Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Random Feature Roadmap for One Program. Several people on social media have denigrated the terms “project manager” and “program manager.” Risk Assessment and “Management” Project and program managers assess risks on behalf of and with the team. No one sees the big picture.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 6, 2021

For a century, the office was simply a small room next to the factory or the store. For the last fifty years, though, more and more office workers never actually see the factory floor. For the last fifty years, though, more and more office workers never actually see the factory floor. The office is a fairly modern phenomenon.

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Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But if you want to thrive in the post-COVID world, you’ve got to start working on operational improvements now. Sample development The dress maker designs dresses in the US and uses contract factories in Asia for manufacturing. Both companies are already seeing benefits in the form of lower costs and shorter lead times.

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Markovitz Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

I’m leading a one-day discussion for a group of companies in Denmark later this month, and in preparation I surveyed them about the state of their lean efforts. In an office, waste doesn’t pile up like physical inventory and WIP; it hides in files on the server, in email inboxes, in extra clicks of the mouse that are really hard to see.

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Markovitz Consulting

APRIL 16, 2019

Not everyone works in an organization singularly focused on eradicating river blindness or rescuing otters. Not everyone works in an organization singularly focused on eradicating river blindness or rescuing otters. He places the burden for increasing engagement on the individual manager. So this makes sense.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The first one seeks to implement a principle for taxation of corporate revenues based on location of sale rather than place of manufacturing. The first one seeks to implement a principle for taxation of corporate revenues based on location of sale rather than place of manufacturing.

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 16, 2023

If everyone visits a factory and takes a sample, it goes out of business. That’s such a simple concept, and yet it’s overlooked in one media sector after another. That’s such a simple concept, and yet it’s overlooked in one media sector after another. And then make it easy for them to do so.

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Software Efficiency Media Tools 41

Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2019

Taiichi Ohno, one of the fathers of the Toyota production system, described three manufacturing evils that companies should avoid: mura (unevenness), muri (overburden), and muda (waste). Peters and Waterman believe that if frontline workers are expecting management’s visit, they won’t see what’s really happening on a regular basis.

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Operations Retail Resources Productivity 160

Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Of course, no idea is unique, and the posted idea sort of rhymed with one that the professor had been working on for a while as well. I’ve managed to coin dozens of fairly original phrases over the years, and some are based on new concepts I brought forward. A colleague got an angry note. ” The transgression?

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Seth Godin Blog

JUNE 11, 2018

Car factories are a bit of a miracle. People love their cars, and regularly buy new ones long before they need to. On the other hand, car dealerships are a disaster. No one likes them. Car factories are measured and managed. Most of don’t work in a factory. Gain enrollment. Model behaviors.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 7, 2023

Market Research One of the most significant applications of AI in consulting is in the area of market research. This is the fifth of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry.

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Examples Consulting Management Tools 88

Tom Spencer

APRIL 21, 2023

With the advent of AI, we now have access to powerful tools that automate the process of data collection and analysis, freeing up more of our time to focus on this important work of interpreting results and delivering actionable recommendations.

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Consulting Data Healthcare Ethics 88

Tom Spencer

MAY 26, 2023

Many countries have publicly denounced the US dollar and have committed to becoming less dependent on its influence. Despite the obvious challenges, the BRICS nations continue to build financial infrastructure that could one day support a new global monetary system. Some commentators doubt that a BRICS currency can be successful.

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System Banking Financial Productivity 88

Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

No one actually needs a car that can accelerate one second faster than most other cars. But having one confers status in some circles. Perhaps a master of the universe can point out that he can be at the meeting tomorrow simply by hopping on his private jet. Is it still a luxury good?

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Markovitz Consulting

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Workers sent a request to the facilities department when the light died, but for some reason nothing was done, and no one bothers to complain anymore. Fifteen percent of the stations are missing the adjustable stools workers sit on when they’re doing repairs. Shame on me for not seeing this problem earlier.

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Turnaround Culture Organizational Development Tools 124

Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 25, 2017

Our story begins in 2013, when a major global pharmaceutical firm launched a technology transfer project from one of its US factories to a new factory being constructed in Europe.

Methodologies 43

Methodologies Pharmaceuticals Training Training 43

Tom Spencer

APRIL 28, 2014

Companies sent their own trucks to the factory to pick up supplies, and the local department store could do “home deliveries” if you were happy to wait a week or so. Note: Deloitte and BCG appear to have their fingers on the pulse. Life was simple, but also slower paced. What about your firm?].

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Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Lean advocates—and I consider myself one—might do better if they stop talking about lean. Lean experts will seize on this change as emblematic of a lean mindset—and although it certainly is, let’s not forget that in 1954, in The Practice of Management , Peter Drucker wrote, “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.”

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Operations Journal Metrics Finance 100

BCG

DECEMBER 5, 2016

New technologies are profoundly changing industrial production, giving rise to “the factory of the future.” What will the factory of the future be like with respect to its structure, technologies, and processes? Many manufacturers have started to selectively implement elements of our vision for the factory of the future.

