Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2024

Notwithstanding these challenges, the advantages—which include lower freight expenses, more frequent shipment, and the capacity to carry smaller quantities without holding up shipping for a full trailer—make it a top choice for companies trying to streamline their supply chain.

Efficiency 104

Efficiency Supply Chain Cost Transportation 104

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

But amidst a seemingly scripted set of responses on Walmart's supply chain and operational greening efforts, the discussion took an interesting turn. We worship internal rates of return (IRR) to our detriment. Hurdle rates are important to provide some means of comparison between projects competing for capital.

ROI 13

ROI IRR Power Payback Period 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The tight focus on generating returns drove many gains. It hurried along the formation of global supply chains with ever greater efficiency and economies of scale. Shredded vertical supply chains. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher gave the idea political cover. First books and music, then almost anything.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet. Supply chains today extend around the world, and are vulnerable to natural disasters and civil conflict.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

A recent NBER working paper documents that from 1985 to 2014 this trading strategy would have yielded a large annualized average rate of return of 9.2%. Consider an investment strategy where you short stocks in the food sector during times of drought and purchase food stocks during times of heavy rain.

Company 9

Company Porter Forrester Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

If these events occur, they would severely disrupt multinationals’ market strategies, supply chains, and exchange-rate assumptions. real GDP growth rate for the region, but there is more business risk than many expect. Asia-Pacific: China Sea Flashpoints Could Obstruct the Global Supply Chain.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9