governance around IT continues to be on the more operational IT issues of delivering technology capabilities and IT services. They never have! It may even lead to access to leading-edge technologies.

CIO 8

CIO CAPEX Budgeting CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Executives who wouldn’t hesitate to automate a factory now flinch at the prospect of deep-learning algorithms dictating their sales strategies and capex. In reality, “handoffs” and transitions prove to be significant operational problems. The implications of success scare them more than the risk of failure.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

If asked about cost savings, be ready to deliver your pitch on how you intend to reduce or eliminate capex spending, reduce personnel resources, move services to a pay by month model eliminating long term contracts and ultimately reduce your annual budget by a modest percentage year over year over a 3-5 year period of time.

Directory 8

Directory Company IAM CIO 8