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Boston Consulting Group Automotive Engineering Survey 40

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Both fields rely on translating real world events into data points which are then used to answer questions and generate insights. To help me understand these new numbers I use analogies based on my initial training to help me understand a new industry. They have an operating budget based on the amount of their grant.

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 12, 2021

As we moved to factories, it shifted. The mindset seems to be that if your time is what got purchased, the boss wants to be sure you’re spending all of that time at work on work, not, who knows, tending for an ill family member or something. The very nature of the factory and employment is completely up in the air.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 17, 2020

Fact: None of the politicians have any idea what’s really going on or what to do. It’s a fact of life these days that a majority of businesses can’t find enough good workers with the emphasis on the word good (as in skilled, competent, will show up for work every day, etc.). Help wanted is very common. Signs abound seeking workers.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

There are countless factories vying to sell generic products to the companies that own the customer relationship. There are countless factories vying to sell generic products to the companies that own the customer relationship. Without the factory, there’s nothing to sell. And Amazon doesn’t make light bulbs.

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Half of it by distance is on dirt roads where your car can drive 10 miles an hour. And half of it is on a good road where you can drive 50 miles an hour. Which is a better choice: Trading your car in for one that can drive 22 miles an hour on the dirt road but no better on the highway?

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

General Motor’s announcement that it plans to idle five North American factories and cut 14,000 jobs has sparked much discussion in the media and outrage in Washington. All those factors have been taking a heavy toll on the plants in question. government. government. GM has good immediate reasons for its decisions.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

One of the most vivid memories I have from my early consulting career was the time a Chief Operations Officer (COO) nearly torpedoed my first engagement. It was a corporate reorganisation that involved taking 8 major divisions and around a dozen support units and rebuilding them into a simpler organisational structure. Vested Managers.

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Case Interview Interviews Consulting Operations 68

ConsultX

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This article will break down the facts on what you could earn across a wide range of situations, and how this income is generated. Take me straight to the information on becoming a high-earning Self Employed Consultant. Some firms offer a bonus structure, typically based on the number of hours charged.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 11, 2020

The factory owner seeks productivity, which equals more, which means pushing people to go faster. The factory owner seeks productivity, which equals more, which means pushing people to go faster. Can they really be trusted in a factory environment, they ask. Sort of the way it works on dogs, but backwards.

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Fashion System Training Training 45

Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

The Council on Foreign Relations shares global research on how productivity increases in remote work settings. Wouldn’t you agree there is an urgent need for improvement in working relationships with employees working from home, the factory, or the office? The COVID-19 pandemic initiated this trend. hours a week.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 29, 2019

Being an engineering major, and not business, I was wondering if an interviewer takes a candidate’s background into consideration when deciding on a case? Being an engineering major, and not business, I was wondering if an interviewer takes a candidate’s background into consideration when deciding on a case? Additional Resources.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

I was on vacation last week, thinking about value. Depending on my role, I might think of value as: Delivery of a feature or story, assuming it’s the right level of quality and when I want it. One PO had what he thought was a high value-low cost story. One PO had what he thought was a high value-low cost story.

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Harvard Business

MAY 26, 2016

While no one advocates for labor abuses, poor working conditions are often seen as an inevitable consequence of global trade. Traditional mass manufacturing is based on principles of “Scientific Management” that date back to the 19th century. Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

This figure should surprise no one with an interest in big data. While the numbers are not really comparable, and there is considerable variation around each, one can only conclude that right now, improving data quality represents the far larger data opportunity. I call the added steps the “ hidden data factory.”

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 13, 2018

If you don’t achieve one of your MBOs, your manager can blame you for your “failure.” Based on the objectives, we create the key results collaboratively. One person can’t be accountable in the sense of blame if things go south. Resource efficiency works for factories, especially for machine-based work.

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Efficiency Resources Management Leadership 42

MishTalk

DECEMBER 28, 2014

China has zombie malls and even zombie cities, so zombie factories can hardly be a surprise. The Financial Times reports China Zombie Factories Kept Open to Give Illusion of Prosperity. And as the malinvestments pile up, so do unrealized shadow bank losses. per cent. So far, all we see is the slowdown in growth.

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Banking Government Financial Enterprise 76

MishTalk

JANUARY 6, 2016

Factory orders rose last month for a change, but nearly all of it was due to transportation, especially aircraft orders that have a very long lead time. Flat is a good description of the nation's factory sector as factory orders slipped 0.2 Flat is a good description of the nation's factory sector as factory orders slipped 0.2

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Transportation Report Energy Data 28

Seth Godin Blog

JULY 14, 2021

By measuring the output of each person on the line, he was able to dramatically increase how much a company like Ford could produce for every hour of labor it used. By measuring the output of each person on the line, he was able to dramatically increase how much a company like Ford could produce for every hour of labor it used.

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