The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We have seen huge fiscal packages introduced by governments in response to rising energy prices coupled with rising interest rates to tackle rapidly rising inflation. Instead, this could result in a period of both economic instability and stagnation, especially in developing countries. Inflationary forces. Changing course.

Crisis 72

Crisis Report Price Policies 72

The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

Four Tips for Leading Through Disruption Leading change through talent shortages and disruptions in supply chain, sales, distribution or cash flow takes resilience and quick, efficient reaction. A company can be nimble in various ways.

Tips 52

Tips Organization Supply Chain Agility 52

Leading with Trust

MARCH 13, 2022

Political and social unrest, a global pandemic, a massive shift to remote work, record levels of low trust in institutions, supply chain bottlenecks, the Great Resignation, rising inflation, and now war in Ukraine, are just a few of the challenges affecting us in one way or another. We live in a topsy turvy world.

Servant Leader 106

Servant Leader Supply Chain Leadership Blanchard 106

HR Digest

MAY 13, 2024

The company blamed the slump in sales on a variety of problems including supply chain issues and an arson attack at its Berlin factory. Rohan Patel, VP of public policy and business development, and Drew Baglino, VP of Powertrain and Energy Engineering, also left the company, although their exit has been advertised as voluntary.

Team 52

Team Automotive Supply Chain Industry 52

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Our employees are experts in helping our customers create more efficient, resilient and sustainable supply chains. We have taken an intentional approach to develop a vision and strategy that takes all our stakeholders’ perspectives into account – one that our customers, carriers and employees can stand behind. Within C.H.

Supply Chain 109

Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Exploring Space with Nuclear Energy Some Space missions run for years, or even decades. For Work Management and Supply Chain leaders, areas of potential savings lie with… Executive Briefing Cost Reduction Opportunity: Risk Assurance Maps. Source: Topix – Nuclear Energy News Published on 2018-11-19.

EPR 50

EPR Execution Supply Chain Engineering 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 10, 2020

All managers and leaders recognize that one of their most critical tasks is to develop the skills and competencies of their people. Whichever sector, business, or business-cycle, managers and leaders should develop their people now more than ever. He runs a Sandler Training Center in Miami, FL.

Supply Chain 66

Supply Chain Operations Video Sports 66

Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Top executives, therefore, must develop new skills and competencies to advance sustainable development in their industries. Environmental disasters will continue to disrupt global supply chains, barring access to energy and food. What might a leader in sustainability look like in practice? Sources: [link].

Quality 52

Quality Long-term Short-term Leadership 52

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Source: Daily Energy Insider Published on 2018-11-20 By Chris Galford ENTERGY CORPORATIONHoltec Files Request to Acquire Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station by End of 2019 Entergy Corp. Source: Topix – Nuclear Energy News Published on 2018-11-20 Explosion kills 1 in Idaho. and Holtec International have requested the U.S.

Execution 50

Execution Supply Chain Energy Banking 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 20, 2020

To set yourself up for success, you need to understand how to develop a strong business model and to avoid the potential pitfalls that could thwart your venture’s growth and profitability. You could also study health management, operations management, global leadership, or supply chain & enterprise resource planning.

Supply Chain 65

Supply Chain How To Brand Audience 65

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Mellisa Patrick CMgr MCMI, CMI’s programme development manager, attended the event to engage with potential new partners, including universities, colleges, and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) providers. Congratulations to Professor Ajantha and we look forward to working with you over the coming year.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Committee Hotels Webinar 52

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line.

Supply Chain 57

Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

To set yourself up for success, you need to understand how to develop a strong business model and to avoid the potential pitfalls that could thwart your venture’s growth and profitability. You could also study health management, operations management, global leadership, or supply chain & enterprise resource planning.

Supply Chain 68

Supply Chain How To Brand Audience 68

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

We know that we are somehow complicit in the moral chain that links our cheap clothes with collapsing factories, but we feel powerless to respond. So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. The truth is that the world is complicated, and supply chains are tangled and dynamic.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Ethics Telecommunications Politics 8

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

  With more energy and enthusiasm, the man said, "I'm shaping these rocks into bricks."    I've been in Florence this week to speak to newly promoted executives of a global energy company.  " The traveller then asked the second man what he was doing. 

Long-term 160

Long-term Leadership Travel Executive Coaching 160

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

Last year, networking giant Cisco Systems worked with one of its contract manufacturers in Malaysia to deploy 1,500 energy and temperature sensors on its manufacturing equipment. As Kern put it, “We always manage costs so closely, but we weren’t really measuring energy — we didn’t know how much we spent!

