Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

By taking the right actions to improve operations now, we could position ourselves to improve performance later, while the reverse would also hold true: short-term results would validate that we were on the right long-term path. Grow while keeping fixed costs constant. I realized we could do both at the same time.

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Short-term Long-term Fixed Costs Efficiency 276

Strategy Driven

MAY 17, 2019

Consider whether the services really add value to your business by saving time or improving efficiency. In the former case, the owner of the project only has to pay a fixed cost that includes overhead and profit. This is not necessarily the most cost-effective approach. If not, it’s better to cancel the subscription.

Cost 58

Cost Strategy Hammer Fixed Costs 58

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Hiring third party for logistics is always more efficient and economical for both businesses and their customers. With speedy deliveries, you can meet exceed your customer’s expectation and get positive reviews. Not to mention it could cost you a fortune to replace damaged goods. That’s where we come in.

Fixed Costs 10

Fixed Costs Reputation Efficiency Bottom-up 10

Ask Atma

MAY 5, 2012

Developmental efficiency increases because it comes from shorter, iterative, development cycles that hew more closely to products and services the market actually wants. This is a psychologically superior position because it allows for greater innovation, resilience and adaptability. Pro-rated fixed costs. Variable costs.

Business Model 93

Business Model Ries Agility Entrepreneur 93

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

“Chicago School economics,” Rosch writes, “posits that competitors (including dominant firms) are likely to engage in rational and efficiency-enhancing conduct rather than conduct whose purpose and effect is simply to eliminate rivals, and, if they do not, markets are likely to correct themselves.”

Stephenson 9

Stephenson Guidelines Supply Chain Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

A network-based service can, in aggregate, take on administrative tasks like medical claim submission and posting and get continuously smarter and more efficient with feedback from the network. On any given day in America, 40% of hospital beds lie empty, their enormous fixed costs weighing heavily on the system.

Health Care 8

Health Care Power Hotels Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. In larger facilities, there is often an astonishing proliferation of special care units, ICUs, and quasi-ICUs that are expensive to staff and have high fixed cost profiles.

Cost 8

Cost System Management Franchising 8