Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

The culmination was an incident at an insecticide plant in LaPorte, Texas, where, as a result of a basic process safety management failure , an extremely toxic chemical—methyl mercaptan—was released and two workers were overcome. I was pleased with our meeting, feeling like she had made a real commitment. ” It worked.

Operations 51

Operations Chemicals Metrics System 51

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Nowadays, when a multitude of businesses are confronted with the leap from “dumb” products to creating smart, connected ones , and cities and regions are trying to make the leap from manufacturing to services, relying too heavily on past successes will only lock those clusters in the past.

Education 28

Education Pharmaceuticals Industry Exercises 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. ” Improving risk management.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. Operations. Kearney works collaboratively with companies to transform their operations in order to gain unprecedented competitive advantage. Consumer Products. KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Organization & Transformation.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Case Interview McKinsey 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

They did much of the work piecing together Mr. Madoff’s money trail and just recently flew over to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Government, who hired FTI to improve operations of utilities and highway units (2014). Petroleum & Chemicals. Retail & Consumer Products. FTI CONSULTING ORGANIZATION. Information Technology.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 29, 2017

A wonderful New York Times article from 2007 recounted the 20 th annual “Operator’s Challenge” — aka the “Sludge Olympics” — a competition for New York sewage treatment workers. Sam Austin/Unsplash. The participants compete to show skill in their work, and often do so with great passion.

Chemicals 28

Chemicals Study Exercises Financial 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. During this same year, IBM introduced Business Recovery Services as a formal business offering for customers, enabling them to continue operations in the event of an unplanned outage or disaster. Operations and Supply Chain.

IBM GBS 203

IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2013

In the years that followed Sogeti’s founding, the company opened offices in Switzerland and France to meet the needs of clients. Consumer Products and Retail Automotive (OEM) Energy, Utilities & Chemicals Financial Services Life Sciences Manufacturing Public Sector Telecommunication, Media and Entertainment.

Capgemini 192

Capgemini Interviews Consulting Accenture 192

Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2016

Chipotle has ramped up efforts to improve food safety since then, reportedly hiring two leading food safety experts and investing $10 million in helping smaller suppliers meet their updated safety standards. Companies like Tyson have decades of experience in testing and making sure their products are safe. How can this be?

Case Study 28

Case Study Case Studies Operations Productivity 28

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

How about by meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? But a recent report concludes that meeting the goals in just four out of 60 sectors (food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and wellbeing) could indeed open up market opportunities worth up to $12 trillion a year in less than 15 years.

Chemicals 31

Chemicals Energy Case Interview Resources 31

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

Think Rube Goldberg contraption meets MacGyver, but without the playfulness. Sometimes biologists seek these errors out, or even generate them themselves — bombarding organisms with chemicals or radiation to create mutations — in order to discern the space of what is possible for a fruit fly or how bacteria truly operate.

Construction 28

Construction System Software Chemicals 28

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

billion in subsidies included solar panels, chemicals, pipe, steel wire, wheels, wind towers, and kitchen appliances. The subsidies will also put pressure on global supply chains, including production of high tech goods needed for national security. In recent years, U.S. And they were just a leading edge. Five years of U.S.

Policies 28

Policies Industry Government Chemicals 28

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2016

A deep shift in energy markets, including the agreement’s goals on making the grid more flexible and resilient, will change how utilities and energy companies need to operate. That helps drive costs down for everyone buying efficiency products and renewable energy. And it would affect energy spending for all companies.

Energy 28

Energy Government Efficiency Chemicals 28

MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Last week, the FBI shut down the underground website known as "Silk Road" and confiscated the bitcoin wallet of Ross Ulbricht, the site operator, on drug charges. With that background, please consider the Extreme Tech report FBI unable to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from Silk Road operator. Escrow accounts were not as protected.

Pharmaceuticals 77

Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 77

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It was a productive 12 months, to say the least. With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. Debates about climate change melted away. Then came 2016.

Energy 28

Energy Chemicals Banking Financial 28