Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2024

Why you shouldn’t typecast your business units as “cash cows” or “growth engines.”

Incentives 14

Incentives Engineering Supply Chain Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The disruptions to everything from gasoline supplies to the deliveries of merchandise for the holiday shopping season caused by Hurricane Sandy have demonstrated that our ability to forecast weather events has outpaced our ability to forecast supply-chain disasters. Government incentives are necessary.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Transportation Merchandising 8

HR Digest

APRIL 21, 2024

Research shows that the vast majority (87 percent) of workers would like to work more flexibly, and it can be a greater motivator than financial incentives. Benefits of Flexible Working Improved Employee Retention : Flexible work arrangements are a top motivator for job seekers, second only to salary.

Diversity 52

Diversity Policies Commitment Supply Chain 52

Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2019

To quote The Economist “consumer trust is the basis of all brand values, and therefore brands have an immense incentive to retain it”. Companies have to be consistent in their behaviour, from top to bottom, and right along the supply chain, from the ‘first hand of production to the final hand of the consumer’.

Supply Chain 75

Supply Chain Brand Advertising PR 75

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The programmatic environment also has misaligned incentives across its supply chain that causes inertia and passive treatment in addressing the ad fraud problem. How to Protect Your Ad Campaigns against Ad Fraud.

Supply Chain 51

Supply Chain Advertising Metrics Competitive Advantage 51

QAspire

AUGUST 22, 2010

These meals act as an incentive for these kids to come to the school and study. They have built their own standard for supply chain right from procuring raw material to delivery of these meals in schools across. The meal is an incentive for them to continue their education. First, some background information.

Quality 156

Quality Innovation NGO Supply Chain 156

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A series of studies and field experiments have shown that consumers value a product more highly when it’s part of a take-back program, show a greater willingness to pay, and don’t require any additional purchase incentives.

Productivity 22

Productivity Products Incentives Cost 22

N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

Pricing impacts everything from strategy and tactics, to finance, to branding, to marketing and sales, to vendor selection and supply chain management, to recruiting and compensation, and to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Methodology : You do have a choice…Moreover most successful pricing models offer a variety of options.

Price 314

Price Discount Brand Supply Chain 314

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Global supply chains. “We wanted to follow the plastic packaging waste embedded in the global supply chain. “All agents along the supply chain and final consumers need incentives to reduce plastic use. These countries have shown less willingness to accept waste in recent years, however.

Globalization 113

Globalization Supply Chain Transportation Incentives 113

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Some companies that built lengthy global supply chains have wound up with greater complexity and costs than they anticipated—not to mention greater exposure to a whole host of risks, including currency fluctuations, geopolitical disruption, delays, quality issues, and reputational risk. But the future trajectory of U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

It treats pass-through entities more favorably than in the past , and it increases the incentive to repatriate off-shore cash. Investing in the supply chain. Supply chains are undergoing a transformation in almost every industry we study. The new law reduces the statutory corporate rate from 35% to 21%.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain CEO Discount Retail 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Box checking and perverse incentives undermine the patient/physician relationship.

Health Care 19

Health Care System Incentives Supply Chain 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

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. While the production system requires more worker skill and effort, employers have incentives to retain these valuable workers through improved working conditions.

Lean Manufacturing 10

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Employers can readily apply market forces and supply-chain tools to improve the performance of both. Maintain internal cost and quality data as you would for other suppliers and use improvement plans, incentives, and penalties. Providers and health plans are service suppliers paid by employers. Purchase quality.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Incentives Quality 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 9

Business Model Supply Chain Compliance Disaggregation 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Many of them responded by including quality metrics in their compensation incentives. In the absence of a sustainability metric for compensation, boards retain the right to reduce incentive awards in case of substantial damage to the company’s business or reputation. Over the next decade, quality levels improved substantially.

Execution 12

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 12

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

You would need a significant amount of investment to market your platform, and then acquire sellers through handsome incentives. Supply-chain and Demand. The sole purpose of a marketplace platform is to fill the gap between supply and demand. Happy customers create demand, and sellers create the supply.

Retail 120

Retail Supply Chain Software Marketing 120

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

And they need process owners (who may variously be called VP of Customer Experience, SVP of Supply Chain, Chief Engineer, or Value Stream Leader, for instance) to lead these initiatives. For example, Air Products set up process owners for each of the major steps in its supply chain, including plan, source, make, build, and fulfill.

Process 15

Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Smoother supply chains. Machine learning enables contextual analysis of logistics data to predict and mitigate supply chain risks. For most, it will be an opportunity to reduce tedious tasks and do more, but it’s vital that employees have incentives to ensure the success of new machine learning initiatives.

