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Why You and Your Clients Will Benefit from the Kanban Approach

Comatch

Work management methods ensure a workplace runs as efficiently as possible. Anderson at Microsoft in 2004. Whether their desired result is a more engaged workforce , a better-performing management team, or increased profits, having a robust work management method can help you achieve it. . What is Kanban?

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Oil Patch Problems: Rigs Down 60%, Production Down 3%, $40-$50 Price Doesn't Work

MishTalk

Crude has not hand a monthly close below $40 since mid-2004. But the recent drop toward $40 a barrel and below puts even the most efficient operators in a bind. So even as rig counts collapsed, production is barely off the highs, at a price that isn't even profitable. Oil Flirts with $40 Again Prices are once again flirting with $40.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. Significant cost reductions can result from improving operational efficiency through better management of natural resources like water and energy, as well as minimizing waste. Attracting and Engaging Employees.

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Great Corporate Strategies Thrive on the Right Amount of Tension

Harvard Business

An example of strategic burnout can be found at Lego around 2004. Too much stress to your strategy can be detrimental; but a sufficient amount of strategic stress ensures that your organization moves forward efficiently, and keeps you alert and responsive to emerging developments. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution.

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Robo-Journalism Will Produce 1 Billion Web Stories in 2015 (This Isn't One of Them); McJournalism Coming Up

MishTalk

Actually, I do know what it is like to be without a job for an extended period because I was jobless for several years between 2001 and 2004. Wildly efficient robot journalists may offer hope to an industry beset by falling advertising rates and disappearing readers. I started this blog hoping someone would hire me as writer.

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Getting Doctors to Make Better Decisions Will Take More than Money and Nudges

Harvard Business

So healthcare leaders have long wondered: what’s the best way to change clinicians’ behavior and improve their quality and efficiency of care? Despite the proliferation of evidence-based guidelines to improve clinicians’ practice patterns, clinicians often don’t respond to them.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

When Joseph Sirosh joined Amazon.com in 2004, he began seeing the value of AI to reduce fraud, bad debt, and the number of customers who didn’t get their goods and suppliers who didn’t get their money.

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