Martinka Consulting

MARCH 5, 2015

I mentioned what I called the most important part of the project – training of the teachers on how to best use technology to improve classroom efficiency. The background is Rotary rejected our first grant application for 2015 as we were primarily “giving stuff.” ” They want training. We have to have metrics.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2020

In 2015, the company transitioned a select group of employees from WFO to WFH as part of a randomised experiment run by Nicholas Bloom, Economics Professor at Stanford University. It is not efficient. For Christian, that means setting up key deadlines or how many sales his team wants to make a day.

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Productivity Data Tools Management 88

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2016

Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016. More than 20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 92.3 Looking only at that 15.2

Retail 28

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Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2017

This was Sasha’s summary: Department Administrator – Efficiency Expert – Staff Manager - Crisis Handler. ” Voluntarily led response to 2015 flooding of School of Design building. Establish functions from scratch — Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR.

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Transportation Real Estate Financial Operations 47

Harvard Business

MAY 28, 2018

With a $25,000 personal investment and a small office in her home, she began aggregating sales leads and aggressively acquiring customers through very traditional marketing means — like yellow page advertisements. He retests in real-time to try and disprove existing models and find a different and more efficient way to reach the target.

Retail 28

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Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department.

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freshminds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In 2015, 65% of the global population is using mobile phones, and last year 1.25 Because of this, retailers have to respond accordingly as sales via handheld devices increase. Between 2012 and 2014 sales via smartphones catapulted from 5% to to 34%. billion smartphones were sold across the world. Checking customer reviews.

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Retail Comparison Sales Media 40

Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2018

What’s more, two of my MIT Sloan MBA students analyzed store openings and closings from 2015 to 2017, looking at department stores with more than 50 stores and over $100 million in revenues, and found a positive correlation between customer satisfaction, as measured by Yelp ratings, and the net change in the number of open stores.

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Retail Operations Sales Training 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

In addition to the financial benefits that accrue from increased competitive advantage and innovation as discussed earlier, companies are realizing significant cost savings through environmental sustainability-related operational efficiencies. Since 1994, Dow has invested nearly $2 billion in improving resource efficiency and has saved $9.8

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Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

ZBB has been around for decades, but is currently enjoying a revival driven by powerful investors like 3G Capital Partners, the force behind the 2015 merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. Who would argue that a business should not eliminate unjustifiable costs?

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Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 26, 2015

In February of 2015, the Cass Business School At City University London hosted an event called Women In Consulting – Challenges And Opportunities. A sales trainer told me that he thought women were better salespeople because they engage with the prospect. Here are excerpts from that interview. A side note.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2016

Improving user capabilities would measurably improve Airbnb efficiencies. Similarly, Facebook’s Blueprint courseware initiative launched in 2015 champions new user capability. This isn’t about sales or marketing; this is about quickly boosting the human capital and capabilities of the people who make your platform work.

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MishTalk

MAY 2, 2015

Flashback November 22, 2015 : Hostess Fires 15,000 Workers in Liquidation; Twinkies Silliness From Readers The first step in liquidation will be the firing of 15,000 workers including the closure of 33 bakeries, 565 distribution centers, approximately 5,500 delivery routes and 570 bakery outlet stores.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

billion debit and credit card transactions, its research revealed a dramatic slowdown in the growth of everyday consumer spending from 2014 to 2015. When JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyzed 12.4 That data shaped the company’s future strategies and offerings.

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Banking Data Financial Media 33

Harvard Business

JULY 7, 2016

Furthermore, labor can now be more efficiently allocated to other value-added activities throughout the store. In all of these cases, the digital differentiator creates a unique customer experience likely to drive higher satisfaction, additional sales, and repeat trips. The result?

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Trends Hotels How To Retail 35

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Our research involved a detailed cross-case analysis of five major corporations operating in Australia over 10 years, from 2005 to 2015. Through a detailed qualitative analysis, we examined company reports, media releases, policy statements, and over 70 interviews conducted with senior managers from these companies.

