Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Hundreds if not thousands of hospitals have responded to trends such as shorter average hospital stays, fewer surgeries, a shift to outpatient and home care, and reduced reimbursements by consolidating or overhauling their operations and laying off staff. That isn’t the norm in my industry, obviously. Serious accountability.

Policies 8

Policies Chemicals Bond Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

Nevertheless, companies that live and die on operational excellence — such as Amazon.com, FedEx, Southwest Airlines, and Wal-Mart — must continually improve their key processes. Select process owners with strong leadership skills and develop those skills even further.

Process 15

Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

For example, while we were one of the early companies to develop an ‘order online, pick up in store’ service capability, it took us years to launch because of the fear we’d slow down store operations. I understood the concern of our store operators, but customers were asking for the service.”

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Back when you started leadership development working with those unions, how did servant leadership come to you? Are there any other trends right now that are driving servant leadership that seems to be either making it easier or harder? And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Back when you started leadership development working with those unions, how did servant leadership come to you? Are there any other trends right now that are driving servant leadership that seems to be either making it easier or harder? And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

At the hoary age of 128, it had already beat the odds twice over when it lost its place to chemical maker LyondellBasell at close of trading this year on September 4 th. Under Wood, Sears became a pioneer in using demographic and economic trends to anticipate customer demand.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

So, rather than take up valuable list real estate with these perennial favorites and big-picture drivers, I'll quickly list them in one big bucket of mega-trends: The rise of the consumer around the world, related to. Here's the rest of my top 10 stories, with callouts for companies and examples that typify the trend.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

However, you’ve made the point that even though there are fewer intermediaries between supplier and restaurant, its operations can actually end up being more complex and fragmented, and therefore harder to control for safety. Operations in a Connected World. How can this be? Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Globalization Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Identifying even small successes out of a larger operational failure can be the most important way to improve performance in the future. Any organization of any size can develop faster, more effective, cheaper solutions to problems by challenging its people. Department of Defense now uses challenges to develop better weapons systems.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Real Estate Brand Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

Our argument has been that a number of trends have leveled the playing field around the globe. This trend has triggered significant interest in reshoring production to and sourcing from North America. Such a policy alone could have a major impact on companies operating in the United States. Take the idea of a U.S.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

In doing research on multinational operations in the Middle East and Africa, we’ve learned that companies are well aware of how President Trump’s foreign and trade policies could affect their businesses there. more competitive prices, more localized products) and improve their risk management and operational efficiency.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Contingency Plans Policies Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8