Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Finance for the Now Normal: financial stability in the hotel industry CMI Sri Lanka recently hosted a webinar titled 'Finance for the NOW NORMAL' with Mr Nirmalan Nagendra FCMI FIH, who is a senior Hospitality Finance Professional and Consultant for KPMG. COVID-19 has changed this perspective completely.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Committee Hotels Webinar 52

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Supply chains are linked to these inputs, as is every other variable the CEO needs to be concerned about, from available corporate resources to stock price. Musk’s long arc in guiding Tesla from highly-ignored sports car, which financed the luxury Model S, which, in turn, made possible the 3, is now crushing an entire global industry.

CEO 67

CEO Balanced Scorecard Supply Chain Sharpe 67

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

With growing congestion a global megatrend, companies have a choice. Either accept it (and its higher costs and lower profits) or take control of your fate with strategic, game-changing actions that cut time and costs from the supply chain. The Future of Operations. The impact on supply chains.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

And, when political turmoil in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere in the Mideast erupted, many businesses could only watch and wait to learn what it would mean for their supply chains. This is a concept fundamental to finance but that, for some reason, has not migrated into supply chain risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Risk Management Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Globalization is not what it was even a decade ago. What links the world together has changed fundamentally — and for many companies, succeeding in this new operating environment will require rethinking many past decisions and assumptions. But globalization hasn’t gone into reverse. It’s gone digital.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Over the last century, the global population has quadrupled. This growth, along with rising incomes in developing countries (which cause dietary changes such as eating more protein and meat) are driving up global food demand. In 1915, there were 1.8 billion people in the world. billion people — and we may reach 9.7

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Policies Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

A new set of relationships is being formed within companies around how people working in data, analytics, IT, and operations teams work together. Data and analytics represent a blurring of the traditional lines of demarcation between the scope of IT and the responsibilities of operating divisions. Data and analytics embedded in IT.

Operations 8

Operations Agility Chemicals Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. That''s 224 million women impacting the global economy — and this survey counts only 67 of the 188 countries recognized by the World Bank.

Globalization 10

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Most big corporations follow global development trends. Earlier this year, they raised $325 million in the public markets and this month acquired BancABC , a bank with operations in Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Playing development to win will be the hallmark of great companies operating in emerging markets.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

While no one advocates for labor abuses, poor working conditions are often seen as an inevitable consequence of global trade. Workers specialize in simple, highly routinized operations. They are incentivized to complete operations as quickly as possible. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center.

Lean Manufacturing 8

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise. Marketing, sales teams and the DSD force itself operate with tremendous coordination to ensure that they are consistently aligned in their business objectives.

Operations 13

Operations Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. shares of the global operations of U.S.-based private sector rose in the 1990s, but then fell in the 2000s.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

Last week, at an internal Cisco meeting, the company’s VP of Supply Chain, John Kern, proudly reported that the project had identified ways to cut energy use by approximately 30%, which will likely save $1 million per year. When Cisco rolls out the sensors globally, these savings will add up. Insight Center.

Energy 8

Energy Company Supply Chain Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

First, the global goals campaign represents a significant new opportunity for companies that view emerging and frontier markets as their source of long-term growth. Taking action on the global goals could help address several of these obstacles that are giving rise to “trapped value” in the emerging markets. of the time.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

3D printing is poised to redefine global manufacturing and distribution. It could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships, and even entrepreneurship itself. What would be the cost/benefit of flattening your supply chain and moving production closer to your markets? Threat analysis.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Other enterprises and their functions are looking to leverage technology to optimize and augment existing operations. But disruption also breeds cultural tensions — as the digital ambitions of the enterprise conflict with longtime operating objectives and create competing priorities that employees don’t know how to balance.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. Index funds can be a force for sustainable capitalism. By banding together, firms in an industry can make life harder for free riders who seek to act less responsibly.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In a new global survey by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services, overall executive confidence in internal IT was very mixed, with only 17 percent of the executives viewing their own IT organization as being extremely capable of executing their company’s digital agenda. Are IT organizations ready for the challenge?

