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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

Such flexibility not only allows for real-time optimization but also leads to more efficient resource management. TOC has fully developed methodologies for determining the right location of buffers in projects as well as in manufacturing. 3] Utilising buffer management to manage patient flow , by Roy Stratton & Alex Night (2009).

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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business

Our research has found that embedded sustainability drives financial performance through mediating factors such as innovation, operational efficiency, risk reduction, employee recruitment, engagement and retention, customer and supplier loyalty, competitive advantage, reduced cost of capital, and improved marketing and sales.

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Substitute Doctors Are Becoming More Common. What Do We Know About Their Quality of Care?

Harvard Business

pneumonia, heart failure, shortness of breath) between 2009 and 2014. However, our analysis did find that patients treated by locum tenens physicians have slightly higher costs of care and longer lengths of stay, which raises the possibility that they deliver modestly less efficient care. Our study was recently published in JAMA.

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