Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

It's typically based on a review of internal and external facts and assumptions about the organization and the marketplace in which it operates. Operations (facilities, capacity, distribution channels, supply chain, costs, use of technology). Cultural (values, ethics). Opportunities and Threats.

SWOT 118

SWOT Debt to Equity Ratio Analysis Supply Chain 118

Six Disciplines

JULY 25, 2014

It''s typically based on a review of internal and external facts and assumptions about the organization and the marketplace in which it operates. Operations (facilities, capacity, distribution channels, supply chain, costs, use of technology). Cultural (values, ethics). Opportunities and Threats.

SWOT 99

SWOT Debt to Equity Ratio Analysis Supply Chain 99

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2024

Support Local Charities and Nonprofits Charities and nonprofits operate with donations from other companies. List down the local charities and nonprofits, and mark the ones that share the same values and business ethics as you. Every organization has a supply chain that affects multiple stakeholders.

Supply Chain 83

Supply Chain Ethics NGO Education 83

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 18, 2024

Generative AI will change the nature of how things are produced, just as what occurred with factory assembly lines in the 1910s or globalised supply chains at the turn of the millennium,” the researchers explain. It also suggests tax credits for all businesses that incorporate generative AI into their operations.

Supply Chain 117

Supply Chain Software Incentives Report 117

HR Digest

MAY 4, 2023

They were operating dangerous equipment such as deep fryers and grills without adequate training or supervision. It is essential to ensure that companies like McDonald’s take responsibility for their actions and ensure that their supply chains are free from exploitation and abuse.

Cost 98

Cost Supply Chain Education Globalization 98

Talent Anarchy 1

AUGUST 25, 2023

Supply Chain and Operations The efficient movement of products from manufacturers to consumers is crucial in the consumer non-durables industry. Careers in supply chain and operations are centered around logistics, inventory management, and ensuring products reach their destinations on time.

Career 60

Career Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals Industry 60

Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2018

If you’re mostly operating online, then you might want to check that you’re not guilty of committing one of the cardinal website sins. To check that your business practices – and supply chain – would get the approval of public opinion, considering conducting an ethical audit. Your Website is a Mess.

Supply Chain 64

Supply Chain Ethics Bottom-up Politics 64

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 15, 2020

Four years ago, in 2016, I published an article in Harvard Business Review outlining the ethical issues we need to address, ranging from long standing thought experiments like the trolley problem to issues surrounding accountability for automated decisions. Unlike the Terminator scenario, these issues are clear and present.

GDP 60

GDP Crisis Supply Chain Budgeting 60

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Supply chain management should be implemented. Growth, defined as increasing revenues each year (rather than improving the quality of company operations). Walking the Talk: ethics, values, quality, vision. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Quality management should be implemented.

Strategic Planning 63

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 63

HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

A few ways we do this at Intel is through: RISE: In May 2020, we outlined our 2030 RISE strategy and corporate responsibility goals for the next decade to accelerate the integration of responsible, inclusive, and sustainable practices and innovative approaches in our operations and supply chain, across the technology industry, and beyond.

Diversity 52

Diversity Supply Chain Globalization Mentor 52

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

See how even the most successful business operates with only 20% of its staff turning up for work, or only 20% of its IT systems functioning that day, and you’ll see just how quickly even the most titanic corporations can lose value quickly. There are many pillars upon which a competent business rests.

Bond 10

Bond Advice Ethics Construction 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Part of this story relates to the provenance, or origins, of its products: Chains that provide more upmarket “fast casual” dining such as Panera, Chipotle, and Shake Shack have brands that speak of freshness, health, and trustworthy sourcing. McDonald’s woes offers three lessons for others about supply-chain transparency.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Reputation Brand Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

Companies are cutting supply chain complexity and accelerating responsiveness using the tools of artificial intelligence. Through AI, machine learning, robotics, and advanced analytics, firms are augmenting knowledge-intensive areas such as supply chain planning, customer order management, and inventory tracking.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology System Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’ve been a consultant for almost 20 years, advising companies on complex challenges in ethics, risk, and responsibility. Happily fading from memory is the cliché that ethics and compliance teams effectively constitute a “business prevention department.”

Ethics 15

Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Workers specialize in simple, highly routinized operations. They are incentivized to complete operations as quickly as possible. Operations in a Connected World. The initiative sought to improve manufacturing operations — to deliver high-quality products in relatively small batches and on shorter production deadlines.

Lean Manufacturing 13

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

On the other hand, most businesses are operating with traditional models of salesperson recruitment and training. Instead, we see more people from technical or operations backgrounds such as project management, R&D, or supply chain moving into sales. 15 billion is spent per year on sales training.