Energy 8

Energy Company Supply Chain Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. During my 11 years at PepsiCo, mostly during the 1990s, “personal development” was treated as a major company initiative. Too worried about their own hides, most managers don’t have time or energy to focus on anyone else’s.

Career 15

Career Development Company Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Few people realize the important role water plays in our daily energy use, or the energy required to heat, treat, and supply water. Meanwhile, the electricity used for water treatment can be as much as one-third of a city’s energy bill. Industries will have to overcome daunting commercial barriers.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

"System" is the key word, and it was top of mind during a recent HBR event in Palo Alto, sponsored by Hitachi, where I was moderating a panel on sustainable supply chains. Pepsi has rolled it out at hundreds of sites, and now is sharing it with supply-chain partners. Lifecycle analysis isn't new, of course.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

LIFE focuses attention on the full life cycle of products, from supply chain to production excellence to designing longer-lasting and repairable products. Managing Carbon and Energy. The company has aggressively reduced its own energy demand and ramped up the use of clean energy.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

McKinsey, for example, recently outlined the “new organizational capabilities” that chemical companies should develop to deal with frequent oil price shocks. The drive for dematerialization will change job descriptions in R&D, product development, and procurement at the very least. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Translating real-time factory and supply chain data into insights makes those factories and supply chains able to respond much faster to shifts in customer needs and external shocks. Software development must be guided by the industrial machines’ purpose, potential and limitations—and vice versa.

Industry 8

Industry Supply Chain Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Most big corporations follow global development trends. That is the reactive approach to economic development. CEOs are proactively engaging with emerging market government to spur economic development and create opportunities for their companies. They are playing development to win. General Electric is a good example.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

The true solution, we think, lies in understanding the changed nature of modern supply chains and identifying new business models better suited for managing them. The need to improve supply chain compliance does not come from moral arguments alone; the business consequences are also increasingly unescapable.

Business Model 8

Business Model Supply Chain Compliance Disaggregation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

And SunCulture , which sells drip irrigation kits that use solar energy to pump water from any source, has made irrigation affordable. As they see that developing mobile apps alone cannot feed Africa, many will turn to farming as a business. This helps to adjust irrigation and determine the needs of individual plants.

Technology 13

Technology Supply Chain Entrepreneur GDP 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Two major forces are driving this clean label world: (1) technology-driven transparency about products and their supply chains, and (2) Millennials, who are regularly demanding good behavior from the companies they buy from and work for. How much of your energy comes from clean, renewable sources? Why does your company exist?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Brand Metrics Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

He said that the EU had set aside €650 million to fund innovative ways to change consumers’ usage of raw materials, reduce electronic and food waste, develop new recycling techniques, come up with new construction materials and new ways of using old ones, and create new energy sources out of waste.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chemicals Engineering Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just look at Uber to understand the importance of diversity and product safety or at car manufacturers scrambling to develop a competitive advantage in electric cars as countries seek to decarbonize their economics and fight pollution. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

That said, with 187 countries pledging collective action to cut carbon emissions, the deal will have vast repercussions for business , particularly as governments put into place policies to remake our energy, transportation, and building systems. The vision of an all-renewable energy system comes into focus. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Cheap, plentiful labor was readily available in developing countries like China, India, Mexico and Eastern Europe. Falling trade barriers, inexpensive energy and low transport charges further strengthened the case for making products overseas. Yet these developing economies are home to the "next billion" consumers.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

It isn’t just about limiting downside risk; the company can also create profitable new products and services to address the urgent global needs such as those associated with scarce water supplies, hunger, and greenhouse gas emissions. Coca-Cola devotes many resources to creating cleaner water supplies in developing countries.

Execution 12

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

degrees will require “rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems” and this transition will need to be “unprecedented in terms of scale…and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors.” Embrace renewable energy.

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

These talks will reshape the global energy sector and every other industry that relies on energy — in other words, all of them. The 195 member countries, or “parties,” hold a Conference of Parties (COP) annually, and this year is the 21st meeting. For example, the U.S. They’re not exactly legally binding.

Conference 8

Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet. Supply chains today extend around the world, and are vulnerable to natural disasters and civil conflict.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?” Manage the arduously long sales cycle.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

In the past, it was assumed that conventional oil reserves would be developed by national oil companies and major oil and gas companies to supply virtually all of the world’s oil demand. Energy Information Administration. Energy-intensive industries ranging from farming to airlines are also profiting.

Price 8

Price Energy Airlines Supply Chain 8