Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A bank’s income statement can be simplified into five main line items: Net interest income Non-interest income Operating expenses Provision for credit losses (PCL) Tax Image 1: Illustrative example of a bank’s income statement Source: CIBC’s 2022 Annual Report 1. The biggest swing in operating expenses is likely to be variable compensation.

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2022

Rather we operate solo- or micro- businesses. Consultants: We provide strategy and advice to people in corporations in order to solve a problem, improve a situation, or make something happen. after your business name also promotes the image that you operate a company rather than just doing projects on a freelance basis.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Do you frequently order from Amazon? In short, it means that companies are expanding beyond their traditional core products in order to increase opportunities for cross-selling and to boost customer ownership. If you are an iPhone user, can you imagine moving to a mobile phone than runs on an Android operating system?

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Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But if you want to thrive in the post-COVID world, you’ve got to start working on operational improvements now. Value stream maps (VSMs) show both the material and the information flow in any kind of end-to-end process such as order to cash, or new product introduction.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2019

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. Incentives and discounts create tremendous disruption in a company’s business by distorting both incoming market signals and outgoing orders to suppliers.

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Markovitz Consulting

JUNE 26, 2017

I was at a conference for internet retailers two weeks ago and was overwhelmed by the software and hardware solutions promising to solve all their operational problems and turn their ecommerce businesses into a highly profitable, eight figure monsters. They’re lying. Technology is not, by itself, the answer. Except, maybe not. What happened?

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Business Consulting Agency

MARCH 11, 2024

Consultants help optimize supply chain processes, enhance inventory management, implement logistics solutions, and streamline order fulfillment to improve operational efficiency. Customer Experience Enhancement: Exceptional customer experiences are key to e-commerce success.

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Clarity Consultants

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Most companies had to pivot without much notice, ensuring they could adjust to new rules regarding how organizations were (or weren’t) allowed to open and operate during the pandemic. With cloud services in place, adapting to shelter-in-place orders was far simpler. Re-Opening Plans Were Formed Early in the Pandemic.

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Steve Shu Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

In this case, inventory at the point of presence might be lower, and the company might have to send glasses requests to centralized lab, manufacturing site, and specialized personnel in order to fulfill the highly customized orders. That said, I wanted to share another perspective that has carried me a long way.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 26, 2023

Rather than addressing the operational angle of how to do it, we address the bigger question of what to do. Consultants work across multiple departments in order to coordinate efforts of the entire business towards a common goal. Management Consultants help businesses make strategic decisions that directly impact the entire company.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 6, 2018

However, in order to get rid of the fever, I had to rely on my doctor to discern whether the fever was caused by a bacteria or a virus and, if so, what part of the body the bacteria or virus was infecting. budgeting, order fulfillment, etc.). budgeting, order fulfillment, etc.). Why You Need to This Week's Podcast.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2021

It is rather advantageous to be able to read the political landscape in order to visualize the plays that will best achieve a consulting team’s objectives. In both cases, it helps to understand the nuances of language in order to clearly communicate sophisticated ideas.

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Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Consultants facilitate the seamless integration of e-commerce platforms, enabling entrepreneurs to leverage user-friendly interfaces, secure payment gateways, and robust inventory management systems to optimize online business operations.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For multinational corporations operating in multiple jurisdictions and tax regimes, however, transfer pricing offers an opportunity for tax-optimisation. Corporations with multiple subsidiaries are incentivised to arbitrarily set transfer prices in order to maximise profits for the subsidiary residing in the most advantageous tax regime.

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The evolution of e-commerce has transformed the way businesses operate, enabling entrepreneurs and investors to launch and scale online ventures with relative ease. Shipping Solutions : Utilize services such as ShipStation or Shippo for streamlined shipping and order fulfillment.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JULY 21, 2018

About two months ago, the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case Dynamex Operations West Inc. How It Is Now Under the Dynamex ruling, for the California Supreme Court ruled that for the purposes of California Wage Orders (a subset of employment law) the hired worker is presumed to be an employee. PICA Inc.).

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 31, 2022

The ham radio operations team reporting to me will be far more capable at radio operations than I am. I will have physicians and nurses from a volunteer medical core running medical operations who will report to me too. The only people who don’t feel this awkwardness are seasoned CEOs. I’m not a doctor. I’m not a nurse.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 31, 2020

In China, a restaurant has opened in Guangdong Province that is fully automated, using robots to manage everything from taking orders to preparing and serving the food. Your level of performance at work will also depend on the context that you are operating in, which we might classify into 4 quadrants: Simple. Complicated.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Business development consulting is about helping businesses grow sales and profits in order to achieve their strategic objectives. Business development consultants enable companies to reach their full potential and rescue companies that are struggling to survive. We don’t understand the value and we’re too busy to think about it.

