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. Operating Events. NRC Daily Event Report.

Execution 50

Execution Supply Chain Energy Banking 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Exploring Space with Nuclear Energy Some Space missions run for years, or even decades. Economic demands place increasing pressure on executive and managers to reduce costs while maintaining high levels of operational safety, reliability, and efficiency. Source: Topix – Nuclear Energy News Published on 2018-11-19.

EPR 50

EPR Execution Supply Chain Engineering 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

It’s time for them to rethink their supply-chain strategies. Adjusting to new economic realities as well as political and economic uncertainties will require making their supply chains much more resilient. Such a policy alone could have a major impact on companies operating in the United States.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 9

Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? 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. For over 30 years, U.S. nuclear plants provided clean, safe and reliable electricity.

Payback Period 50

Payback Period Power Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 50

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Digital event: Deep Dive into the Energy Sector In case you missed it, the CMI APAC Regional Boards recently delivered a Deep Dive into the Energy Sector Digital Event. Watch the full webinar here: New President elected At the recent CMI Sri Lanka AGM, a new President was elected – Professor Ajantha Dharmasiri CMgr FCMI.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Committee Hotels Webinar 52

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Exploring Space with Nuclear Energy Some Space missions run for years, or even decades. Economic demands place increasing pressure on executive and managers to reduce costs while maintaining high levels of operational safety, reliability, and efficiency. Operating Events. Industry News. NRC Daily Event Report. Regulatory News.

Execution 56

Execution EPR Energy Engineering 56

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. To read Marshall’s complete biography, click here.

Supply Chain 57

Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

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. Once the problem was recognized, vendors agreed to reduce their packaging, saving both sides energy and money. Harmonized reporting standards could ease the pain but will not resolve it.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Apparel Management Retail 14

Strategy Driven

APRIL 20, 2020

You will need to dedicate a significant amount of time and energy into building and maintaining a successful enterprise, so it’s critical to love what you do. 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

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

You will need to dedicate a significant amount of time and energy into building and maintaining a successful enterprise, so it’s critical to love what you do. 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

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

Thin Difference

APRIL 11, 2019

Instead of operating top-down, power is distributed throughout the organization, giving individuals and teams more freedom to self-manage, while staying aligned to the organization’s purpose. AIMMS , supply chain analytics. Let’s review a snapshot of some of these organizational and business models. Key Elements of Holacracy.

Organization 62

Organization ESOP Cooper Reis 62

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

For those of us not in operations, supply chain, or logistics, it's a vaguely familiar line item we learned about in finance class. If we could permanently reduce the amount of product sitting idle, we'd save money, energy, and material. We know it's important and that we're supposed to reduce it by increasing "turns.".

Energy 11

Energy Supply Chain Operations Benchmarking 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

When we talk about natural resource constraints on business — such as shortages in water or increases in the cost of energy or agricultural products — we tend to forget how deeply intertwined these commodities are. Companies will need to look along and beyond their own value chains to become agents of change.

Energy 12

Energy Supply Chain Constraint Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

Some sectors and companies bear more of the up-front expense of tackling carbon emissions, with the energy sector being the most obvious one. It’s 50 times Walmart’s 2010 supply chain goal , and it sets a high bar for others to aspire to. In apparel, this is more than aggressive. will follow his lead.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Health Care Apparel Leadership 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

Wal-Mart's recent announcements continue a five-year campaign to green the supply chain, but they add in some interesting new twists as well. Wal-Mart can pass on these operating savings to customers, so it all fits nicely within the company's normal business model. The business benefits are in there also, but are fuzzier.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Bottom-up Energy Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

The issues in each of these buckets require new leadership, or at least a rethinking of it in the highest ranks of companies, and deep operational changes. We’re starting to recognize that this relatively new situation has important ramifications for how businesses operate, and we’re making some progress. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 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

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 14

Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

The company has made increasing commitments to renewable energy as part of its aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals (30% by 2020). KP is buying both carbon offsets and significant onsite energy — 11 megawatts of solar and 4 megawatts of fuel cell generation, for example. Why are they doing so much on renewable energy?

