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

Markovitz Consulting

But if you want to thrive in the post-COVID world, you’ve got to start working on operational improvements now. When the VSM made the non-value-added wait time shockingly clear, the leadership team integrated video into the process to eliminate shipping. COVID travel restrictions made those customer visits impossible.

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Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

MishTalk

Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Italy: Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. In Italy, Markit reports Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. Rate of decline in retail sales accelerates for second straight month. Tuesday, July 30, 2013 11:17 AM.

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To Sell or Not to Sell

Martinka Consulting

Magazine column Norm Brodsky wrote the following about what he tells entrepreneurs who come to him for advice: “One, always build a business to last forever. Sure, sales will be higher, but so will costs. There are reasons why I did the video, “ Everybody’s an Exit Planner.” In a recent Inc.

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Consultant Marketing Automagiced

Jerry Fletcher

My friend Allen, one of the best sales people I’ve ever met, told me how his jewelry company kept card files on customers that included data on each customer’s extended family. That list, which includes suspects, prospects and customers, is becoming the basis of valuation for companies that operate digitally. . A Rolodex TM.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. Three months after the sale, in June 2018, Toyota decided to pour $1 billion into Grab, in a bid to expand other offerings in the region including food delivery and electronic payments.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. Marketing & Sales. Operations. Kearney works collaboratively with companies to transform their operations in order to gain unprecedented competitive advantage. Kearney inspiring Vision 2020 video here.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Expect Another "Bad Bank.

MishTalk

Clearly the pace of sales is very far below the business plan. With estimated operating costs of 1.7 Time Magazine : Best 25 Financial Blogs. Mish Audio Video. Sareb has sold so few properties because it wants and needs to sell them for more then they are worth. Expect Another Bad Bank Bailout.

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