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The Source

OCTOBER 8, 2021

But while it’s certainly true that consulting firms have had to go through a period of adaptation in order to operate effectively in a more virtualised world, it’s also important to recognise that these adaptations have not been limited to the domain of project delivery.

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PM Alliance

JANUARY 13, 2023

Your risk mitigation strategy may include increasing your project’s shipping budget in case it becomes necessary to expedite orders that have fallen behind schedule. Spreading your orders out across multiple vendors could also insulate you from acute workforce fluctuations.

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Markovitz Consulting

JUNE 9, 2020

The disruption caused by COVID-19 has forced businesses to adopt new ways of operating. Midwestern farms that used to take chefs’ orders by phone sell their vegetables and cheeses in consumer-friendly quantities through online stores. In San Francisco and Washington, D.C., This has proved to be a boon for some companies. “The

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2021

You can’t win every battle, but in order to stay on the front foot it helps to appreciate your core strengths that are valued by the firm. In order to define and sell your competitive advantage, there are 3 fundamentals that you need to understand. Some firms label this “building your professional brand”. The sincere truth.

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Asamby Consulting

JULY 5, 2022

This article is the third of a series of posts on how to build a company "operating system", the infrastructure that functions as a backbone of your most common tasks and daily activities. In particular in this article we focus on how to track company time on Airtable in order to be able to run analysis and optimization activities.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

I learned that if we want to be treated and paid as a strategic partner, we must position ourselves that way. Otherwise, we'll default into one of the positioning traps that will stand in the way of the difference we want to make and the income we want to earn. Now, let's get into the positioning pitfalls. The Pair of Hands Trap.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 29, 2020

The government implemented a number of policies including social distancing, curfews, mandatory facial masks, and stay at home orders. These non-pharmaceutical interventions ( NPI’s ) presented challenges for many workers especially in manufacturing and production industries.

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Epicflow

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Dependencies can be explicit, like a project requiring an outcome from another project in order to proceed. Resource management has strategic, tactical, and operational aspects. I can’t read them without a certain amount of cringe. So, what is portfolio management? I have a shelf full of textbooks that can’t agree on a definition.

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Brimstone Consulting

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You not only have the skills and knowledge needed to operate it, but you have also spent so much time on this boat, you know its unique quirks. As leaders and as organizations you needed to adjust and adapt in order to make progress – to get the results needed. Focus on executing your strategy with precision.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 7, 2022

The effects of the pandemic have exposed faults in the structure of healthcare systems. To date, more than 5.9 million people around the world have died due to COVID-19. Notably, rapid changes in the spread and mutation of the virus superseded every step taken by governments and global organizations. Yet, there is opportunity in every crisis.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 31, 2022

Standard Operating Procedures are the first solution to lack of processes). The typical and most sensible answer to relieve growth pains are documenting the company processes via Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Read our previous blog post " How to Write Great Standard Operating Procedures " for more details.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

In order to move a story forwards, consultants employ a range of persuasive techniques including data (e.g. However, consulting requires a lot of analysis and application, and you are expected to hit the ground running from day one. Do not underestimate how crucial these skills will be for success in the industry.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. This includes making sure that everyone is clear and in agreement on where they are going and how they will get there.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2021

Make the burning issue clear to everyone in order to build a sense of urgency and focus attention on what you have to say next. As a corporate strategy professional, I execute and coordinate all of the key activities of the firm that span multiple business units and functions. The basic idea is to present information like a pyramid.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 5, 2022

In order to promote growth and support productivity, companies need to update their leadership training to address the challenges of today. In order to promote growth and support productivity, companies need to update their leadership training to address the challenges of today. Today, companies are facing a slew of new challenges.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2020

Over time, the executives get so engrossed in running the day to day operations of the business that they forget that the purpose of the business is to serve it’s customers. Whenever a customer orders a new chequebook online and faces some issues while doing so, bank employees politely redirect the customer to the vendor.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

However, for organisations to fully benefit from big data they will need to review their decision-making processes, and become more agile and responsive to new insights in order to realise the full value of big data ( EY, 2016 ). The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

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Brimstone Consulting

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You not only have the skills and knowledge needed to operate it, but you have also spent so much time on this boat, you know its unique quirks. As leaders and as organizations you needed to adjust and adapt in order to make progress – to get the results needed. Focus on executing your strategy with precision.

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