Energy 28

Energy Case Interview Insurance Insurance 28

freshminds

MARCH 22, 2016

This is a true example of how 'brick and mortar' stores are having to innovate in order to become experiences within themselves to encourage footfall as the efficiency of digital sales and deliveries increases. The Liverpool based company which operates Very.co.uk, VeryExclusive.co.uk

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Retail Trends Sales Productivity 41

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

In sales-driven companies (think pharmaceuticals and industrial equipment), they are often field sales managers who direct dozens of salespeople in the highest-volume regions. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

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Talent McKinsey Apparel Sales 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

“There are four ratios common in every company: profitability, leverage, liquidity, and operational efficiency,” he says. After all, it’s easier to determine your impact on the bottom line if you’re in sales, but it’s not as straightforward if you’re in, say, HR. ” Principles to Remember. .”

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

However, recent developments have opened new doors for consumer product companies to expand their presence and sales in India, at much lower risks. ” Indeed, Mars International committed to investing $160 million in building a confectionary factory in Pune in 2015. Drop product prices and boost volume growth.

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Marketing Intellectual Property Sales Retail 28

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, IoT is at the peak of Gartner’s 2015 hype cycle, which suggests the next phase will be disillusionment, and it will be years before we see real productivity gains. We believe data-driven manufacturing is indeed the next wave that will drive efficient and responsive production systems. Security Challenges.

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Data Engineering System Efficiency 35

Tsavo Neal

APRIL 27, 2017

So, I beg you, don’t design your own sales materials. Many sales are won and lost by simply by how you graphically represent yourself.” Blogging and content marketing is one of the most efficient ways for consultants to generate more leads. Source: DMA National Client Email Report 2015. Roadmapping Session?

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B2B Marketing Consulting Advertising 60

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 28, 2017

The efficiencies of online business have continued to fell the old giants of retailing. Intel’s $15 billion acquisition this year of MobileEye was not only the largest sale of an Israeli startup , but also a signal that the heart of tech is going on the road. How we make things.

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Healthcare Automotive Chemicals Retail 28

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. Today’s Digital Landscape.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

After-tax profits are at historically high levels; they were more than 50% higher as a share of GDP in the years 2010-2015 than they were over the prior 20 years. It is not efficient or equitable, and it does not raise as much revenue as it should. Further, U.S. There is no doubt that U.S. corporations are global leaders.

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System Finance Efficiency Government 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

When an E.coli outbreak at Chipotle Mexican Grill outlets left 55 customers ill , in 2015, the news stories, shutdowns, and investigations shattered the restaurant chain’s reputation. Sales plummeted, and Chipotle’s share price dropped 42%, to a three-year low , where it has languished ever since.

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System Government Data Accenture 50

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

billion, its budget in 2015 was slightly higher than the total gross sales of General Motors. For instance, in May 2015, an employee answering the phone at the Puget Sound VA in Seattle received a call from a veteran who had broken his foot, driven himself to the hospital’s entrance, and needed help getting into the building. .”

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Culture Leadership Resources Healthcare 28

Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2016

In the late 1990s, Porsche avoided bankruptcy by making its manufacturing more efficient and its sports cars more reliable. But by the turn of the millennium, the German automaker needed a new product for the mass market to jumpstart sales, and decided to make a vehicle for the burgeoning SUV segment. How Porsche got the product right.

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Productivity Development Sports Engineering 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

But the cereal category declined $4 billion dollars from 2000 to 2015, so it didn’t matter. In fact, total sales at General Mills has declined for 15 of the last 16 quarters. As Peter Drucker said: “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Trends 42

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2016

According to EvaluatePharma’s 2015 Orphan Drug Report , this market makes up 20.2% of total global prescription drug sales and is growing by 11.7% In 2015 Valeant acquired the heart drug Isuprel and promptly raised the price for a single vial from $440 to $2,700, citing a responsibility to shareholders to maximize profit.

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Pharmaceuticals Company Government Insurance 52

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

JC Penney spent no money on television advertising during the 2015 Super Bowl, yet its “mittens” campaign was one of the most watched. Once a “connected” product draws in users, those users effectively become the sales force. Rowling, sales rose to over one million. That is some group of people.

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Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 40

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2017

greenhouse gas emissions peaked in 2007, and by 2015 had declined by 10%. emissions from electricity generators fell 20% from 2007 to 2015, while emissions from other sectors fell more modestly. Together, such policies would encourage energy-efficient cars and buildings and cleaner power generation.

Energy 28

Energy Transportation Government Policies 28