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

However, in recent years a parallel explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm as well, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT). The Global Digital Economy. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

With the swipe of a credit card, the customer support team can move to Zendesk or Desk.com; the HR team lives on Workday; the business intelligence group moves to GoodData or Domo; the finance team logs into Netsuite; the marketing department orbits around Marketo and Salesforce''s marketing cloud.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

Interestingly, all these intrusions into business operations typically do not come from the Kremlin but from local officials who seem eager to gain the Kremlin’s favor amid instances of elevated international tensions. This environment is altering how multinational firms operate in the country and market their products.

Policies 8

Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) looked at the state of digitization in sectors across the U.S. Right behind it are media, finance, and professional services, all of which have far more sophisticated digital capabilities than the rest of the economy.

Industry 8

Industry Benchmarking Supply Chain Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, for example, the global financial crisis caused private developers for the Olympic Village project to withdraw, requiring a refinancing package backed by government. These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics.

Risk Management 14

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

Just last month, a self-organized team from another Indian company, Mahindra and Mahindra , (M&M) won the corporate award for our own $300 House Open Design Challenge (with the help of Jovoto.com and prize sponsor Ingersoll Rand, we hosted a global online contest to raise interest in design for the poor. We received exactly 300 entries!)

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Transportation Cooper Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The best companies are able to distinguish between these consumers by precisely valuing their operating profit potential, not just gross margin or volume. They do this by building consumer P&Ls through cross-functional teams across marketing, sales, supply chain and finance, much like some companies have built account and product P&Ls.

P&L 14

P&L Supply Chain Retail Price 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Disruption to supply chains will mean reduced output and shortages will send prices soaring. Profits that are received at some future point are discounted by the real cost of finance and any appropriate risk premium. Without changes in strategy, firms operating subsidiaries in Egypt may face the need for substantial write-offs.

NPV 12

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Looking ahead, the global population growing from 7 billion to 9 billion over the next 25 years will make the challenge of meeting demands for both water and energy more acute. Partnerships can help finance women entrepreneurs, create local centers to supply clean water, and inform communities via text messages when clean water is available.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In a survey of 77 of my company Frontier Strategy Group’s global clients, 88.3% It’s also a massive operational challenge because companies are not set up to make very frequent pricing changes, whereas currencies can move hugely overnight. in anticipation of interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Price 8

Price Globalization Depreciation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Welch was convinced that the speed of globalization and technological innovation in the 21 st century would require companies to work very differently – with shorter decision cycles, more employee engagement, and stronger collaboration than had previously been required to compete.

Welch 8

Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. BPM reflected the interactions of different stakeholders, from product creation through supply chain to final assembly. Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies.

Management 9

Management Software BPM Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

I am expected to integrate my tools into complex global supply chains of international drug producers to solve the local problem of counterfeiting. I have had to run worldwide social marketing campaigns in the past in order to attract attention to our work in what could be dismissed as obscure backwaters of the global system.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

For years, the creative side of the company was the top priority, leaving things like finance, IT, and HR to suffer (yes, they tried to run their operations on spreadsheets). The authors also say Lululemon should probably pay more attention to its supply chain. The Option You Can''t Use. Missing the "How" and "Why".

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

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 8

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 8

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

JULY 24, 2018

cooperation on global trade will be compromised for some time if the tariffs go into effect. SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. Such market shares will create a platform for global juggernauts. Besides whatever damage the conflict could do to U.S. Five years of U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

employees can be 25 percent or greater of total workforce; its supply chain of third parties is vital. Yet, politicians oppose — or at least do not defend, and certainly do not fairly explain — this most fundamental international dimension of global business reality. especially in fast-growing foreign markets.

Offshoring 12

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

But since outsourcing has become an increasingly common approach to cutting costs, many producers now rely heavily on globally dispersed supply chains. Eligible companies had more than three years to investigate their supply chains; the first disclosure reports were due in May 2014. Two things stood out to us.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 8