Tom Spencer

MARCH 31, 2023

Whether you’re a busy professional, a student, or an entrepreneur, time management is a crucial skill for anyone looking to increase their productivity. Frederick Taylor: Chunk similar tasks together Another key strategy for effective time management is to bundle similar tasks together so that you can tackle them more efficiently.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 5, 2023

As companies seek to cut costs in an uncertain economy, increasing this commercial productivity is a smart strategy. Research shows the three ways companies can do this are to refine the go-to-market model, turn every rep into an A player, and make sales and marketing support more efficient.

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Markovitz Consulting

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In the space of two weeks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both ran articles on the productivity benefits of reduced work hours. Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%. There’s certainly some truth to that argument.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

In this article, we will explore the transformative power of AI in business and five key areas where it is being successfully implemented. These systems can suggest relevant products that customers are likely to enjoy. For example, Amazon might collect and analyze customer data such as product purchases and demographic information.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

In our Consulting Interview Bible, we go into the differences in great detail – but that’s not the point of this article. We know we could do an entire article on each one, and very well might in the near future (comment below if you’d like to see more on this)! Today, we focus on 6 types of case interviews.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore some of the most common roadblocks for manufacturing project s as well as suggest actionable recommendations for addressing them. The manufacturing industry significantly depends on supply chain s, as the production process requires seamless procurement of raw materials, components, spare parts, etc.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 11, 2024

The article advocates for a societal movement toward reducing consumption and over-production, while embracing values of care and redistribution, challenging traditional market-first ideologies.

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Epicflow

JUNE 21, 2023

Among other things, this can be achieved by improving a company’s operational efficiency. How is it possible to increase operational efficiency in project-based organizations? Let’s figure these issues out in the article. What Is Operational Efficiency and Why Improve It? Increasing competitiveness.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The adoption of AI is revolutionizing banking products, enabling financial institutions to offer personalized service, increase efficiency, and enhance security. This article explores the impact of AI on banking products, and the innovations being driven by this technology. AI-Driven Innovations in Banking Products 1.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This article explores how companies are making their supply chains more sustainable by sourcing eco-friendly materials, reducing waste, and optimizing logistics. For example, Adidas has launched initiatives to produce shoes from ocean plastic waste , turning a pollutant into a valuable consumer product.

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Epicflow

AUGUST 30, 2024

Read the article to learn more about this practice and its role in manufacturing, and explore recommendations that will drive MOM’s efficiency. Its main purpose is to produce better products more efficiently and at lower costs. Key Elements of Manufacturing Operations Management Production management.

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The digital marketplace offers an abundance of opportunities for businesses to sell products online, catering to a global audience. This article aims to provide a detailed roadmap for initiating online product sales while highlighting the invaluable support and benefits that come from working with professional consulting services.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Small businesses are increasingly tapping into the power of AI to drive growth, enhance efficiency, and improve customer service. This article examines how AI is affecting small businesses and discusses the hurdles that need to be overcome to fully embrace this transformative technology. Impact of AI on Small Businesses 1.

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Epicflow

JULY 27, 2022

Increasing employee productivity is a hot topic in every business environment today. Let’s figure it out in the article. . What Affects Employee Productivity? There are plenty of factors impacting people’s productivity – from proper workflow organization to employees’ lifestyle and health condition.

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Epicflow

APRIL 15, 2022

To be able to stay competitive on the market and cope with any arising issues, aerospace engineering companies are expected to seek how to improve operational efficiency in general and the engineering processes in particular. . What drives efficiency of aircraft engineering projects? Keep control of changing requirements.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 25, 2020

It doesn’t have to feel draining.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2018

Is there someone on your team who seems unusually productive? Super-productive people are in every industry. The most productive software developers write nine times more usable code per day than the average developer, according to research by Michael Mankins. The most productive people are great problem-solvers.

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Epicflow

JULY 5, 2024

In this article, we highlight the top 15 capacity planning tools and offer valuable recommendations to help you select the most suitable one for your business needs. Finally, a capacity planning tool should be flexible: this will help maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of project work in the face of changing plans and requirements.

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Epicflow

MAY 12, 2022

What do you need to know to allocate resources efficiently in a multi-project environment and utilize them to the full? Let’s figure it out in the article. . Resources are allocated efficiently when the right people work on the right tasks, while employees’ workload remains balanced – they are neither over- or underloaded. .

