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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business

In the lean-manufacturing context, in contrast, assembly line workers learn to execute a variety of production tasks, take responsibility for product quality, and are encouraged to find ways to improve the production process. Workers tend to earn more and report higher engagement with their jobs. Locke of Brown University.

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Take Steps Now to Protect Your Independent Status!

Successful Independent Consulting

Recent court ruling likely to impact independent consultants in the U.S. This article was written by Henry Telfeian, a labor relations and employment attorney as well as the general counsel for the Professional Independent Consultants of America, Inc. The company must only contract for the end product, not how it is achieved.

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Deep Dive into Customer Segmentation (Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

Determining appropriate product pricing (e.g. Prioritizing new product development efforts. Choosing specific product features. This form of segmentation is widely used since specific products often cater to individual needs relating to at least one demographic element. brick-and-mortar vs online).

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New Regulations Place Sustainability and ESG at the Center of National and Global Business Competitiveness

Brimstone Consulting

PFAS are used in hundreds of thousands of products, from nonstick pans to water-repellent sports gear, to stain-resistant rugs. For example, as of January 1, 2023, Maine requires that companies report PFAS in products by quantity to the state, and the state will ban all PFAS-containing products by 2030. If not, should it?

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Consulting Case Interviews at Non-Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

Consulting-style case interviews are highly effective, and the same format is being adopted more and more widely. The major consultancies have converged on a largely identical interview style, precisely because it excels in picking out the most genuinely capable candidates from the huge pools of applications received. Key Differences.

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How Customers Perceive a Price Is as Important as the Price Itself

Harvard Business

As pressure intensifies to reduce prices, either by cutting the list price or offering a discount, managers may act hastily, without the same rigor they apply to investments elsewhere, such as capital deployment or product enhancements. All too often they don’t.

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We Need to Ask How We Can Make Economic Growth More Inclusive

Harvard Business

That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. It’s an apparel manufacturer called 99Degrees Custom. Some questions have what I like to call a catalytic quality.

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