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Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders

Epicflow

The capacity of HHI is superior to its competitors — a four-kilometer Ulsan shipyard with nine huge “Goliath Cranes,” 16,000 well-trained and experienced people in production, R&D, management, and administration, and the ability to manufacture any ship of any size with superb quality and the highest deadweight tonnage in the world.

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Should Consultants Charge an Upfront Fee or Charge at the End of a Project?

Steve Shu Consulting

Here’s one anecdotal story: I once managed a business advisory practice as part of a large, international and diversified products and services firm. However, consulting firms have cash flow considerations to make. I’d avoid collecting money entirely (i.e., 100%) on the backend except for the shortest and smallest engagements.

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We Tracked Every Dollar 235 U.S. Households Spent for a Year, and Found Widespread Financial Vulnerability

Harvard Business

The lack of access to stable, predictable cash flows is the hard-to-see source of much of today’s economic insecurity. Financial Diaries (USFD), an unprecedented study to collect detailed cash flow data for U.S. But this close-up look at cash flows suggests new routes to helping families. households.

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How Competition Is Driving AI’s Rapid Adoption

Harvard Business

It took more than 30 years for electricity to diffuse and enable industrial plant design that could generate significant productivity growth. ” The first group experiences the largest benefits from AI, and the second benefits but only by a fraction of the general AI productivity uplift. This may dissuade them from acting.

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Balancing the Scale

Tom Spencer

Scale improves productivity but also increases bureaucracy. However, production at scale also leads to unhelpful bureaucracy. As production rises, more employees are needed and executives implement more rules to keep things under control. Scale can help a company to produce more output at lower average costs.

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Economies of Scope - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Economies of scope exist where a firm can produce two products at a lower per unit cost than would be possible if it produced only the one. If properly understood, economies of scope could be used by SMEs to drive profit growth and reduce the risk associated with product failure. Importance. burgers, fries, sundaes and salads).

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LIVE: How to Make Your Workplace More Inclusive & Accessible

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

times higher cash flow per employee. An inclusive workplace can improve the wellbeing of your employees, boost moral, and increase productivity. In a 2015 study, Deloitte reported that diverse companies earned 2.3 And while diversity may just be a measure of success, inclusion is the ultimate goal.