HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Our employees are experts in helping our customers create more efficient, resilient and sustainable supply chains. We have a critical role to play to help our customers, our industry, and our world lessen the environmental impact of supply chains. Robinson will continue to help advance the supply chain around the globe.

Supply Chain 109

Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2020

For instance, roughly half identified bankruptcies and industry consolidation as a likely consequence of the post-pandemic recession, with supply chain concerns a major cause of general pessimism surrounding the ability of companies to recover. What began as a health crisis quickly became an economic, and then an energy crisis.

Supply Chain 87

Supply Chain Crisis Globalization Report 87

Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sustainable Leadership is a style of management that drives solutions for environmental, social and economic challenges in the world. With these skills embedded in their management style, sustainable leaders prepare the organization to flourish and expand long into the future. What is Sustainable Leadership?

Quality 52

Quality Long-term Short-term Leadership 52

Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

An evolving energy market, led by cheap natural gas and subsidized renewable generation, threatens the long-term financial viability of America’s remaining nuclear power plants. Unlike other clean energy sources, nuclear power is available during all weather conditions, offers price stability, and on-site long-term fuel supplies.

Payback Period 50

Payback Period Power Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 50

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

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 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. Both fields require complex and sophisticated domain expertise, and are experiencing fast-paced innovation.

Industry 8

Industry Supply Chain Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

The advice boils down to building better strategic foresight and creating more agile management and operations. But a high-performing organization should do much more than that: Supply chain and operational execs should be ready to shift production and logistics very quickly from one region to another. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

But according to a new report, 2016 Predictions for the Luxury Industry: Sustainability and Innovation , that sustainability gap is closing fast. This kind of law clearly drives much more transparency and tracking up the supply chain. retailers and suppliers think it’s likely there are slaves in their supply chain.

Brand 8

Brand Supply Chain Apparel Tourism 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

APRIL 23, 2012

This fictional story is inspired by "The Art of Piloting New Initiatives" by Rhoda Davidson and Bettina Büchel in the Fall 2011 MIT Sloan Management Review. We've been co-running the steering committee for this innovation project for almost six months now. Please contribute by offering solutions and insights from your own experience.

Case Study 9

Case Study Innovation Committee Supply Chain 9

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. They’re not equal.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chemicals Energy Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. 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. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 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 Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Most plans have fewer than six: one or two financial metrics, such as sales growth or earnings per share, and two or three nonfinancial metrics, in areas such as quality or innovation. Finally, some sustainability investments can pay for themselves through reduced energy consumption and waste over the long term.

Execution 11

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. The urgent challenge now is to drive the majority of businesses to take measures that will save energy and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Co. Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Climate Change on HBR.org. by Forest L.

Project 8

Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

Specialized vocabularies develop in the business world every day to support new or specialized disciplines, departments, problems, and innovative opportunities. Neither viewed market share as its top priority, but both kept it current in their databases to be ready for the occasional question from senior management.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Supply Chain Long-term Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. While the last wave of globalization centered on accessing foreign markets and creating low-cost global supply chains, the next wave could follow a very different pattern. These are the seven areas: 1.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

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 11

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 11

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 goals vary, but this is the first time in history that every country will agree to manage its emissions. For example, the U.S. They’re not exactly legally binding.

Conference 8

Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2018

“Death by a Thousand Cuts” Based on a comprehensive five-year study, my new research paper, published in the Academy of Management Discoveries this year, systematically identifies the reasons behind the failures of major Western digital firms in China. poor management of relations with Chinese regulators and the government.

Competitive Advantage 10

Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology Marketing 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

JANUARY 31, 2013

Second, we see a raft of innovations that will alter how products are designed, manufactured and sold — everything from nanotechnologies to 3D printing. Then, manufacturing's most important role is as a driver of innovation, trade, and productivity. Innovations Are Changing The Way We Design Products. but also the risks.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. By streamlining store complexity, the team was also able to slash the retailer’s supply chain costs by 20 percent.

Retail 9

Retail Supply Chain Chief Executive Officer Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

With agriculture making up 9 percent of the state's economy, and water shortages already threatening growth in the state's energy industry , it's not a reach to suggest that the future of the Texas economy will be tied closely to water availability. The economic cost of the drought has been incredible; Texas lost $5.2

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Long-term Short-term Porter 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2017

Most offices have adequate but aging lighting systems that often operate inefficiently, can waste vast amounts of energy, and annoy employees. We believe that a recent business-model innovation will overcome this barrier and upend commercial lighting and other energy services. number of copies each month). Lumens-as-a-Service.

Short-term 9

Short-term Energy Long-term System 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2011

So retailers manage their supply chains and overhead costs with a tight fist. The large UK retailer, owned by Wal-mart, lowered its 2010 expenses by over £70 million ($110 million) through energy and waste reduction throughout its retail footprint of 500 stores. Consider Asda. Other UK retailers have since followed suit.

Retail 14

Retail Apparel Supply Chain Agility 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

New research by Thomson Reuters demonstrates that emerging market professionals are increasingly driven by entrepreneurial values and optimism, leaving their Western counterparts in the dust when it comes to putting innovation and rewarding work before salary. Did anything in your survey results really surprise you?

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Marketing Ethics 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

At the same time, managers need to continue to motivate employees who fear their jobs being replaced by robots. Innovate Business Models. Everything from its supply chain to its customer relationship management are optimized through its use of big data and artificial intelligence. market share in online sales.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Supply Chain How To Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2011

There are three reasons why CEOs should be tapping their Head of Supply Chain to unlock these benefits, not their Head of Sustainability. These are innovation tools. Once the problem was recognized, vendors agreed to reduce their packaging, saving both sides energy and money.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel Management Retail 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Autonomous vehicles will profoundly affect insurance, road design and construction, traffic management, taxi and limousine services, the materials and safety equipment in vehicles, and asset ownership (who needs to own a car when one can simply be summoned from the most efficient location?).

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

If outside help is truly needed, doesn’t that say something pretty negative about the CEO’s own staff and existing supply chain? At the mine site, project leader André Sougarret sought assistance while managing the boundaries of the rescue effort to screen out contributors who lacked expertise or workable proposals.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Automotive Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

” Jeff Weiss, a partner at Vantage Partners, a Boston-based consultancy specializing in corporate negotiations and relationship management, and author of the HBR Guide to Negotiating , agrees. That positive, innovative approach is not only far more likely to lead you to a beneficial solution, but also to a place of trust.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The perception has been eroding our industry's image and has caused many in our industry to assume that R&D, innovation, and social contribution are unaffordable luxuries in a fiercely cost-based competitive game. Suppliers play far more than a supplementary role in our supply chain. This philosophy has started to take its toll.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Energy, agriculture, insurance, retail, human resources — no industry is unaffected. Risk and outcomes, as the scenario plays out, will be managed by predictive models, which are powered by machine learning algorithms that will improve their accuracy rates over time. Or lenders’ enhanced abilities to gauge credit risk.

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

New financial innovations enabled both historic global economic growth and cascading global financial failures. These new capabilities connect to the work we’ve done over the past several decades inside our enterprises to automate processes with tools — such as accounting systems, supply chain, call center, and such.

Agility 65

Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

I’ve been in contact with Heiny and her team at Target over the last year about the program she helped build to drive product innovation and more sales. The company has made significant efforts to improve store operations with their impressive energy efficiency work and the purchase of more solar power than any entity in the U.S.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8