Markovitz Consulting

MAY 1, 2019

According to a new HBR article , process mining will “revitalize process management in firms where it has lain fallow for years.” Place responsibility for improvement in the hands of a few people who have the special skills and training to operate the software, and let them fix the problems. Gee, that sounds terrific.

Software 124

Software Chemicals Analysis Process Analysis 124

Harvard Business

MAY 26, 2016

Operating margins for firms publicly listed in the US show a substantial and sustained rise. That is good news for managers and investors. In a new research paper , I tease apart the factors associated with the growth in corporate valuations relative to assets ( Tobin’s Q ) and the growth in operating margins.

Pharmaceuticals 129

Pharmaceuticals Chemicals Industry Study 129

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Booz, who could very well possibly be considered the father of management consulting as a career. It is one of the original “white-shoe” firms, accredited with being the origination of the management consulting profession. Most recently, Booz & Company acquired Management Engineers , based in Dusseldorf, Germany. Automotive.

Interviews 181

Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation.

Telecommunications 127

Telecommunications Survey Biotechnology Industry 127

MishTalk

AUGUST 24, 2013

air strikes in Syria that would send a message to the regime of President Bashar al Assad not to continue using chemical weapons against its civilians. intelligence continues to investigate an apparent large-scale chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime this week that may have killed as many as 1,000 civilians. Ready to Act.

Chemicals 76

Chemicals Report Government Groups 76

Management Consulted

JANUARY 25, 2016

As such, AlixPArtners is known for being packed full of industry and consulting experts and the firm’s managing directors have been called upon by several leading publications such as Bloomberg, WSJ, the Financial Times, CNBC, and Fox Business. Information Management. 1 in interim management, No. Practice Areas.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Melissa Agnes

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Not only do they have very distinct meanings, but they need a different management response. And issue management can be regarded as a powerful tool for crisis prevention. In fact a crisis has been known to be described as an issue that WASN’T managed. Crisis management is trying to save the ship after it has struck and iceberg.

Media 99

Media Conference Chemicals Interviews 99

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

The organizational barriers to profitable growth are foreseeable and can be managed. A decade of centralizing global product and brand management in Amsterdam had largely denigrated the field-based commercial organizations around the world into order-takers, while the global business units migrated further away from customers and consumers.

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

Operations 70

Operations Examples Insurance Insurance 70

Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

This enables engineers to fine-tune a “high-resolution blast” so that it produces more predictably sized rock and dirt for subsequent loading, hauling and grinding, which together account for most of a mine’s operational costs.

B2B 76

B2B Chemicals Engineering Data 76

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

It is tough to beat the market and over long periods of time indexing has been shown to outperform most active managers. On the other side, fans of active management see it as a trend that can damage market efficiency and lead to distortions in market prices. Three types of investors satisfy both criteria.

Chemicals 73

Chemicals Industry Metrics Financial 73

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. In 2005, they acquired Strategic Management Group, Inc; a collection of investment companies with holdings in healthcare and biotech as well as other areas. BTS GROUP KEY STATS.

Groups 100

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

” Discovery-driven planning has since become a staple in business schools’ entrepreneurship curricula and a go-to technique for those who manage innovation. In short, too many firms used conventional planning to manage their new ventures. Since then, they have taught the concepts to thousands of students and managers.

Benchmarking 106

Benchmarking Methodologies Company Apparel 106

Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2017

Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. How can you make core business operations more sustainable? Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Co. Chairman & CEO, Dow Chemical. Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Climate Change on HBR.org. by Forest L. Reinhardt and Michael W. by Andrew Winston.

Energy 73

Energy Chemicals Case Study Case Studies 73

Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2018

Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making. Both of these lead to better management and higher RQ.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property Research Industry Engineering 127

MishTalk

AUGUST 28, 2013

The warmongers are flooding the airwaves, beating the drums of war, even though UN inspectors have not even had time to investigate whether Syria uses chemical weapons. Turkey, another important US ally that refused to co-operate on Iraq, is also onside on Syria. The Financial Times is at the head of the list. Financial Times Case #1.

Chemicals 51

Chemicals Financial Journal Policies 51

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers. For example, [Andrew] Liveris talked about the focus Dow [Chemical] has on great chemistry and designing new sustainable product lines and being willing to cannibalize existing products. Andrew Liveris. It’s a start.

Case Interview 73

Case Interview Chemicals System Interviews 73

Organizational Talent Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2022

BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. At BASF, chemical production sites are highly interlinked product flows resulting in efficient uses of resources. You get what you plan for when it comes to supply chain management.

Talent 52

Talent Chemicals Handbook How To 52

Tom Spencer

MARCH 1, 2024

If you have read some of the blogs on this website, you have probably come across many that describe life and work as a management or business consultant. These consultants typically assist their clients in strategy, operations, profitability, and risk mitigation. But What Else is Out There?

