Mike Cardus

MAY 10, 2011

Larger organization, More product offerings, More staff, More customers, Outsourcing much of sales, Global Market. Interested in learning how to use quality tools to solve problems and increase innovative planning within workplaces? Organization, Phone System, Internet, Transportation, Buyers, Wholesalers, Suppliers.

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Tools Quality TRIZ System 139

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

One applications outsourcing team, for example, proposed a clever UX tweak to help optimize a global fulfillment process their company managed for its biggest client. A little dab of inventory data would enhance both customer expectations and process efficiencies. Their optimization strengths had become innovation weakness.

Process 10

Process Competitive Advantage Outsourcing Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I argued a few months ago that the innovation axis was shifting from the West to the East. Silicon Valley remains the global hot spot of innovation, and America continues to churn out innovative companies like Groupon and Bloom Energy. Innovation has never been more accessible.

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Innovation Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Gilbert 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Public variants of outsourcing were pushed as part of George W. American business remains the country's most vibrant source of innovation. Government has traditionally looked to business for tools and techniques to help improve productivity and cut costs through greater efficiency.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Six Sigma Benchmarking Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

An entrepreneurial society is one in which innovation and new business creation are, as Peter Drucker put it, “an integral, life-sustaining activity” across organizations and the economy. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 8th Global Drucker Forum.

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Teamwork Drucker Attrition Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Thanks to an aggressive privatization and conversion program, Bonifacio Global City — as the base is known today — is a modern, bustling financial district lined with blocks of skyscrapers, shopping malls, and luxury condos. The Philippines has a huge business process outsourcing industry.

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Outsourcing Technology B2B GDP 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Digital innovation is everywhere, from Big Data to risk management software, and it’s all coming to change in the way that the sector is organised and run. As digital processes innovate and change the way that the finance industry operates, CFOs will be under more pressure to perform. CFOs Must Continue To Innovate. Integration.

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Finance Process Influence Innovation 62

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

Digital technology unfolded on top of a second force that had been building for a few decades: a global movement in public policy towards economic liberalization which was systematically reducing barriers to the movement of goods, money, people, and ideas across the boundaries of nations and industries.

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Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

New research, conducted with HBR, The Economist , CEB, and TNS Global, reveals that CEOs believe CIOs are not in sync with the new issues CEOs are facing. But even though they know they must innovate in response, they don''t know how to do so in the complex global market. Barriers to entry have been destroyed.

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CIO CEO Outsourcing Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

If there's one phrase I might use to describe the global economy's malaise, it's this: "value" (and possibly values ) of little worth. Each one apparently accompanied by a breathless press release describing how it represents genuine innovation, not to mention fabulous design. But this as the face of modern day innovation?".

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Press Release Short-term Globalization Long-term 15

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. link] Anna Smith “Let the attacks begin” – The number one source for innovation/change is pissed-off people (Tom Peters). Have a great Thanksgiving Sir. LeRoyD Amen! We are all biased.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

These choices historically conferred advantage – first-mover, scale – but asset-based scale advantages have diminished in recent years, thanks to technology, cheap information, and outsourcing. PL and CM: Capabilities-driven strategy creates value through four levers: effectiveness, focused investment, efficiency, and alignment.

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Resources Industry System Strategy 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

In the game of innovation, there is next to no time to rest. Packaged food companies like Kraft and Pepsi use their scale to penetrate markets quickly and efficiently. In the past three decades, managers have embraced off-shoring, outsourcing, and open innovation. Minimum efficient scale is getting smaller and smaller.

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Porter Competitive Advantage Safe Harbor Efficiency 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2017

The other main explanation for labor’s downfall is that Chinese imports have caused employers to outsource employment to Asia, causing a fall in the labor share domestically, even if labor utilization does not fall globally. Does this mean we should be relaxed about the move to an economy dominated by superstar firms?

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GDP Video Sharpe Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

3D printing is poised to redefine global manufacturing and distribution. Innovation, customization, speed, and location are also among the opportunities it offers. How could digital printing improve your innovation, product development, and speed to market? trillion in inventories held by U.S.

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Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

For some time now, it has been obvious that these companies will have to go beyond the offshoring model that served them well in the past and develop innovative new ones. Above all, they need to globalize so that in the US, they think, act, and behave like American companies; in Germany, they''re German; and in China, they''re Chinese.

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Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

According to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Human Capital Trends study , 51% of global executives surveyed said their organizations plan to increase or significantly increase the use of contingent workers in the next three to five years; only 16% expect a decrease.

