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The Next Supply-Chain Challenge Isn’t a Shortage — It’s Inventory Glut

Harvard Business

In 2009, the financial crash left manufacturers with excess inventory when consumer buying power suddenly dropped. And now, the high-tech industry is feeling the weight of a volatile market that has led to excess component inventory. Inventory challenges aren’t new. Electronics littered shelves in 2001 after the dot-com bubble burst.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

This group of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology practitioners took turns sharing how they found their way toward our aligned passions of how people think and behave in the workplace. I started working at the age of 16 in 1992 as an industrial cleaner on nights and weekends with my friend Mark.

Hotels 52
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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon the business. 3 Organizational Culture Company Examples Organizations with strong organizational cultures are defined by having their culture deeply rooted in how they operate. The Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (4), 763-781. Cameron, K. & Quinn, R. Harris, S.

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Driverless technology: a soon-to-be reality?

Tom Spencer

As exciting as that still sounds, the idea of driverless has been around ever since motorised cars were invented back in the 1920s and realised from at least 2009 when Google launched its self-driving car project, Waymo. However, it does indicate the industry’s optimism. So, how close are we to driverless becoming a reality?

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Consultant Ninja: Dipping my toe in the health care debate.

Consultant Ninja

Monday, July 27, 2009. Structural Driver: The organizations in the health care system operate inefficient operational structures. I fail to see the logic that the government will be more efficient at building operational structures than the private sector. July 27, 2009 at 9:55 PM. July 27, 2009 at 10:43 PM.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

At its start, Oliver Wyman capitalized on the deregulation of the financial services industry. They seized this opportunity to establish a firm that would help firms gain clarity about their business models, products, and clients and then advise them by creating long term strategies. Industrial Products.

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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The volatility of and increases in crude oil prices, a weakening economic environment and a highly competitive industry with excess capacity have created an extremely challenging environment for the Company. billion during the year ended December 31, 2008. " - United Airlines 2008 10-K, 2 March 2009.