Health Care 10

Health Care Operations Supply Chain GDP 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

In a similar way, industrial companies that combine the digital and the physical open entirely new dimensions in the way they operate and in the value they can provide to customers and shareholders. enabling the interoperability of a wider range of assets within an industrial operation or system, boosting operations optimization; iii.

Industry 8

Industry Supply Chain Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

In another example, a large US-based specialty retail chain wanted to determine the chief drivers of store energy efficiency in order to reduce usage and greenhouse emissions. For example, the retailer was able to migrate to automatic HVAC systems for better insulation and adjust store timings to optimize energy usage.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Retail Energy ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. The increased prediction accuracy, in turn, makes it possible to achieve large increases in operational efficiency — having the right inventory in the right locations. Smoothly operating supply chains are vital for stable profits. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Price Airlines Advertising 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

Multinational companies operating in Mexico are facing a great deal of uncertainty. More companies are concerned that their current supply chain would be more vulnerable to unilateral protectionist measures, such as lower standards for import safeguards. Renegotiating NAFTA. Navigating the Next Two Years in Mexico.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Walmart's efforts to green its supply chain are about to get much more effective. Some quick background: Walmart deserves praise for its industry-leading sustainability successes, such as improving its fleet fuel efficiency by 69% and becoming the nation's leading commercial buyer of solar energy.

Performance Review 8

Performance Review Retail Supply Chain Review 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

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. Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo have produced movies and started organizations to tackle climate change and promote renewable energy.

Brand 8

Brand Supply Chain Apparel Tourism 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Goals release energy. by Hank Moore.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

General Mills’ CEO recently blamed the winter for less-than-expected earnings , saying that “severe winter weather…disrupted plant operations and logistics…We lost 62 days of production…which hasn’t happened in decades. It might have actually generated increased revenue as well, if it meant operating while competitors couldn’t.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Strategy Risk Management Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

But it's not just about reacting to pressure.Knowing your footprint helps you get proactive, spot risks and costs along your value chain, and identify opportunities to innovate. In essence, carbon is a proxy for energy cost and waste, and good carbon management is a proxy for good operational execution.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Transportation Productivity Products 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. If these events occur, they would severely disrupt multinationals’ market strategies, supply chains, and exchange-rate assumptions. Latin America: Potential Populist Backlash in Mexico and Brazil.

Market Risk 8

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

Extreme weather brings unpredictable dangers for physical assets or massive disruptions to supply chains (like auto and hard drive companies found out with floods in Thailand in 2011). So are a lighting retrofit, a boiler overhaul, innovation to reduce energy use of your products, and much more. Risk management Sustainability'

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Short-term Fast Follower 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Falling trade barriers, inexpensive energy and low transport charges further strengthened the case for making products overseas. dollar, rising fuel costs and the risks inherent in longer supply chains have many companies rethinking their sourcing strategies. Over the last decade, offshore manufacturing seemed like a no-brainer.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Growing food requires water, seeds, labor, machinery, energy, and fertilizer. Letting food go to waste, then, is a frivolous use of natural resources that drives up costs, inflates food prices, and weakens the food supply chain. Partner with farmers in the supply chain. billion to 9.8 In the U.S.,

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Companies are increasingly seeing the obvious benefits of slashing energy use, and beginning to include in their calculations the considerable risk reduction from managing water well or limiting the use of toxic chemicals. Business continuity: All companies depend on natural services, such as water, either directly or in their supply chains.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For every “shared value” example of an energy-saving initiative that reduces operational costs, or of a social investment that enhances customer loyalty, one can find a less comfortable result. It can cost more to ensure better labor standards in a supply chain, or to meet environmental standards.

Ethics 12

Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 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 10

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 10