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Hidden Heroes: Business Operations in Companies of All Sizes

Tom Spencer

Process Improvement One of the key functions of business operations teams in big companies is to analyze existing business processes and identify areas for improvement. They can also monitor vendor compliance and manage any associated risks.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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Why you need a COO or operations manager

Asamby Consulting

The systems and tools that have brought you where you are not necessarily the ones that will carry you further. Example: For a small B2B firm, it might be feasible to manage contacts in a spreadsheet or a contact database of the email program. Management and role in the organization The COO manages business functions or divisions.

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Value-Based Care Alone Won’t Reduce Health Spending and Improve Patient Outcomes

Harvard Business

For the past five years, we’ve committed to the philosophy and tools of the lean methodology, a structured approach to creating more value with fewer resources. Using lean, we have decreased hospital length of stay and readmissions across our network, increased unit capacity without expansion, and reduced spending for capital projects.