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Sustainable Supply Chains Reduce Environmental Footprint

Tom Spencer

We’ll also look at case studies of companies leading the way in sustainable supply chain management. Case Studies of Leading Companies – Patagonia, Nike, Walmart Several companies are at the forefront of sustainable supply chain management, setting benchmarks for others to follow.

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Welcome to new readers plus a few questions answered

Management Consulted

It showed me the “benchmark” that I need to meet in order to be successful in business. In future weeks, I plan to release case studies, interview guides, and the like. I spent the next two years learning as much as possible so I could take those skills and start my own company. Subscribe to my RSS feed here.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Content Marketing

Harvard Business

” And despite the repeated mantra about “data-driven,” there is contradictory advice about which content-marketing benchmarks indicate success as well as many blithe assertions about best practices in this area. Documents uploaded to DocSend’s platform include case studies, overviews and guides, e-books, and proposals.

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Five Ways to Spur Lean in the Office

Markovitz Consulting

If meeting takt time is not an issue—for example, in closing the books at the end of the month— then measure and benchmark the time it takes to perform those tasks and challenge the team to figure out how to do them faster. Start treating offices errors and mistakes as real defects. Obsess over quality.

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Learning From Each Other

Women in Consulting

As solo practitioners and entrepreneurs, often we have limited access to relevant benchmarking resources. Without violating any price-fixing laws, the Best Practices Survey lets us benchmark our success against our peers. My clients are happier too since I can use my virtual assistant for administrative tasks on their business as well.

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Pros and Cons of OKRs

Johanna Rothman

Now, you create 3-5 Key Results: Create and publish benchmarks to prove Product X leads the category in the next quarter. Obtain 3 customer case studies in the next quarter that show Product X works for them in ways other products don't. If you’re organized in divisions, set an objective for the division.

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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer

Harvard Business

“Also, look at what you will be doing, what success looks like, and what benchmarks you’ll be judged against,” he says. Case Study #1: Do due diligence on salary considerations and be open to making trade-offs. Case Study # 2: Prioritize what’s important to you and formulate an approach.

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