Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2021

To avoid this, outsource most of the operations you’re not competent at or take a lot of your time. With a reliable IT expert, you’ll get high-level customer service, up-to-date information on the latest technology, solutions to current problems, and quick response times. Focus on the Quality of Your Supply Chain.

Supply Chain 80

Supply Chain Outsourcing Core Competence How To 80

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. To examine this possibility, I conducted research on recent developments in Nike Inc’s apparel supply chain with Jens Hainmueller of Stanford University and Richard M. Insight Center. Operations in a Connected World. Sponsored by Accenture.

Lean Manufacturing 9

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

Carmakers have started using 3D technology to produce parts. It could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships, and even entrepreneurship itself. The technology is expected to lead to reductions in the cost of employment, capital investment, shipping and inventory as well. Most hearing aids in the U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

It turns out that the results are much better when humans are removed from the decision-making process. Now, algorithms make the decisions and instruct humans throughout the supply chain on which products to make, in what quantities, and where to deliver them. VirtuOz is far from the only technology delegating to humans.

Delegation 8

Delegation Supply Chain Merchandising Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders need a clear-eyed way to think about how these technologies will specifically affect their organizations. Start with the work, not the “job” or the technology. Today’s supply chains track the components of products at both an atomized and aggregate level.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Outsourcing Call Center Organization 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

His group’s data science, procurement, and supply chain teams crafted algorithmic ensembles that, by all measures and simulations, would save hundreds of millions. Even better, they would respond 10 times faster to market moves than existing processes while requiring minimal human intervention. The Autonomous Outsourcer.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8