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How to Address the Supply-Chain Staffing Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Businesses are being impacted by a global skills shortage that is hampering manufacturing output and service delivery. In addition, the costs of producing materials, manufacturing goods, and providing services is rising due to labor costs.

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Hospitals Can Work Better

Harvard Business Review

These include: Vastly improved information systems: While electronic medical records are getting most of the media attention, the bigger breakthrough will be wireless and seamless information management of all facets of the hospital — medication, staff utilization and location, equipment availability, and more.