Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Online shopping has completely changed the face of retail and customers are increasingly buying products online and having them shipped directly to them. As well as speed, you also need to consider the cost of your shipping operation. That’s why you need to make an effort to improve the efficiency of your shipping operation.

Efficiency 57

Efficiency Operations Outsourcing Decentralization 57

Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2019

The fulfillment process is well-trodden territory for brick-and-mortar retailers: packages come directly to the stores at predictable intervals. However, for e-commerce businesses, shipping parcels to different locations safely and punctually requires complex planning. Operation Costs Have to Be Reduced.

Transportation 50

Transportation Parcell Supply Chain Management 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Across the retail landscape, a war is going on, and the battles are being fought on multiple fronts: business models, channels, brands, customers, technologies, and more. This is having a knock-on effect on traditional retail brands that are struggling to compete in the new world order. By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado.

Retail 8

Retail Technology Content Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Here, for example, are the company’s net income and cash flow over the past decade: The difference between the top and bottom lines here is mostly about investments in buildings, machines, and other things, which are written down over time in the income statement but ignored in calculating operating cash flow. Finance Internet Retail'

Retail 20

Retail Finance Parcell Depreciation 20

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Sometimes that requires creating a separate operating structure. For example, at Lowe’s, the $53 billion retailer, Lowe’s Innovation Labs has a team that collaborates with outside startup companies to build prototypes. Invest real money.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

A cascading series of deadlines, operating systems, and reporting rules have to be arranged, tested, and communicated. But some of the businesses that would have been impacted by the employer mandate — in sectors like retail and food service — didn''t appear to be ready to comply with the law.

Health Care 8

Health Care Parcell Politics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

MedStar operated nine hospitals, but realized that its long-held objective of increasing revenue and profits at those venues was unsustainable, given the outcries over runaway medical costs. These new ventures would operate separately from the core hospital assets and would compete in new ways in the health care marketplace.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8