Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

A final adaptation should be done through technological innovation, which is how Big Food really got its start. One promising innovation is MATS technology, or microwave assisted thermal sterilization, created at Washington State University. This FDA-approved technology creates multiple benefits.

Industry 15

Industry Supply Chain Long-term Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

As organizations gain increasing insight into their own operating models and supply chains they are coming to appreciate the true cost of supposedly “low-value” suppliers. Joseph , a scrap-metal recycler, in order to secure supplies for its operations. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

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 10

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 10

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

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

There are some pitfalls too that require strategic resolutions: It’s all technology : The core that drives an online marketplace business is pure technology. From the marketplace software to web-hosting, content delivery networks, third party APIs, and compliance with the laws, everything is driven by technology.

Retail 120

Retail Supply Chain Software Marketing 120

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

But suddenly, the case for outsourcing isn't so clear. dollar, rising fuel costs and the risks inherent in longer supply chains have many companies rethinking their sourcing strategies. Outsourcing must be part of a larger global strategy. These and other factors like quality concerns, the weakening U.S.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. Smoother supply chains. Machine learning enables contextual analysis of logistics data to predict and mitigate supply chain risks. Measuring brand exposure.

Process 13

Process Company Supply Chain Software 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

One applications outsourcing team, for example, proposed a clever UX tweak to help optimize a global fulfillment process their company managed for its biggest client. Their RFP-responsive outsourcing expertise had perversely obscured essential insights into what creative fulfillment should mean for both customers and client.

Process 13

Process Competitive Advantage Outsourcing Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Yes, political hacktivists brag about Web pages defaced and customer information released over the Internet, but companies rarely reveal the attacks that result in the loss of valuable intellectual property — business plans, proprietary technologies or fraudulent payments. These attacks can be devastating.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Risk Management Hedge Banking 13

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 11

Supply Chain Outsourcing Call Center Organization 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

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. Human involvement was key to the entire customer service system working properly, but it was technology that decided what work should be automated and what required a human touch.

Delegation 8

Delegation Supply Chain Merchandising Banking 8

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. They frequently find the technologies are less of a hassle than the people. The Autonomous Outsourcer. Yes, that’s exactly what it meant.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2020

There are some pitfalls too that require strategic resolutions: It’s all technology : The core that drives an online marketplace business is pure technology. From the marketplace software to web-hosting, content delivery networks, third party APIs, and compliance with the laws, everything is driven by technology.

Supply Chain 75

Supply Chain Retail Software Marketing 75

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.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. Finally, many industries are responding to the pressures of the last few years by differentiating themselves.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Technologies that connect people to knowledge, services, and one another across the globe have acted as a centrifugal force, spinning functions and authority away from the center toward millions of previously silent and disempowered individuals. Then they moved from chains of contracted suppliers to networks of peer producers.

Storytelling 16

Storytelling Disaggregation Supply Chain Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

On the one hand, protectionism, populism, and wide-spread distrust of business’s role in politics is threatening international corporations (think Carrier, Boeing, and tariffs/taxes for off-shoring and outsourcing). Similarly, whether the Brexit vote last June will help or hurt businesses in the UK and EU is still uncertain.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

And, through linkages including supply chains (in 2009 multinationals purchased about $7 trillion in intermediate inputs from companies in America), multinationals enhance the performance of companies throughout the U.S. The average compensation that year of their 27.3 manufacturing employment by 52.5%, or 3.3 million workers, at U.S.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

The emergence of the collaborative economy is closely tied to the growth of the maker movement, in which individuals can become producers and sellers thanks to technologies that support small-scale production (like 3D printing) as well as those that facilitate peer-to-peer distribution (like online marketplaces).

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Transportation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

In 2004, Bharti Airtel , the Indian telecomm company, had outsourced its vast network and IT operations—a move that Ranjay Gulati saw as indicating “ more progressive and forward-looking ” thinking than was evident in many Western corporations. Through its outsourcing agreements, Airtel had shrunk to its core. An HBR Insight Center.

Technology 8

Technology Marketing Outsourcing Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

As globalization has created longer and increasingly complex food supply chains, there has been a concomitant surge in demand for locally-sourced food. But after the chain was linked to outbreaks of E. But after the chain was linked to outbreaks of E. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Globalization Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

It had long outsourced most of its manufacturing to a limited number of Asian countries, with many factories in each. But with sales volume expected to double in 10 years, it was considering whether to outsource to additional countries to spread its risks more evenly. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies.

Uncertainty 10

Uncertainty Supply Chain Outsourcing Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Almost anything can be outsourced to specialists and reconnected. While companies have outsourced low-value work such as payroll processing and call centers for decades, today they farm out critical activities. Many retailers' supply chains stretch overseas and involve many steps and players.

Organization 8

Organization Supply Chain Team Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

On paper, the project seemed like it would be a hit: The investment by the mining company would bring jobs and 21st-century technology to an economically poor area and tax revenues to the government. All of these approaches must extend across the firm and be practiced by contractors down the supply chain.

Company 9

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context.

Innovation 13

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

If your company uses digital networks to manage supply chains, customer relationships, internal communications, financials and/or sensitive information that might interest Chinese or Iranian cyberwarriors, then a risk assessment re-think is paramount. If you're outsourcing Web 2.0

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contingency Plans Banking Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

employees can be 25 percent or greater of total workforce; its supply chain of third parties is vital. In the State of the Union , President Obama declaimed: "No, we will not go back to an economy weakened by outsourcing." A company's foreign sales can approach or exceed 50 percent; its non-U.S. Use of Revenues and Margins.

Offshoring 14

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 14