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. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Oliver Wyman became own firm again. Mercer buys Oliver Wyman.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Management Consulted

MAY 22, 2016

Founded in 2003 by two former Deloitte partners, Archstone Consulting specializes in helping companies eliminate operational inefficiencies, cut costs and invest resulting savings back in to the growth of the firm. The practice areas at Archstone Consulting reflect the operational nature of consulting projects at the firm: Business Strategy.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2018

If the Affordable Care Act unravels in the near term, the number of insured could creep back up to 50 million, the level in 2009. a cataract operation can cost $200 or less, compared with $3,500 in the U.S. Yet nearly 30 million Americans, or 10% of the population, are uninsured.

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Nonprofit Insurance Insurance Operations 28

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2016

They operate platforms that make it easy and efficient for participants to connect and exchange value. Westfield Malls operates shopping malls that help retailers and shoppers to get together. Unlike traditional businesses, they don’t buy inputs, make stuff, and sell it. And it’s not just these humongous companies.

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Operations B2B Groups Software 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. These overlooked roles are: Essential experts.

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Talent McKinsey Apparel Sales 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

When Google first began testing its almost comical-looking prototype vehicles on California roads in 2009, lawmakers didn’t even have a vocabulary to talk about the new technology, let alone any understanding of whether driving rules and accident liability laws dating back 100 years or more would need to be adapted or completely rewritten.

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Transportation Software System Efficiency 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% Despite these strictures, the Brazilian operations of McDonald’s and Carrefour reaped similar types of benefits as the slaughterhouses — $12.5 of revenues). million (0.01% to 0.6%

Methodologies 28

Methodologies How To Case Study Case Studies 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. Expenditures on control functions related to implementing new regulations such as compliance, risk, finance, operations, and technology have been cut — but only by 10%. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. Lehman Brothers toppled.

Banking 28

Banking Balance Sheet Financial Finance 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The tragic crash of Air France 447 (AF447) in 2009 sent shock waves around the world. For most pilots, automation usually ensures that operations stay well within safe, predictable limits. The loss was difficult to understand given the remarkable safety record of commercial aviation. Automation on the Flight Deck.

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System Airlines Data Examples 28

Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

The purpose includes creating value for customers, investing in employees, dealing fairly with suppliers, and supporting the communities where corporations operate. Leaders must be able to operate both within and upon the organization's culture. Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon an organization's culture.

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Culture Financial Leadership Deloitte 52

Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Eli’s innovative approaches and insights continue inspiring professionals and organizations worldwide to achieve operational excellence. Such flexibility not only allows for real-time optimization but also leads to more efficient resource management. Albert Ponsteen is a seasoned TOC expert, mentored by Eli Schragenheim.

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Resources System Tools Management 52

Tom Spencer

JULY 4, 2020

Mastercard took this same concept and applied it to their customer base in 2009 with their mobile P2P system MoneySend. These P2P systems further developed PayPal’s idea of sending money between consumers, but it did not have the same ease and efficiency that modern online transfers have today.

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Banking System Financial Development 88

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In 2009, Congress charged the Federal Communications Commission with the development of a National Broadband Plan (NBP). But in 2009, no leading carrier was planning a major upgrade of its existing physical plant. By 2009, however, Verizon had scaled back plans for more fiber and DSL technology was falling behind improvements in cable.

Construction 28

Construction Government Wireless Industry 28

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2016

May 2 marks the fifth anniversary of the operation that killed the world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden. The Bin Laden operation was a seminal moment in the campaign to decimate Al Qaeda’s leadership. But when we arrived at Langley in early 2009, there were no solid leads on Bin Laden’s whereabouts.

Management 28

Management Operations Government Report 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Fifty-eight percent of patients referred to Virginia Mason, our medical center in Seattle, for back surgery would be more appropriately treated without an operation. But in 2009, federal regulations applied financial incentives and penalties to drive broad implementation of EMRs.

Guidelines 28

Guidelines Information Technology Information Technology Healthcare 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2017

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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Survey Efficiency Study System 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. India launched Aadhaar in 2009 with the then-improbable goal of giving every Indian a single digital identity in the form of a biometric authenticated 12-digit number. The result?

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Government Banking System Policies 53

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

During a recent visit to the Managing Service Operations course I teach to MBA students at Harvard Business School , McDonald reflected on the lessons he had learned at VA and their significance for service transformation both inside and outside the public sector. .” ” Build a capacity for learning and continuous improvement.

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Culture Leadership Resources Healthcare 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. Two personal stories illustrate these points.

System 29

System Change Management Healthcare Government 29

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2017

A123 Systems promised to be a clean tech success with a soaring IPO in 2009. We often observe a wide-ranging set of initiatives and investments operating independently, and in some cases, even competitively. The company developed lithium ion batteries that helped convince automakers of their value for hybrid vehicles.

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Productivity Automotive Industry Healthcare 53

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In the five-year period from 2009 to 2013, there were 8,786 U.S. the main home of Arab inventors, but the number of Arab patents increased 62% over 10 years, from 1,826 patent applications from 1999–2003 to 2,962 from 2009–2013. especially those with R&D operations. It turns out that the U.S. Of the total U.S.

Research 53

Research Analysis Education Data 53

Management Consulted

APRIL 6, 2014

2009 began another era of change and purchasing frenzy as PwC decided to re-create a consultancy branch , starting with the acquisition of Paragon Consulting Group and the commercial services business of BearingPoint. in cash and stock. IBM GBS absorbed PwC Consulting and doubled in size. Public Sector Practice. Internal Firm Services (IFS).

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PricewaterhouseCoopers IBM GBS Case Interview Interviews 221

MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Last week, the FBI shut down the underground website known as "Silk Road" and confiscated the bitcoin wallet of Ross Ulbricht, the site operator, on drug charges. With that background, please consider the Extreme Tech report FBI unable to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from Silk Road operator. Escrow accounts were not as protected.

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Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 77

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. An advertising-based model.

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Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 52