Harvard Business
MAY 26, 2016
Workers specialize in simple, highly routinized operations. They are incentivized to complete operations as quickly as possible. Operations in a Connected World. In the mid-2000s, Nike embarked on a program to introduce lean manufacturing to its apparel suppliers in the developing world. Insight Center.
Harvard Business
JULY 30, 2018
. “Any time you start something new like [an innovation initiative], that cuts across many areas, there’s a potential for people feeling like you’re in their backyard,” says Michael Britt, a senior vice president who heads the Energy Innovation Center at Southern Company, a major utility operator.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 3, 2016
It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.
MishTalk
DECEMBER 21, 2015
Reshoring Index shows that for the fourth consecutive year, reshoring of manufacturing operations to the United States has once again failed to keep up with offshoring. reshoring train that so many predicted has yet to leave the station.” Vietnam has absorbed the lion’s share of China’s manufacturing outflow, especially in apparel.
MishTalk
DECEMBER 21, 2015
Reshoring Index shows that for the fourth consecutive year, reshoring of manufacturing operations to the United States has once again failed to keep up with offshoring. reshoring train that so many predicted has yet to leave the station.” Vietnam has absorbed the lion’s share of China’s manufacturing outflow, especially in apparel.
Harvard Business
JUNE 26, 2017
Alan Kurtz, MMC’s chief operating officer, was standing off to the side, and she moved to join him, but a racer intercepted her. She’d joined the company six weeks before, following a long stint as CMO of Atawear, a high-end sports apparel company. It was clear from the size of his bicep that he was serious about training.
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
We already see companies localizing time-sensitive and highly customizable forms of production to move closer to customer demand, particularly in the fast apparel (Adidas, Zara) and automotive (Tesla) industries, thus turning global supply chains into two-way streets. Essential background. “People Are Angry About Globalization.
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