Management Consulted

MAY 22, 2016

Founded in 2003 by two former Deloitte partners, Archstone Consulting specializes in helping companies eliminate operational inefficiencies, cut costs and invest resulting savings back in to the growth of the firm. The practice areas at Archstone Consulting reflect the operational nature of consulting projects at the firm: Business Strategy.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% Despite these strictures, the Brazilian operations of McDonald’s and Carrefour reaped similar types of benefits as the slaughterhouses — $12.5 of revenues). million (0.01% to 0.6%

Methodologies 77

Methodologies How To Case Study Case Studies 77

SkillQuo

AUGUST 16, 2017

billion in revenue in 2009. For example, your SMB may handle many of your company’s finances independently and a part-time or on demand CFO could step in and assist you in your financial plans, operations, and processing, implement new solutions and strategies and help you provide for the future. An example: Marketing.

SMB 60

SMB Enterprise Talent Efficiency 60

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. Expenditures on control functions related to implementing new regulations such as compliance, risk, finance, operations, and technology have been cut — but only by 10%. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. Lehman Brothers toppled.

Banking 73

Banking Balance Sheet Financial Finance 73

Tom Spencer

JULY 4, 2020

Mastercard took this same concept and applied it to their customer base in 2009 with their mobile P2P system MoneySend. These P2P systems further developed PayPal’s idea of sending money between consumers, but it did not have the same ease and efficiency that modern online transfers have today.

Banking 88

Banking System Financial Development 88

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The tragic crash of Air France 447 (AF447) in 2009 sent shock waves around the world. For most pilots, automation usually ensures that operations stay well within safe, predictable limits. The loss was difficult to understand given the remarkable safety record of commercial aviation. Automation on the Flight Deck.

Airlines 74

Airlines System Data Examples 74

MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Last week, the FBI shut down the underground website known as "Silk Road" and confiscated the bitcoin wallet of Ross Ulbricht, the site operator, on drug charges. With that background, please consider the Extreme Tech report FBI unable to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from Silk Road operator. Escrow accounts were not as protected.

Pharmaceuticals 76

Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 76

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. Two personal stories illustrate these points.

System 88

System Change Management Healthcare Government 88

Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Only operating in the short term or taking too much risk and gambling on one specific future are frequent traps leaders fall into when facing economic uncertainty. Examples include social media usage and engagement, organizing survey results, and operational efficiency data trends. 2009, July 22). Beatty, K.

Company 52

Company Leadership Case Study Case Studies 52

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2017

Checklists describe several standard critical processes of care that many operating rooms typically implement from memory. In a paper published in 2009 , Alex Haynes and colleagues examined the use and effectiveness of checklists in eight hospitals in eight cities in the Unites States. following the introduction of checklists.

Airlines 192

Airlines Efficiency Study Operations 192

MishTalk

JULY 27, 2013

Robots will cost plenty - for the largest farming operations, millions of dollars - but farm operators say the expense will be worth it. Machinery and machine technology has made farming easier and more efficient for centuries. 2009-12-09 Tech Ticker. 2009-10-30 King World News. 2009-05-15: My Speech at Google.

Analysis 78

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 78

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C The list of actions companies take is well-developed and documented, and most large companies do the following: Slash energy use and emissions in operations.

Energy 132

Energy Government Efficiency Transportation 132

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

When Google first began testing its almost comical-looking prototype vehicles on California roads in 2009, lawmakers didn’t even have a vocabulary to talk about the new technology, let alone any understanding of whether driving rules and accident liability laws dating back 100 years or more would need to be adapted or completely rewritten.

Transportation 70

Transportation Software System Efficiency 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2017

pneumonia, heart failure, shortness of breath) between 2009 and 2014. However, our analysis did find that patients treated by locum tenens physicians have slightly higher costs of care and longer lengths of stay, which raises the possibility that they deliver modestly less efficient care. Our study was recently published in JAMA.

Survey 73

Survey Efficiency Study System 73

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2018

If the Affordable Care Act unravels in the near term, the number of insured could creep back up to 50 million, the level in 2009. a cataract operation can cost $200 or less, compared with $3,500 in the U.S. Yet nearly 30 million Americans, or 10% of the population, are uninsured.

Nonprofit 70

Nonprofit Insurance Insurance Operations 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Fifty-eight percent of patients referred to Virginia Mason, our medical center in Seattle, for back surgery would be more appropriately treated without an operation. But in 2009, federal regulations applied financial incentives and penalties to drive broad implementation of EMRs.

Guidelines 73

Guidelines Information Technology Information Technology Healthcare 73

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2016

They operate platforms that make it easy and efficient for participants to connect and exchange value. Westfield Malls operates shopping malls that help retailers and shoppers to get together. Unlike traditional businesses, they don’t buy inputs, make stuff, and sell it. And it’s not just these humongous companies.

Operations 70

Operations B2B Groups Software 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

During a recent visit to the Managing Service Operations course I teach to MBA students at Harvard Business School , McDonald reflected on the lessons he had learned at VA and their significance for service transformation both inside and outside the public sector. .” ” Build a capacity for learning and continuous improvement.

Culture 70

Culture Leadership Resources Healthcare 70

Management Consulted

APRIL 6, 2014

2009 began another era of change and purchasing frenzy as PwC decided to re-create a consultancy branch , starting with the acquisition of Paragon Consulting Group and the commercial services business of BearingPoint. in cash and stock. IBM GBS absorbed PwC Consulting and doubled in size. Public Sector Practice. Internal Firm Services (IFS).

PricewaterhouseCoopers 221

PricewaterhouseCoopers IBM GBS Case Interview Interviews 221

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2016

May 2 marks the fifth anniversary of the operation that killed the world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden. The Bin Laden operation was a seminal moment in the campaign to decimate Al Qaeda’s leadership. But when we arrived at Langley in early 2009, there were no solid leads on Bin Laden’s whereabouts.

Management 70

Management Operations Government Report 70

Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

The purpose includes creating value for customers, investing in employees, dealing fairly with suppliers, and supporting the communities where corporations operate. Leaders must be able to operate both within and upon the organization's culture. Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon an organization's culture.

Culture 52

Culture Financial Leadership Deloitte 52

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2017

A123 Systems promised to be a clean tech success with a soaring IPO in 2009. We often observe a wide-ranging set of initiatives and investments operating independently, and in some cases, even competitively. The company developed lithium ion batteries that helped convince automakers of their value for hybrid vehicles.

Productivity 140

Productivity Automotive Industry Healthcare 140

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In the five-year period from 2009 to 2013, there were 8,786 U.S. the main home of Arab inventors, but the number of Arab patents increased 62% over 10 years, from 1,826 patent applications from 1999–2003 to 2,962 from 2009–2013. especially those with R&D operations. It turns out that the U.S. Of the total U.S.

Research 136

Research Analysis Education Data 136

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. An advertising-based model.

Media 135

Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 135