Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

While effective metrics are essential for focusing attention and achieving results, they can also overpower better sense. Most industries cower to a few central metrics, the yardsticks that define the winners and losers. Metrics tried and proven over years become a guide to what’s important, driving resource allocation.

Metrics 28

Metrics Retail Sales Automotive 28

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. Needed repairs and upgrades were delayed, worker training postponed, and risk assessments overlooked.

Operations 57

Operations Chemicals Metrics System 57

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Marketing & Sales. BTS GROUP KEY STATS. BTS Group Website: www.bts.com.

Groups 100

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

He reset collaborative P&L metrics and business review processes, shared by the region leaders and the global product leaders, to form tight “business handshakes,” that he regards as the center of a granular set of growth strategies. Country P&Ls would be replaced with simpler, sales-oriented measures.

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Here you “benchmark the key revenue and cost metrics in your business against the market and against firms offering the most-comparable products.” McGrath recalls the painful experience of working with a big chemical company that wanted to diversify its business. How many sales do they have to close and in what time period?

Benchmarking 31

Benchmarking Methodologies Apparel Company 31

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Facing strict regulation on chemical release and competition from flowers from Africa, the Dutch flower industry developed a closed-loop system that grows flowers hydroponically in greenhouses, lowering risk of infestation and reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides. In 2005, they launched a U.S. Attracting and Engaging Employees.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28