Remove Development Remove Fashion Remove Sales Remove Travel
article thumbnail

(Value Stream) Map Your Way to a Better Post-Covid Future

Markovitz Consulting

Sample development The dress maker designs dresses in the US and uses contract factories in Asia for manufacturing. Design and development is an iterative process that broadly works like this: Depending on the complexity of the item or the idiosyncrasies of the fabrics, there might be a third or fourth round of samples.

Sales 147
article thumbnail

15 Best Business Podcasts for Independent Consultants

Tsavo Neal

Podcasts make amazing listening material for commutes, travel, and listening for when you don’t feel like taking out a book. We discuss what actually works in generating business, from writing books to organizing events to old-fashioned relationship building. Sales for Nerds by Reuben Shwartz. The wine is just for fun.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Ansoff Matrix

Tom Spencer

THE Ansoff Matrix (referred to by some commentators as the Product/Market Expansion Grid) was developed by a Russian-American mathematician named Igor Ansoff , and first explained in his 1957 Harvard Business Review article entitled Strategies for Diversification. domestic air transport in America for cost-conscious business travellers).

article thumbnail

To Grow Your Business Abroad, Partner with Local Influencers

Harvard Business

And they can be very expensive — in addition to overseas business travel, local distribution partner relationships require significant up-front investment to get started and to manage effectively. They spend their days developing new content — videos, photos, blog posts, and podcasts — and engaging their followers.

B2B 42
article thumbnail

4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet. For one, instead of establishing their own online sales site, they partnered with Amazon, a formidable rival. The company failed on multiple fronts. Autopsy #4 – Kodak.

article thumbnail

Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Currently located on 430 Park Avenue, the latest buzz on the street is the new office being built for BCG New York – they are moving from midtown Manhattan to the colossal state-of-the-art Hudson Yards development. In New York, Bain is located at 1114 Avenue of the Americas on the 43rd Floor.

article thumbnail

Classic Consulting Quotes

Consultant Ninja

In the face of such conditions we must manage the business and our cost base in a prudent fashion. We will significantly reduce or eliminate expenditures on meetings and internal travel, including –break--. As we structure our plan for –break--, we are ensuring this principle of longitudinal sustenance governs our thinking.