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2024

A study of automation usage in warehouse and logistics companies around the world suggests that blending human labor with robotics leads to greater efficiency than full automation alone. Human-robot collaboration, employed by companies like DHL and CEVA, enhances productivity, reduces worker fatigue, and increases job satisfaction.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 24, 2024

In this article, we will explore six (6) tips for businesses to successfully navigate economic challenges. Although it is fairly common for a successful business to generate 80% of its profits from 20% of its products, relying heavily on a small number of products, services, or markets exposes a business to significant risk.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 20, 2014

The Experience Curve captures the relationship between increasing production experience and declining costs. Wright described the effect of learning on production costs in the aircraft industry showing that required labour time dropped by 10 to 15 percent with every doubling of production experience. Source: Flickr ).

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 14, 2024

The integration of AI into consulting practices offers significant potential benefits, enabling firms to provide deeper insights, improve efficiency, and deliver more value to clients. In this article, we will highlight five (5) areas where AI has the potential to transform the consulting industry.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Read the article to learn about top capacity planning tools applicable to manufacturing projects and learn how to select the most suitable one. Facilitating productive project work. These factors contribute to increasing team members’ productivity. This is where powerful capacity planning software can make a difference.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2018

When a company needs a supervisor for a team, senior leaders often anoint the team’s most productive performer. In another article, we explained the seven behaviors of the most productive people, based on an analysis of 7,000 workers. andy sacks/Getty Images. Everyone loses. Why, then, do some fail while others succeed?

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The more component teams they have, the more complexity they create in the teams, in the product, and in delivery. No one can tell anything about project or product progress. See this article on cohesion and this on coupling for more information. Effect of Component Teams in a Large Product. That's an illusion.

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Business Consulting Agency

JULY 4, 2024

The beauty and skincare industry is a thriving market, with consumers constantly seeking new and innovative products. Launching a skincare product line and retail brand can be a lucrative venture, but it requires careful planning, significant investment, and industry expertise. Are you starting a skin care product line?

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Harvard Business

JULY 29, 2024

Humans have relied on generalizations forever as a mental shortcut — and a way of running a business efficiently.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 17, 2020

If you're not sure of those words, read Paul Graham's classic article, “ Maker's Schedule Manager's Schedule “ ). Ask people to consider pairing, swarming, and mobbing to work in flow efficiency , not resource efficiency. We ask makers to work as managers. (If That's the reason for a standup. I'm not big on standups.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As AI continues to advance, every meeting holds the promise of being productive, efficient, and influential, unlocking infinite possibilities for teams and organizations.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2024

Because of AI’s ability to learn from vast amounts of data and maximize efficiency, companies have predicted that humans working with it will be able to free up their time and expand their creative efforts, thereby driving greater innovation.

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2022

Let’s figure it out in the article. . Issues with the supply chain lead to poor quality of products and delays in their releases. AS9100 is an international standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry, which aims to improve safety and reliability of aerospace products. Customer satisfaction. .

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency , where we watch the flow of the work , not the people doing tasks. Where the organization rewards resource efficiency, not flow efficiency.) Too few organizations can do that.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2013

THE Ansoff Matrix (referred to by some commentators as the Product/Market Expansion Grid) was developed by a Russian-American mathematician named Igor Ansoff , and first explained in his 1957 Harvard Business Review article entitled Strategies for Diversification. What is a Product-Market Growth Strategy? Background.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Flow Efficiency In How Centralization Decisions Create Friction, Increase Cycle Time, and Cost Money, Part 1, I discussed how removing support staff for departments and managers created longer cycle times. Now, it's time for Economies of Scale and how that ties into resource efficiency thinking. See the Wikipedia article.

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2024

Instead, they need to choose one of three models: 1) Double down on the traditional in-store model 2) Offer online services to those specific customers who are ready to pay extra for the convenience, either as service charges or higher product prices 3) Become more efficient at online by fulfilling from select store backrooms using automation.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For years, managers have been trying to find ways to make software product development faster and easier. AI to take the place of humans in product development. But, as an industry, we continue to look for the recipe, the shortcut, the silver bullet, all to decrease the time and cost of product development. (I

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