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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. It’s a forward-looking metric based on the classic momentum equation: current inventory x rate of inventory change. Electronics littered shelves in 2001 after the dot-com bubble burst.

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7 Ways to Improve Operations Without Sacrificing Worker Safety

Harvard Business

During my years at OSHA, where I served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor from 2009 through the beginning of 2017, I received several reports of safety system failures at DuPont facilities. The reality is that virtually all workplace injuries are preventable, and safety management and operational excellence are intimately linked.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

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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Why Companies Can’t Turn Customer Insights into Growth

BCG

On the left side, record each mention of an internal topic, such as financial or operational performance, plans, metrics, organization, employees, or culture. Consumer-facing companies in developed economies have experienced little or no growth since the global recession of 2008 and 2009.

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The Challenge of Activation

Kates Kesler

Galbraith, 2009). After working closely with over twenty large US and European-based global companies during the past ten years, we have concluded the problem is not in the fundamental design of these operating models. The metrics and reward systems in the company make it clear that this kind of collaboration is expected.

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Job Hub: Uber Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

Uber is a San Francisco-based start-up that has been turning heads since its launch in 2009, “bringing people and their cities closer.” Uber was founded in 2009 by Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp, and the accompanying Uber app was launched the next year in June. ———– History & Culture.

Culture 100
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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. They operated with a both/and mindset, seeking to deliver on immediate goals in a way that also built a sustainable future.

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