Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2017

Companies deploying IoT successfully in industrial sectors such as manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and transportation are seeking multiple agile partners with open IP architectures to co-create solutions. IoT solutions tend to span information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and core business functions. The reason?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2017

See More Videos > See More Videos > In order to understand how firms have systematically enhanced trust in applied AI, my colleagues Monika Hengstler and Selina Duelli and I conducted nine case studies in the transportation and medical device industries.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 12, 2015

Tom: North Highland offers a range of solutions including Data and Analytics, Managed Services, Operating Efficiency Ratio, People and Change, Professionalising IT, Social Insights Lab and Strategy and Advisory. Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at North Highland?

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Travel Telecommunications Industry Consulting 60

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2018

But investing in an internal communications strategy that leverages mobile app technology can play an integral role in reaching employees, connecting strategy with operations and helping companies thrive, according to new research by Staffbase. Enabling Middle Management Communication Improves Work.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Higher wages are also necessary for many companies that are stuck in a vicious cycle of bad jobs, bad operations, bad customer service, low productivity, and high costs. But higher wages alone are not enough to break this vicious cycle. We see roadblocks like this all the time and, if you do any store shopping, so do you.

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Retail Operations System Transportation 29

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

After building a successful model in financial services, Oliver Wyman expanded to offer pure strategy consulting services to non-financial services groups and now has 2 internal divisions that operate relatively independently. Surface Transportation. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Mercer buys Oliver Wyman.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

Companies that offer good jobs today — with decent wages, predictable schedules, and opportunities for success and growth — do so by combining investment in people with operational choices that increase their employees’ productivity and contributions. We call this approach the Good Jobs Strategy.

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Retail System Training Training 28

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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MishTalk

MARCH 14, 2015

Tucson''s $196 million Sun Link Streetcar Project, recently named the Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association, will operate on a 3.9-mile which announced last month that it had selected a vendor to operate and maintain its planned two-mile downtown streetcar line. will open its $135 million, 2.4-mile

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Transportation Operations Wireless Construction 28

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

One example is when the New York School’s system hired them to boost the efficiency of their school bus network, which they did, saving the city $12M. Transportation and Infrastructure. It’s not just big corporations who have turned to Alvarez & Marsal for help either. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The event attended will explore the role of tech leaders in fostering positive transformations, addressing ways to bolster operations, tackle difficulties, and achieve concrete business outcomes. In particular, the discussions will focus on the need to adapt latest technological solutions to achieve operational effectiveness.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2016

Digital transformation halts, or fails, for many reasons—but most often it’s because minor changes at the surface level do nothing to affect the fundamental operations of a company. In consulting, leaders invest in hiring and training people and then carefully track how they use their time.

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Industry Metrics Transportation Strategy 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As of 2016, for example, the fastest growing occupations in the auto sector were computer network support specialists and software developers while two of the fastest shrinking were drilling and boring machine operators and sheet metal workers. Similar patterns of cutting and hiring are visible in last week’s announcement.

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Industry Engineering Automotive Software 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Sales could be developing a behaviorally informed strategy, while operations looks for ways to cut costs. With the right support and training, these internal project managers will be your future behavioral analysts. An obvious place is within an existing operational excellence or performance department.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

How could a well-trained crew flying a modern airliner so abruptly lose control of their aircraft during a routine flight? For most pilots, automation usually ensures that operations stay well within safe, predictable limits. The tragic crash of Air France 447 (AF447) in 2009 sent shock waves around the world.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

If businesses leverage it from the back office forward, focusing mainly on increasing efficiency and optimizing internal processes, then our use of technology will result in the displacement of labor. Leverage technology from front to back. The effects of technology on humans depends on how we choose to develop and use it.

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Education Enterprise Productivity Examples 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2018

For example, users riding in different modes of transportation — buses, trains, boats, and bicycles — can report their experiences in different cities. For example, feedback from a single customer about wait times may not be sufficient to generalize the operational efficiency of the staff.

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