Consulting 68

Consulting Intellectual Property Engineering Real Estate 68

Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

The existing management team had not addressed a range of issues, including required changes to store sizes, the product range, and which geographies the company focused on. So founder and CEO Tom Stemberg hired John Wilson as head of strategy and chief financial officer. ” Wilson was exactly what the business needed.

Strategy 73

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Chemicals 73

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Records management. They did much of the work piecing together Mr. Madoff’s money trail and just recently flew over to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Government, who hired FTI to improve operations of utilities and highway units (2014). Interim Management. Securities Litigation & Risk Management. Latin America.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

The Financial Services Operating Group concerns itself with Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance. The Health and Public Service operating group focuses on those industries. The Health and Public Service operating group focuses on those industries. Finance and Performance Management. Risk Management.

Accenture 45

Accenture Case Interview Operations Automotive 45

Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2016

Such rules rest on the premise that if we can just structure the board properly, management misconduct can largely be prevented. GE states, “The primary role of GE’s Board of Directors is to oversee how management serves the interests of shareowners and other stakeholders.”

Company 70

Company Chemicals Industry Meeting 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. ” Improving risk management. ” Improving risk management. On the contrary, academic research and business experience point to quite the opposite.

Study 70

Study Productivity Efficiency Operations 70

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. Meanwhile, Democrats place greater importance on technology expertise and risk management.

Telecommunications 70

Telecommunications Biotechnology Survey Healthcare 70

Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2016

Chan School of Public Health, about the major challenges of local sourcing, how companies can manage them, and what food supply chains will look like in the future. Operations in a Connected World. Shouldn’t advancing technologies, in agriculture and operations, also be able to help here? How can this be? Insight Center.

Case Study 70

Case Study Case Studies Operations Productivity 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. And as a company with over 2 billion users, and with 80% of our community outside the U.S., we have a responsibility to lead.

Energy 73

Energy Efficiency Policies Data 73

Harvard Business

JUNE 17, 2016

In everything it does, the company pays as much attention to its growth engine — its ability to manage innovation and launch consistently valuable products — as in any particular garment or device it sells. With all this in place, Starbucks can move with assurance to expand. How do we add value in ways that others do not?

Company 70

Company Engineering Apparel Energy 70

Harvard Business

APRIL 22, 2016

A few years later, she joined a start-up called BioAmber, producing chemical intermediates using sugars instead of fossil fuels. “Managing career cycles with flexibility and non-linear trajectories is important for us. It was a meaningful shift, allowing her to push for more sustainable alternatives to petrochemicals.

Talent 70

Talent Real Estate Education Chemicals 70

Melissa Agnes

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Not only do they have very distinct meanings, but they need a different management response. And issue management can be regarded as a powerful tool for crisis prevention. In fact a crisis has been known to be described as an issue that WASN’T managed. Crisis management is trying to save the ship after it has struck and iceberg.

Media 53

Media Conference Chemicals Interviews 53

Comatch

MAY 16, 2022

It is often also a management decision to be proactive and become a competitive company that spends resources wisely to build shareholder value in the long run. Green finance is becoming increasingly dominant, as long-term investors see environmental risk management as a fundamental success factor in securing long-term returns.

Chemicals 52

Chemicals Energy Metrics Industry 52

Tom Spencer

APRIL 1, 2022

management consulting firms) produce high levels of carbon dioxide emissions that cannot otherwise be reduced. Chemical Innovations. The test showed no observable operational difference between the two. He aspires to become a management consultant in the aerospace and defense fields. Carbon Credits. Other Trends.

Trends 88

Trends Engineering Travel Airlines 88

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Many business leaders are fond of the spurious Peter Drucker quote that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” I understood the concern of our store operators, but customers were asking for the service.” To manage the risks of measurement biases, companies must check and recheck their core metrics.

Metrics 70

Metrics Retail Sales Automotive 70

Harvard Business

JULY 15, 2016

Sasson himself told The New York Times that management’s response to his digital camera was “that’s cute – but don’t tell anyone about it.” Today the company has annual revenues above $20 billion, competes in healthcare and electronics operations and derives significant revenues from document solutions.

Film 70

Film Balance Sheet Chemicals Engineering 70

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Answer These 5 Questions Think of your boss — your direct supervisor or manager — and consider each statement below. In one case, two operational leaders at Kelly Services, a workforce solutions firm, created a Business Resource Group to promote leadership development and increase employee engagement.

Energy 70

Energy Study Chemicals Research 70

MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Last week, the FBI shut down the underground website known as "Silk Road" and confiscated the bitcoin wallet of Ross Ulbricht, the site operator, on drug charges. With that background, please consider the Extreme Tech report FBI unable to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from Silk Road operator. Escrow accounts were not as protected.

Pharmaceuticals 77

Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 77

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

Sometimes biologists seek these errors out, or even generate them themselves — bombarding organisms with chemicals or radiation to create mutations — in order to discern the space of what is possible for a fruit fly or how bacteria truly operate. Use evolutionary thinking to understand and manage legacy code and systems.

Construction 70

Construction System Software Chemicals 70