Process 13

Process Company Supply Chain Software 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2016

In comparison to other methods (such as Six Sigma or activity-based costing), ZBB typically does not address operational excellence in core processes (marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing) or fundamental cost drivers such as portfolio complexity, organizational complexity, customer complaints, and quality issues.

Zero Based Budgeting 9

Zero Based Budgeting Budgeting Supply Chain Company 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The opportunity is to remove incentives for free-riding within industries where a firm might take advantage of another firm’s efforts in addressing a social or environmental issue. The debate is far from settled and will likely go on for a long time.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

My opthamologist told me once that his CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) quality incentive payment was delayed. Hospitals run out of medications or supplies due to poor supply chain design (due to choosing the low cost supplier or trying to cut corners on inventory due to a misapplication of “just in time” principles).

Deming 28

Deming Kaizen System Quality 28

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Might product bundles or incentives meaningfully shift demand and production flows? But customers can now consider incentives – discounts, promotions, special plans, etc. Supply chains can become more anticipatory and effective. Would buyers abandon purchases if they couldn’t get exactly what they wanted?

Process 13

Process Competitive Advantage Outsourcing Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

A public commitment to such an effort creates an incentive to follow through. Furthermore, if membership of this club develops significant cache, then it becomes a powerful branding tool and a lever for competitive advantage.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Ideally, organizations would do more to foster career development: encourage more immediate feedback, develop clear performance criteria, deliver developmental feedback with clarity and tact, and provide both resources and incentives for making employee development a priority for managers. But the reality is the bigger burden is on employees.

Career 15

Career Development Company Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Second, thanks to the minimal degradation of quality, there is a super-clean label (meaning the product will have few chemical-sounding, unpronounceable ingredients) and an incentive to add high-quality ingredients. Third, the food remains packaged at room temperature, and remains safe to eat for months on end.

Industry 15

Industry Supply Chain Long-term Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Others will only tick off supply chain partners or important vendors. There are "innovation boot camps." Ideas come pouring forth from every nook and cranny. Many of them are half-baked and impractical. Others are a poor strategic fit. Many simply don't have enough upside. And so it goes.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Strategic Fit Innovation Idea Generation 14

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Opting for this type of shipping offers a variety of benefits to both the shipper and their clients alike, and preserves the supply chain in the face of challenges brought on by major businesses like Walmart and Amazon, as well as disruptions like those created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Multimodal vs. Intermodal Transport.

Transportation 139

Transportation Supply Chain Cost Incentives 139

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

On one hand, pure cost-based strategies are now rarely viable because the forces of automated production, mass customization, global supply chains, direct channels, networked devices, etc., Focusing on one at the expense of the other is no longer a choice.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Manufacturing investments naturally flow to countries and regions where financial incentives are substantial. Chief among those incentives — and what drives jobs in and out of a region — is a country's tax policy. Research and development incentives provided by the U.S. In the 21st century, successful U.S.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Incentives Policies Automotive 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. Permanent cross-functional teams tend to fare better.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Engage employees, through awards and incentives, to innovate, find operational savings, and develop products that cut customers’ emissions as well. Provide aggressive tax breaks for EVs and good incentives for trading in older cars? Embrace renewable energy. Can the government help build the charging infrastructure?

Efficiency 13

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 13

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2020

You would need a significant amount of investment to market your platform, and then acquire sellers through handsome incentives. Supply-chain and Demand. The sole purpose of a marketplace platform is to fill the gap between supply and demand. Happy customers create demand, and sellers create the supply.

Supply Chain 75

Supply Chain Retail Software Marketing 75

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

They have little incentive to build a more equitable community.” Consumer goods Supply chain Transportation' But when innovation of this kind comes to cities, the price of everything goes up, and the poor and middle class are displaced, often without benefiting economically. Instead, they merely reproduce their own kind.

Industry 8

Industry Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

If so, we should use a set of processes when designing and launching businesses that are geared for prediction — ask the right questions, perform the right analyses, plan production and supply chain for predictable variations on projected sales.

Black-Scholes 8

Black-Scholes Productivity Products CAPM 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

It's in areas of the company such as knowledge management, innovation, communication, and better integration with the supply chain. Companies must offer valuable incentives, and in my experience, the best incentives for social-media use are intrinsic, as opposed to financial.

Media 9

Media McKinsey Supply Chain Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2013

The center of the Map depicts the firm and the other agents (generally, a supply chain and its customers) who, jointly, contribute to a "pie" of economic value. Relatedly, firms may forward integrate to a point in the supply chain at which they have "persuasive" advantages. These agents are called the "value network."

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Analysis Porter 8