Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It is an opportune time for SME manufacturers to upgrade their operations by investing in new software and manufacturing innovations. The reasons include pressures on OEMs to build more resilient supply chains and to regionalize production and the falling cost and increasing ease of use of new technologies.

Supply Chain 21

Supply Chain Software Technology Operations 21

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

They mostly operate out of grocery and drugstore pharmacies, others are employed in hospitals or in clinical settings. Computer and information systems managers. Also known as information technology managers, such professionals devise, coordinate, implement, and analyze computer-related projects. Percentage of women: 52%.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Organizations deploy automation technologies as the primary resource in their Business Process Management. Gone are the days were BPO meant Business Process Outsourcing, with Robotic Process Automation technology fueling new millennium enterprises, BPO has taken on a new meaning, Business Process Optimization. Process Automaton.

Engineering 50

Engineering Process BPM Taylorism 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

After 26 years since the creation of the businesses now have a number of methods and channels to distribute marketing and information about their products and services and are able to reach a varied and broad audience. Technology’s impact on society and business is substantial as it has become a part of everyday life.

Strategy 50

Strategy Outsourcing Process Technology 50

Six Disciplines

MARCH 24, 2011

Companies operated alone, rather than being part of partner networks or plugging their people into informal relationships. It was an ineffective way to operate, especially after the information technology revolution took place, and to break out of it, companies needed management ideas.

Execution 101

Execution Six Sigma Strategy Information Technology 101

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2017

It renews interest in their task and keeps them engaged with your operation. Trained employees are happier and feel more highly motivated at work so productivity is increased. The workplace becomes a happier and more productive place and profits increase. Information technology skills are highly relevant to any business.

Training 50

Training Budgeting Bottom-up Long-term 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Design thinking has been recognized as an important means to innovate in the context of developing new products and technologies. Implementing a strategic technology plan. Michael Tardif has over twenty years of experience applying information technologies to the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings.

Creativity 58

Creativity Strategic Planning Construction Politics 58

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2012

But when the change involves a new information technology, it's harder to make incremental updates. Jointly map the work flows before you implement the technology. We were able to quickly define what the finished product would look like before it was finished. There are certainly ways to make it easier. Solar Group, a €1.4

Technology 14

Technology Software CIO Information Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

And that means buying more new technology: IT organizations must adopt new platforms and processes and integrate services in new ways. Read More from DXC Technology: Is Your Company Adapting Fast Enough to Thrive in an Increasingly Digital World? Are IT organizations ready for the challenge?

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I think our principal observation was that what was happening was that disruptive innovations driven by largely information technology but lots of other technologies on the fringe here that are getting ready to exhibit the same kind of characteristics were entering the market in kind of this better and cheaper way.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Read more from DXC Technology: Embracing Digital Change Requires a Clear Strategic Focus. Digital transformation transcends technology. Digital transformation is often viewed through a narrow technology lens, as just another mobile project or e-commerce initiative. How to Become a Digital Enterprise. No industry is immune.

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

While consumers are free to pick and choose the technology they will buy, the information they will access, and the degree to which they will network and with whom, managers and employees within companies are more constrained by the processes, structures, functions, systems, and technology the company invests in and deploys over time.

Technology 8

Technology CIO Maturity Information 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

As a result, when companies are hacked, it can take days for information technology teams to isolate infected systems, remove malicious code, and restore business continuity. But they continue to operate and communicate with other systems until information technology teams shut them down and correct the malfunction.

System 9

System Decentralization Information Technology Banking 9

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In the corporate world, cloud computing has become a popular buzzword as companies shift more and more of their products and services onto the web. The revolution of cloud computing actually preserves the basic structure of how businesses have used information technology resources for the last few decades. Cloud Architecture.

Software 213

Software Directory Trends Resources 213

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2017

Does your organization view spending money on information systems security (cybersecurity) as an investment, a financial burden, or an unjustified cost of doing business? Is your security budget directed primarily to the Information Technology (IT) department? Technology Component to Cybersecurity Investing.

Wireless 186

Wireless Human Capital Technology Budgeting 186

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2016

Many of our current economic measurements saw their birth in the Industrial Age when the companies that were growing and shaping the world were giants with big physical plants and lots of material products — companies like Exxon Mobile and GE. But Information Technology doesn’t seem like the right category to group them into.

Industry 8

Industry Company Business Model Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

In just a few years digital technology has connected an ever-growing number of people, sensors, and devices. While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. for leaders and 3.2%

Company 8

Company Operations Human Capital Business Model 8

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Amazon was fined by French regulator CNIL (Commission Nationale Informatique & Libertés) which is a data protection agency that oversees information technology services within the region. The study highlighted how backward the work culture at the company appeared, despite their investment in refined technology.

Metrics 52

Metrics Report Technology System 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Digital technology is the biggest agitator of the business world today. Mobile technology, social media, cloud computing, embedded devices, big data, and analytics have radically changed the nature of work and competition. Technology has tremendous potential to be the engine of increasing human, organizational, and economic prosperity.

Management 12

Management Drucker Technology Information Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Instead, smart organizations are driving analytics to an even deeper level within business processes— to make real-time operational decisions , on a daily basis. These operational analytics are embedded, prescriptive, automated, and run at scale to directly drive business decisions.

Company 8

Company Hammer Operations Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. To learn more about SAS, its products and services, visit www.sas.com. In today’s world, analytics is a product/service that must be sold.

Magazine 51

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2011

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Kaplan 66

Kaplan Audience Chief Executive Officer Seminar 66

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

Would you look to your information technology organization for ways to improve customer service? Would you ask IT to come up with ideas for new financial products and services, or new ways to deliver them? If this is you, you're likely missing out on the product and process ingenuity of your IT people. Probably not.

Process 14

Process Innovation Agility Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Xerox's failure to conquer the personal computing market — this despite developing revolutionary technology — demonstrates the importance of aligning all segments of your organization in the pursuit of innovation. However, despite the fact that Apple brought it to the general public, the company didn't pioneer the technology.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Technology Commitment 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

I''m often struck by how many articles exclusively focus on new or emerging technology and their productivity or efficiency effects. Every discussion on the role of IT and CIOs should start with the question: "What are the potential uses of this technology that will guarantee we stay in business?" Generating Top-Line Growth.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

For the past several years we have watched with increasing dismay at the increasing chasm between information technology (IT) groups and their business counterparts. Further, the pace of technological change and the demands to do more with the data grow exponentially and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology Cost Center Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

When it comes to operational improvement, organizations today are light years ahead of where they were two decades ago, but there's no time to celebrate yesterday's wins. But organizations continue to use information technology to r edesign work across organizational and global boundaries.

Process 16

Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 16

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

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Library 70

Library Kaplan Newsletter Audience 70

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

To stay competitive, organizations need to continually find opportunities for innovation in key processes such as customer service and product development, and adoption of a new process almost always requires the implementation of new information technology. Unfortunately, this creates two problems.

Process 12

Process Innovation Hammer Resistance 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare. What do you think?

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In the 1990s, Procter & Gamble’s Product Supply Organization kicked off a major Reliability Engineering program, much like the efficiency initiatives of companies such as Toyota. More impressively, by linking all the machines together, they were able to predict — and subsequently improve — overall process reliability and product quality.

Discounted Cash Flow 8

Discounted Cash Flow P&L NPV EBITDA 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

What, another clarion call urging executives to fundamentally rethink their business models through digital technology? In the same survey, 42% of the executives said that digital was helping them to enhance their existing products and services and 29% said that digital was helping to launch new products and services.

Business Model 8

Business Model Insurance Technology Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. China’s economy has entered a critical phase.

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13