Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Small businesses that fail to do this can get hammered by unforeseen costs, go into steep debt, and potentially close completely. Cash flow from operations for XYZ Company. Net cash from operations. Cash flow from financing. Any movements in red represent cash going out in our example below. Net income. Additions to cash.

Management 103

Management Banking Credit Scoring Discount 103

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. The modern corporation that has evolved as a result consists of many specialized functional departments, such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and finance. Getting a 50,000-foot picture of our operations illustrates outdated, cumbersome, inefficient processes.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 17, 2019

You should consider ways to reduce operational expenses. Also, you can consider the shift from in-house to cloud operations to cut overheads. You may have to send lots of emails and hammer the phones. The first step in cutting costs should begin with a complete audit of the existing expenses.

Cost 57

Cost Strategy Hammer Fixed Costs 57

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Government is like a sledge hammer. It all started with the "I Want You to Want Me" song that I first heard blaring at a gas station in South Carolina while on vacation. It is only good at one thing, and the use of a sledgehammer is obvious. What a surprise, with former Monsanto executive Vilsek as the Secretary of Agriculture.

Politics 77

Politics Blog Travel Letter 77

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers. can often have a superior attitude and be zealots with a hammer, so that everything looks like a nail. Finally, the improvement experts (and I am one!)

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2018

It happens all the time: A group of managers get together at a resort for two days to hammer out a “strategic plan.” A major cause of this is that managers within these teams approach the task from their own functional-management view, e.g. finance, HR, marketing, operations. Busá Photography/Getty Images.

Strategic Planning 15

Strategic Planning Planning Objective Seminar 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

Survey 15

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 15