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"Process Mining"? Sounds Like a Waste of Time.

Markovitz Consulting

For example, the global chemical company Chermours used process mining to analyze their order-to-cash process: It took the process mining effort four months to uncover how the actual process was performing (not just what the ERP documentation stated). I’m sure it does more efficient.

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How to Turn Today’s Proposal Failure into Tomorrow’s Consulting Success with JT Badiani: Podcast #10

Consulting Success

He started out as a MBA/chemical engineer with years of experience in the design field and great success in operations, but decided that his talents and passions could truly be put to use when he pursued his dream of helping companies achieve success. He knows how to critically evaluate a program to make it more efficient and streamlined.

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Don’t Be Tyrannized by Old Metrics

Harvard Business

For example, same-store sales or sales per square foot measure success in the retail industry, and various volume measures do it in commodity industries. In a future dominated by autonomous vehicles and ride-sharing schemes, a typical family might decide to own fewer cars or none at all — meaning lower unit sales, all else equal.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. Companies such as GE Aviation and Safran are working on improving engine efficiency in order to reduce emissions.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Facing strict regulation on chemical release and competition from flowers from Africa, the Dutch flower industry developed a closed-loop system that grows flowers hydroponically in greenhouses, lowering risk of infestation and reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

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What the Big Mergers of 2017 Tell Us About 2018

Harvard Business

The efficiencies of online business have continued to fell the old giants of retailing. Intel’s $15 billion acquisition this year of MobileEye was not only the largest sale of an Israeli startup , but also a signal that the heart of tech is going on the road. But what happened this year in chemicals is real, not speculation.

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What to Do When Work Stress (Literally) Makes You Sick

Harvard Business

In response, they release hormones and chemicals to speed up our heart rate, increase blood pressure and stimulate our muscles. Such was the case when I was working a grueling pharmaceutical sales job. They communicate to each other, as they do when we’re anxious, becoming more efficient in the process.