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MBO Long-term Human Capital Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

On the contrary, clarity about where the buck stops is one of the most critical enablers of efficient teamwork. Working with old hands before you forge a project of your own helps you pick up the routines, processes, and tools that make collaboration efficient. To Foster Innovation, Connect Coworkers Who Share Aspirations.

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Chief Operating Officer Consensus How To Project 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

At a leading global logistics company, for example, the business rules in a claims process suggested that decisions on tolerances for refunds required the judgment of a manager. health care firm, for example, had over the years stripped a process down to the minimal viable steps to achieve efficiencies.

Process 10

Process Six Sigma Company Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. So this measure may mislabel efficient companies as myopic. Corporate culture.

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EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2011

In corporate America, global competition has forced companies to focus ruthlessly on cost-cutting and reengineering for the past twenty-five years. Efficient cost-cutting first requires an understanding of what things cost. Managers and their programs should benefit directly from making efficiency gains.

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Budgeting Cost Incentives Efficiency 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Workflows and innovation initiatives have been artfully reorganized around "projects" to facilitate faster, cheaper and easier contingent participation. If they can get that value — or most of it — from contingency workers, outsourcing, automation, innovative processes or capital investment, why wouldn''t they?

Human Capital 8

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

There is a marked dissonance between CIOs and the C-suite — a fact that we uncovered in new research conducted with HBR, The Economist, CEB, and TNS Global. To be fair to the CIO, CEOs have created this problem by emphasizing efficiency and cost-cutting over value creation.

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CIO Hamel Technology Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete.

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Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

Nike is a leading example of how both anti-sweatshop campaigns and labor standards in trade agreements can be good for innovation and growth in developing countries. Poking around online, I came across a pentagon layout in a Chinese factory that was more efficient than the one in use in Sialkot. Not necessarily.

Policies 8

Policies Technology Bottom-up Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

On one end technology innovations and improvements simply ensure that a company “stays in the game,” while at the other extreme, technology acts as a critical source of value creation and enhancement. Staffing corporate boards for a global business is a perennial challenge. Staying in the Game or Creating Value?

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Delegation Technology Committee Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The Global Digital Economy. The platform allows the exchange of digital information, services, and products across the power grid, allowing much greater efficiencies industrywide. ” GE adopted its FastWorks initiative, based on lean startup principles, to cut bureaucracy around innovation. On both counts. Insight Center.

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Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Its manufacturing capacity was enormous and efficient. How did the nation with the workforce that won the war end up with a workforce outsourced to India? The United States destroyed its enemies in World War II because it out-produced them. Its workforce was inspired and committed. There is no shortage of explanations.

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Company Organizational Behavior Human Resources Ethics 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.

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Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

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Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2016

By ignoring the distribution, that statistic masks a more important trend: As the McKinsey Global Institute has documented , variance in corporate earnings has increased substantially as well. Some will succeed, and effective innovations will spread rapidly. Globalized competition may also be playing a role.

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McKinsey Document Engineering Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

First, they often outsource design and management of health care services to brokers, consultants, and health plans that have little means or incentive to improve quality or affordability. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Conventional practice. The result is predictable: immense and costly variation in access, quality, and safety.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Price Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Driven by the ever-lower costs of global communication and online collaboration tools, Henry Ford's vertically integrated organization is yielding to Procter & Gamble's network of external innovators. Almost anything can be outsourced to specialists and reconnected.

Organization 8

Organization Supply Chain Team Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

Sephora has always been an innovative global business, doing things a little differently, which is what drew me to the brand. When you arrived, what did you see as the opportunities and priorities for increasing digital innovation? Julie Bornstein told HBR how she’s leading Sephora’s efforts online and offline.

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Brand CTO Marketing Retail 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Many have no practiced knowledge about how metal or plastic bends, breaks, retains heat or burns, no practical understanding of how to limit size for fuel efficiency while allowing enough space for technicians to reach inside and connect components. Let’s encourage schools to let students dirty their hands in projects and experiments.

Engineering 8

Engineering Competitive Advantage Knowledge Management Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

The Global Digital Economy. Outsourcing to robots is just another form of outsourcing. Each and every choice and process can be made more efficient, more responsive to market conditions, and more persuasive to users. The cash does nothing but collect. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Technology 8

Technology Short-term Long-term Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

Aggressive outsourcing and partnering to improve efficiencies (perhaps a reference to “ The Origins of Strategy, published in 1989 by the granddaddy of strategy consulting, BCG founder Bruce Henderson). Focusing on a few key success factors, critical resources, and core competencies (maybe a reference to C.

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Strategy Porter Blue Ocean Strategy Luehrman 8