Skills 18

Skills Supply Chain CRM Training 18

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

How has Coca-Cola integrated these CSR principles into your operations? Coca-Cola operates in more than 200 countries and the needs of each market depend on a variety of factors. Thus, we operate a value creation model that is globally driven but locally focused. We also have ethical drivers for our sustainability work.

CEO 14

CEO Supply Chain Operations Brand 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

From 2007-2011, forced turnovers due to ethical lapses were 3.9% On a regional basis, the share of all successions attributable to ethical lapses rose most sharply in the U.S. We see five reasons for the rise of ethics-based dismissals. More extended global supply chains also increase these counterparty risks.

Ethics 8

Ethics CEO Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2024

How leaders made business-altering decisions while navigating pressures from social media, employees, customers, politicians, and the stock market.

Company 21

Company Media Marketing Supply Chain 21

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

It's a way of operating that creates the most value when it's embedded throughout the organization. And as with quality, this isn't just about ethical or aspirational hopes — acting with sustainable values, for example, as covered well by many, including Dov Seidman in his book How.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Business Model Quality Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

make your own operations more efficient. create the opportunity to invent new operations. defend against “attack from beneath” and maintain your reputation for ethical operations. Joseph , a scrap-metal recycler, in order to secure supplies for its operations. The Future of Operations.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

After all, no matter how green a company's operations and supply chains are, political efforts aimed at weakening environmental laws and regulations can have far greater environmental impact. Unfortunately, we know little about corporate political activities since much of it occurs behind closed doors. But perhaps not.

CPA 9

CPA Supply Chain Politics Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Our stakeholder-based strategy rests on the following key pillars: People: The human factor plays a central role in our operations, and thus our business growth must be tied to the growth of our people. Suppliers play far more than a supplementary role in our supply chain.

Industry 13

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Business needs to play a more powerful role in supporting responsible practices throughout every aspect of their operations. Companies usually manage bribery and corruption risk through a mix of internal processes, certification requirements, and basic good practices throughout their operations — including with suppliers and vendors.

Company 8

Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The company’s more than 80 operating subsidiaries have complete independence and minimal oversight from headquarters, which requires little else besides regular financial statements and the return of excess cash that is not needed to sustain and grow the business. A long-term investment horizon improves operating performance.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Supply Chain Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. They can invest in for-benefit enterprises.

CEO 15

CEO Incubator Entrepreneur Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. CEO acumen on business-in-society issues is thus imperative in addressing fundamental corporate issues, from business strategy to compliance to ethical standards to risk management.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Those losses stemmed not from poor product, marketing, or supply chain decisions but from regulatory violations, loss of business and fines resulting from bribery and fraud, and concomitant reputational damage. Local subsidiaries have to operate in ways acceptable to the parent company. One executive at a U.S.-based

Marketing 8

Marketing Company Compliance Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Companies are both operators and investors. Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. These robo-advisors may be used to automate certain aspects of risk management and provide decisions that are ethical and compliant with regulation.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

While cars have been getting smarter and smarter, the removal of human operators is what will dramatically change the law. For centuries, the principal assumption behind our transportation supply chain, one baked deeply into the legal system, is that cars are dangerous — or, to be more specific, that drivers are.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

His candid admission offers a rare glimpse into the inner world of a visionary leader, one grappling with the ethical and social implications of his work. Imagine practicing complex procedures in a simulated operating room or mastering new sales techniques in a virtual customer interaction.

CEO 52

CEO Altman McCarthy Supply Chain 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

This is still unfamiliar territory for executives who lack a proper understanding of how activists operate and what makes boycotts successful. Reputational damage to Apple could be used as leverage to change working conditions in its supply chain. First, activists are highly strategic. Sometimes the issue is one-sided (e.g.

Company 16

Company Supply Chain Politics Media 16

Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2023

Businesses primed to leverage these technologies to streamline everything from supply chains to sales and marketing will be riding the wave’s crest. Embedding these transformative technologies into operations will be easier than ever. And the good news?

Supply Chain 96

Supply Chain Loyalty Content Efficiency 96

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

There were no checks and balances for members of the supply train. This archaic mindset flies in the face of progressive supply chain management, which successful companies now embrace. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Communications.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

HR Digest

JUNE 1, 2023

With a vision to modernize the brand while retaining its core values, Martin Coppola has been instrumental in bringing about significant changes to the company’s operations, processes, and culture. This required a complete overhaul of the flow of goods, supply mechanisms, and store floorplans.

Retail 52

Retail Supply Chain Agility Ethics 52

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2025

Understanding the Chief Data Role The modern data executive embodies a shift in mindset: information is recognized as a strategic driver, not just a byproduct of business operations. This unification can spur meaningful changesimproved product development cycles, efficiency gains, and greater operational resilience.

Competitive Advantage 195

Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Compliance Agility 195