Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

As well as speed, you also need to consider the cost of your shipping operation. That’s why you need to make an effort to improve the efficiency of your shipping operation. Route planning software is absolutely essential if you want to increase efficiency in your shipping operation. Decentralize Shipping.

Efficiency 69

Efficiency Operations Outsourcing Decentralization 69

Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It is a new, more advanced way of studying environments, making decisions, building cultures, and operating on a day-to-day basis. For example, they many fail to detect or assess profound changes in operating landscapes, like Bear Stearns or Blockbuster did. It becomes how we operate on a day-to-day basis.

Agility 92

Agility How To Decentralization Morale 92

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

GE now operates in 175 countries across the globe.) So a constant reengineering of our business portfolio, operating model, and culture has been a key to our evolution. The context demanded operational excellence. Operational excellence had made us vulnerable to disrupters that were figuring out new ways to move mainstream.

Welch 8

Welch Six Sigma Agility Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Hence, when (re-)designing the organization structure, they tend to decentralize decision-making, so that decision rights are as close as possible to the people who deal with customers, competitors, front-line employees, and other stakeholders. Decentralization allows immediacy in time and place, hence responsiveness.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Efficiency Mintzberg Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

The need to decentralize organizations around employees — viewing them as assets capable of expanding growth rather than as fixed costs to be eliminated — and to move away from standardized and tightly-specified process flows.

Drucker 8

Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

To decide if India is a good candidate for your operations, it’s important to understand the opportunities of doing business in the country — as well as the challenges. India is hugely important to the company’s revenue stream, and Cummins India is only one of eight operations they have in the country. The takeaway.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Decentralization Automotive Globalization 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. This growth has prompted many to ponder whether humans are being pushed out of the workforce in favor of their robotic brethren.

TCO 87

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 87