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The Next Supply-Chain Challenge Isn’t a Shortage — It’s Inventory Glut

Harvard Business

In 2009, the financial crash left manufacturers with excess inventory when consumer buying power suddenly dropped. Inventory challenges aren’t new. Electronics littered shelves in 2001 after the dot-com bubble burst. And now, the high-tech industry is feeling the weight of a volatile market that has led to excess component inventory.

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Business Book Review: Lords of Strategy

Management Consulted

This week’s post is on Lords of Strategy - written by Walter Kiechel III , a journalist for 30 years, serving as an editor of Fortune and editorial director of Harvard Business Publishing. This book covers the consulting industry from the 1930s through 2009. 3 interesting book insights. 3 interesting book insights.

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Consultant Ninja: The Etymology of Consulting: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Tuesday, September 8, 2009. September 9, 2009 at 7:43 AM. September 11, 2009 at 9:57 AM. Tuesday, September 8, 2009. I am a strategy consultant at. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman.

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German Factory Orders Slump 5.7%, Most Since January 2009

MishTalk

Biggest Decline Since January 2009 The Financial Times reports German Factory Orders Suffer Biggest Fall since 2009 Crisis. per cent in August compared with the previous month, the biggest drop since January 2009 when demand slumped in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Factory orders fell 5.7

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China Manufacturing Back in Contraction, Staffing Declines at Sharpest Pace Since March 2009.

MishTalk

Key points Growth of output eases to marginal pace Quickest rate of job shedding since March 2009 Marked falls in input costs and output charge January data signalled a deterioration of operating conditions in China’s manufacturing sector for the first time in six months. in January, down fractionally from the earlier flash reading of 49.6,

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Consultant Ninja: Thee Sunbeam method of Government Stimulus.

Consultant Ninja

Friday, September 25, 2009. These programs made 2009 go slightly better than it would have otherwise, but will make 2010-2012 slightly worse. Friday, September 25, 2009. I am a strategy consultant at. Thee Sunbeam method of Government Stimulus. After a quick spike of sales, future demand will be lower. What a waste.

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Rule of Thumb #2: Use Behavioral Lenses to Innovate and Adapt to Changes

Steve Shu Consulting

2009; Johnson and Goldstein, 2003; Johnson et al., 4 (2009): 1639-1674. Let’s take just one of five behavioral angles I cover at Cornell in my applied behavioral economics courses, namely choice architecture. But this discussion isn’t limited to Secure Act 2.0…. References: Carroll, Gabriel D., Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C.