Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

The company collects thousands of sales leads from the businesses it serves, and it wishes to interact with them in the intimate, personal manner consumers have come to expect. Sponsored by Accenture. The reps also become more efficient because Angie routes the right leads to the right reps. Putting Data to Work.

Sales 28

Sales Marketing Tools Telecommunications 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

Technology advancements and the Industrial Internet of Things are making this outcome orientation more feasible every day. The result, or outcome, is that farmers can manage their operations more efficiently and increase crop yields. Sponsored by Accenture. Insight Center. Operations in a Connected World.

Productivity 28

Productivity Company Engineering Sales 28

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2018

Inside candidates, often groomed by their predecessors, bring firm-, market-, and industry-specific knowledge that outsiders might take years to acquire. Our research , which focused on CEO succession in the American health care system, examined the impact of CEO succession on productivity and efficiency. Both have advantages.

Study 28

Study Productivity Efficiency Analysis 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 4, 2016

We believe, however, that these businesses have not redefined industries in a fundamental way; instead they are “old wines in new bottles.” Sponsored by Accenture. Outsourcing across industries has let companies tap into cheaper and more flexible labor, with the contractor economy pre-dating platform apps by decades.

Hotels 28

Hotels Real Estate Accenture Industry 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

The companies we surveyed – in 13 manufacturing and service industries in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America – are using AI much more frequently in computer-to-computer activities and much less often to automate human activities. Sponsored by Accenture. How it will impact business, industry, and society.

Company 42

Company Survey Finance Engineering 42

Harvard Business

MARCH 6, 2018

Machine learning can drive tangible business value for a wide range of industries — but only if it is actually put to use. Technology service providers like Accenture work on multiple software projects. Today, businesses don’t just want to have answers to questions like: did we meet our sales target for this quarter?

Software 28

Software Data Accenture Engineering 28

Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Such behaviors include: managing meetings more efficiently, creating an effective climate of email use, blocking time in calendars for reflective work, negotiating role demands, and avoiding triggers that lead us all to jump in on projects or meetings when we shouldn’t, to name just a few.

Agile 51

Agile How To Efficiency Groups 51

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2016

The power of digital platforms to profitably disrupt industries continues to impress. Sponsored by Accenture. Improving user capabilities would measurably improve Airbnb efficiencies. Platform leaders like Amazon, Facebook, Airbnb, Uber and Google redefine user experience and expectations. What really makes them work?

Insurance 28

Insurance Insurance Advertising Education 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

Sponsored by Accenture. I have successfully used the BDN with many organizations in a variety of industries. In the apparel industry, the benchmark for inventory accuracy is somewhere between 60% and 70%. If those linkages cannot be developed, then those investments should not be pursued. Insight Center. In a major U.K.

Tools 28

Tools Construction System Retail 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2016

What follows describes how German manufacturers in particular are rewriting the rules for industry globally on several fronts: Idea to production : It used to be that every new car model required 20 extra hours of work driven by quality issues or purely unplanned changes that its designers and engineers required. Sponsored by Accenture.

Industry 28

Industry Automotive Engineering Software 28

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2016

The internet of things (IoT) and industrial internet in the United States, Industrie 4.0 The internet of things (IoT) and industrial internet in the United States, Industrie 4.0 We believe data-driven manufacturing is indeed the next wave that will drive efficient and responsive production systems. Insight Center.

Data 34

Data Engineering System Efficiency 34

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

Aggregated total sales is a poor proxy because firms need to distribute inventory geographically, necessitating hyperlocal forecasts. The traditional way of solving this problem is using time-series econometrics with historical sales data. Sponsored by Accenture. Insight Center. Operations in a Connected World. Improved pricing.

Data 48

Data Advertising Operations Case Study 48

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. The takeaway: minimum viable pilots work because they don’t prioritize sales or procurement over real-world learning. Digital technology — and its post-industrial pervasiveness — clearly and convincingly disrupts the legacy economics of innovation partnerships. The ploy worked.

Banking 31

Banking Engineering Enterprise System 31

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

Sales plummeted, and Chipotle’s share price dropped 42%, to a three-year low , where it has languished ever since. What we end up with are dynamic demand chains in place of rigid supply chains, resulting in more efficient resource use for all. Sponsored by Accenture. Various endeavors have already started. Insight Center.

System 49

System Government Data Accenture 49

Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2016

Sponsored by Accenture. Number one: If you are doing local sourcing, you have to bake into your cost structure a higher percentage of sales allowance for food safety and ingredient testing than if you are sourcing nationally from a few big suppliers. Are we seeing greater consolidation in the industry? Insight Center.

Case Study 28

Case Study Case Studies Operations Productivity 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2017

Sponsored by Accenture. How it will impact business, industry, and society. The autonomous economy is extremely labor and capital efficient, sometimes so much so that the prices of its products decline to close to zero. Blu-ray and DVD sales have suffered declines of more than 10% for the last two years. Insight Center.

Retail 33

Retail Automotive Transportation Video 33

Management Consulted

APRIL 6, 2014

and status of financial commitments – commitments like sales orders, purchase orders, payroll, inventory, shipping, and taxes. Hewlett-Packard was in negotiations to purchase MCS for $17B prior to the scandal’s blast on the industry, but negotiations predictably broke down in 2000. Industries. Health Industries.

PricewaterhouseCoopers 221

PricewaterhouseCoopers IBM GBS Case Interview Interviews 221

Harvard Business

MARCH 9, 2017

What if we could track every component in a supply chain, automatically verifying their compliance with regulations and laws as they cross borders and are processed and combined with others to create a final product for sale? Sponsored by Accenture. Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain. In Globalization 2.0,

System 30

System Accenture Data Transportation 30