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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business

To examine this possibility, I conducted research on recent developments in Nike Inc’s apparel supply chain with Jens Hainmueller of Stanford University and Richard M. In the mid-2000s, Nike embarked on a program to introduce lean manufacturing to its apparel suppliers in the developing world. Locke of Brown University.

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How to Excel at Both Strategy and Execution

Harvard Business

If you walk into a department store today, you are probably talking to a guy who is untrained; he was selling vacuum cleaners yesterday, and now he is in the apparel section. It just does not work.” receive stock options and health insurance. .” receive stock options and health insurance.

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How to Strengthen Your Reputation as an Employer

Harvard Business

Take outdoor apparel retailer Patagonia. ” The company delivers on that promise through paid environmental internships, time off for civil disobedience training, reimbursements for commuting to work in a way other than driving, and a flex-time policy that allows employees to catch a good swell when they feel so inspired.

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BTS Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Fortune 500 and over 30 of the Global Fortune 100 among its clientele. Manufacturing.

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The Ways Customers Use Products Have Changed — but Brands Haven’t Kept Up

Harvard Business

Nike, once an athletic apparel brand telling stories of athletic solo willpower, has now taken on a systemic nature by introducing brand experiences , such as Nike Plus, Nike Plus Training Club, Nike Plus Running Club, etc. To further illustrate the structure of a brand system, let’s look at the example of Nike.

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The Five Pillars of Marketing Success

The Fearless Marketer

Random programs or services are generalized consulting, coaching or training programs. “I I offer management consulting and training to corporations.” What is the Focused Goal for your marketing? Pillar Two: Focused Program or Service. Kind of vague, right? But this is what I hear all the time.

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business

Examples include defining and agreeing on new work practices, creating a blueprint for business processes, agreeing on changes to job roles and responsibilities, establishing new performance-management systems, training in new business skills as well as the more obvious training and education in using the new system, and so on.

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