Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 14, 2020

While not about sports it may have something to do with your favorite team, especially if they’re bad. When you operate like this it’s tough to increase output when there’s a spike in sales. The same applies to the manufacturing operations. Just-in-time isn’t a panacea and operational inefficiencies can be improved.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

This matters because ticket sales, merchandise, etc. We will continue to see an overreliance on pricing gimmicks: The struggles to sell tickets in sports, theatres, and other venues have led to a doubling down on “get-in pricing”, discounts, and overreliance on dynamic pricing. You will get marketing strategy.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

Strategy& (PwC). Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! A little later, Booz was acquired by PwC and rebranded as Strategy& Now that our little history lesson is complete, let’s continue. Here we go! McKinsey & Company. McKinsey at #4?

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LSA Global

MARCH 20, 2020

The origin of the term player-coach refers to a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Although the practice is mostly extinct in sports, many companies today expect their managers – especially their first-level managers – to be an effective player-coach at work.

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Rick Conlow

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

To be the best you can be in customer service, sales, leadership, sports, or any other endeavor, you need to change, too. Sometimes that change means operating on yourself! Begin operating on your own situation by simply counting the how many times the letter f appears. What key behaviors or strategies did you use?

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. To avoid this roadblock, successful companies use a more agile strategy that relies on local solutions to capture value quickly, while gradually building the long-term IT and automation architecture. Capturing the digital opportunity is becoming even more of a team sport. ” Insight Center.

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1 to 1

MARCH 30, 2021

Onshoring pitfalls are that operating within the company’s home nation will likely be the most expensive option, and labor pools are limited. For example, many companies offshore customer service operations to third-party associates in other nations. There are unique skills needed for each part of the sales process.

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MishTalk

JUNE 27, 2014

disclosed three new recalls on Friday covering more than 473,600 vehicles, including some of its latest Corvette sports cars, amid stepped up safety reviews. If the motor gear teeth become stripped, the wipers may not operate. Auto sales bounced back after a decline in April. General Motors Co. due to the potential cracking.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2017

Walmart does need to shore up its e-commerce capabilities, but its attempts to out-Amazon Amazon aren’t a winning strategy. Amazon will likely continue adding Prime benefits to the mix, potentially including the holy grail of entertainment: live sports. Lore himself described free shipping as table stakes.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

” Whether in marketing or sales, it often feels like jobs are contingent on external circumstances, the whims of executives, strategic pivots, and shareholder demands. He’s the CEO and self-titled “Head Coach ” of Björn Borg, the Swedish sports fashion company named after the tennis star.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Tactical performance is how effectively your organization sticks to its strategy. In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. We made a number of operational changes to the call center. Related Video.

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 10, 2014

With a little effort and strategy, you can breathe some life into your marketing. Stories that illustrate how your products and services have made a difference for customers are a huge sales advantage. Avoid overused metaphors (sports and war, for example) that have become clichés in business, however. Outward Focus.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

These efforts have enabled operational efficiencies, cost reductions, and greater agility, preparing companies for the next phase of digital transformation: driving growth. At Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lauren Hobart was promoted from CMO to President, while at KFC, CMO Kevin Hochman became President and Chief Concept Officer.

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Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2018

There was no need to make a telephone call to a distant operator; all the farmer needed to do was log in and order. Farmers, alone for hours on end in the fields driving their tractors, looked forward to calling the operator to place their orders. We call this the “100 lovers strategy.” They enjoyed the company.

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freshminds

MARCH 22, 2016

Shop Direct - The OC&C Strategy Consultants Pure-Play Etailer of the Year, The Zensar Retail Technology Initiative of the Year and The AlixPartners Growth Retailer of the Year – With three wins in this years awards, Shop Direct was clearly the retailer with the most clout amongst its rivals.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

The company has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is possible with EVs, starting with the Tesla Roadster in 2008, the first long-range electric sports car. This was followed by the Model X, a sport utility vehicle with falcon-wing doors, and the Model 3, a more affordable option for mass market appeal.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 22, 2016

But gains in financial operations? Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. Everything Rosy but Healthcare Curiously, the following chart from the report makes everything look rosy except healthcare. I don't accept that chart, at least for the implied reasons.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

It then provides tailored content related to 10 of its core functional areas, including Research & Innovation, Sales & Business Development, and Operations. Only 13% claimed they use personas to inform their talent strategy. Standing out from the crowd.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2016

To add to this growing body of work, here are some observations and suggestions about love in organizations based on our research with executives at varying levels, in numerous organizations, from financial services to non-profits to championship winning sports teams. Love is like an operating system.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 9, 2023

Sports are likely to be even more expensive. Martin is the best strategy teacher in the world! My strategy work and thinking are built on the shoulders of giants like Roger. Enhanced marketing and sales: I don’t find most of the marketing that goes on effective and most of the sales processes are outdated.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

The FTI Technology practice played a substantial role in the Major League Baseball steroids investigation that both news and sports casters covered religiously. Strategy Consulting & Research. However, US-based clients still account for the vast majority (around 75%) of sales. Trial Services. Strategic Communications.

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LSA Global

APRIL 16, 2021

A Sales Leader’s Dilemma – Top Ways to Grow Revenue There are only so many actions available to a sales leader to profitably grow revenue. The art is identifying, agreeing to, and committing to top ways to grow revenue for you and your sales team. Which sales growth lever should you pull?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 18, 2016

” Here are some strategies for interacting with your manager to get what you need, support your boss’s success, and excel at your job. ” Is it a sports team? “You will find out how to operate at your peak despite a sub-optimal relationship with your boss,” Manzoni says. Stamp collecting?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

Alan Kurtz, MMC’s chief operating officer, was standing off to the side, and she moved to join him, but a racer intercepted her. She’d joined the company six weeks before, following a long stint as CMO of Atawear, a high-end sports apparel company. “Do you work for Mendoza?” ” he asked, sounding annoyed.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? Learning from Big Companies.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Nike could provide you with its traditional sports gear, but in addition it could include a training program, a dietary plan, a coach, and a monitoring system to help you achieve your dream. It identified the absence of focus and lack of strategy implementation capabilities as crucial elements that needed addressing. Sales force.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Indeed, some analysts have gone a step further, declaring that subscription boxes are in the midst of a venture capital-fueled bubble not unlike the flash-sale business craze that ended five years ago. that aggregate sales in the U.S. For example, Blue Apron rose to become the largest meal kit delivery business in the U.S.,

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier’s strategy since 2000 had been to grow through acquisitions and to give a long leash to all the businesses he’d bought. Designing policy around the lowest common denominator is a bad strategy, and you know it.” ” Just after Vera had joined Contect’s board, the company had been hit by a huge scandal.

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Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The ‘workers’ (like myself) wore blue overalls; the foremen had brown coats; the supervisors were kitted out in white; the management sported double-breasted suits (the fashion at that time). During a second move the company employed a different strategy. That’s a Sales Rep. the level of grumbling was high.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. Essential Background.

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