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36 results for: operational improvement
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Tech’s new reality: only 38% of tech companies are driving net cash with positive cash flow from operations – lessons learned from leaders
By Kanishk Raghuvanshi Giuseppe Gasparro Francesco Barosi
After the last two years of strong growth and profitability, tech companies are facing a new reality – only 38% of tech companies...
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Companies are falling short on consumers’ home delivery expectations
By Chris Considine Bryan Eshelman Marc Iampieri +2 more...
The e-commerce surge forced by the pandemic has been a tricky turn of events to tackle for businesses. On one hand, it allowed companies...
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Fashion in Focus Survey Report 2022 – Sourcing Journal
By Murali Gokki Jon Langman Naomi Buie +2 more...
After a few turbulent years, the apparel industry is settling into a new normal that looks nothing like it did before. Rather than...
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Addition by Deselection: Delivering Results Amid Talent Wars
By Stephen Smith Bhavik Mistry
Companies are under increasing pressure to introduce a range of strategic initiatives. However, today’s fierce talent war is creating a...
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It's all going a bit 'wonky' for the Consumer Products industry – but there is a way forward
By Kate Boddington
In the Consumer Products (CP) sector, businesses are dealing with a perfect storm: rocketing inflation, rising energy costs and continued...
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Wanted: a supply chain strategy for an era of disruption
By Brian Nemeth Derek Knueve Kyle Lynch
In simpler times, supply chains were designed to optimize for two variables: cost and service performance. And for a long time that...
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Carbon Neutrality: What is it and why is it an important goal?
By Les Viszlai
A company's impact on global warming is one facet of sustainable investing that has quickly become a key differentiator for investors—one...
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Knowing the difference between being lucky and being good
By William Oellermann
Sustaining product growth requires an objective view of why you are successful. There is a narrative you have likely seen in the market,...
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Revisiting Mexico, again
By Parmeswaran Bhaskaran Dan Hearsch Foster Finley +2 more...
As supply chain disruption persists, the case for nearshoring grows Recently, AlixPartners published a comprehensive report on the trend...
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Being ‘user-centric’ is not enough
By Ross Engelhardt
Product executives have a lot to focus on – business outcomes, user satisfaction, partnering with engineering, and influencing...
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What happens when no one opens the door? How seemingly small actions can hint at larger problems.
By Michael Cardinale
My friend’s son is working as a summer intern at a multi-billion-dollar company that sells software and services. This company, like many...
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The basics are the game changers in manufacturing
By Sreedhar Vangavolu
“I prefer to attend this meeting when I am half asleep….then go eat my breakfast to get ready for the shift”  – overheard by a production...
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Feeling the squeeze, Part 3: Warehouse storage
By Joe Cubellis Mark Scales Kevin Trembach
Disruption has gone from buzzword to everyday reality for wholesale distributors in recent years. From manufacturer shortages to port...
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COE or SSC? The difference and why it matters
By Ashish Malhotra
A common point of confusion for companies undergoing an organizational transformation is establishing Centers of Excellence (COE) and...
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The business case for building a Virtual Power Plant - and 5 IT watchouts if you do…
By Les Viszlai
I wrote in my previous article about the Energy Cloud and the benefits offered by Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and Virtual Power...
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Automation Part 2: One size doesn't fit all
By Derek Knueve Chandan Singh
We recently argued that automation’s move from the experimental phase to necessity phase has accelerated amid the pandemic, supply chain...
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