Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low. It involves replacing traditional mass manufacturing with “lean manufacturing” principles. In addition to improved product quality and delivery times, the lean approach has been linked to improved terms of employment.

Lean Manufacturing 8

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Generally, what we see is the country where the final assembly of a product took place. Almost every sophisticated manufacturer uses some kind of lean production system that pulls raw materials in from a warehouse. Why are supply chains structured this way with tiers of component makers who assemble progressively larger pieces?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Globalization Cost Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

When is it possible to predict a product’s success? How you answer this question may be the most important factor in how you design your product development process — and, ultimately, in whether your business succeeds or fails. Is market performance predictable for a specific product or class of products?

Black-Scholes 8

Black-Scholes Productivity Products CAPM 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Danaher, a smaller but very profitable conglomerate with a diverse range of manufacturing businesses, has a very different set of strengths; it applies its distinctive lean production system to a variety of product sectors, often through companies that it acquires and then transforms. But that probably won't work.

Welch 8

Welch Diversity Hedge Chemicals 8