Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2018

Top performers are more likely to: employ truly tailored pricing at the individual customer and product level. By contrast, more-advanced companies tailor their pricing carefully for each combination of customer and product, continually working to maximize total margin. the alternatives and competitive intensity in the industry.

B2B 55

B2B Survey Company Sales 55

Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

While there’s less buzz around business-to-business markets, these innovations are changing the game in B2B as well, even in old-line industries selling what might be considered commodity products. Insight Center. Data-Driven Marketing. Sponsored by Google. The science of storytelling and brand performance.

B2B 29

B2B Chemicals Engineering Data 29

Management Consulted

JANUARY 25, 2016

Consumer Products. 3 in the chemicals and pharma sector – brand eins. Disgruntled interviewees report that AlixPartner’s HR team are not the best, the nicest or the most polite – so don’t expect a warm fuzzy introduction. Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness. Turnaround & Restructuring. Industries.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

LSA Global

OCTOBER 27, 2019

When compared to lower trust companies, the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies found that employees in high-trust companies are: 50% more productive. In addition, employees at companies with a high trust work culture report less stress (by 74%) and more happiness (29%) with their lives. 106% more energetic. 76% more engaged.

Culture 28

Culture How To Chemicals Report 28

MishTalk

JUNE 15, 2014

The setup in Ukraine is quite like debt ceiling negotiations in the US, typically solved at the last moment with huffing and puffing and overblown reporting of consequences if a deal is not reached. The last paragraph above explains all you need to know.

Chemicals 52

Chemicals Energy Government Company 52

Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2016

When we multitask, our mind switches back and forth between different tasks, which hurts our productivity, creativity, and accuracy by increasing cognitive load and impairing memory. Research attributes this to both structural and chemical differences in their brains. Another reason is that women typically worry more than men.

Study 53

Study Chemicals Research Report 53

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This morning the Institute for Supply Management released its much followed Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. Growing Slower 20 Production 56.5 For example, a chemical company with 300 employees carries the same weight as an auto manufacturer with 200,000 employees. The ISM says today''s report " corresponds to a 3.3

Trends 28

Trends Construction Chemicals Report 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Only 13% of directors in the energy and utilities industry consider innovation to be a major strategic challenge, but the swift growth of renewable energy companies and such developments as the use of drones for monitoring oil and gas production suggest that no industry is impervious to the forces of innovation.

Telecommunications 50

Telecommunications Survey Biotechnology Industry 50

MishTalk

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Supply Chain reports 2015 U.S. Many of the report insights run counter to the points of view and “hype” regarding reshoring of manufacturing to the United States. manufacturing renaissance,” marked by the “reshoring” of production and the growing competitiveness challenges of many foreign nations vis-à-vis the United States.

Apparel 28

Apparel Chemicals Trends Report 28

MishTalk

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Supply Chain reports 2015 U.S. Many of the report insights run counter to the points of view and “hype” regarding reshoring of manufacturing to the United States. manufacturing renaissance,” marked by the “reshoring” of production and the growing competitiveness challenges of many foreign nations vis-à-vis the United States.

Apparel 28

Apparel Chemicals Trends Report 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 28, 2016

Tech Insider reports World's First Robot-run farm will harvest 30,000 heads of lettuce daily. The Japanese lettuce production company Spread believes the farmers of the future will be robots. Future of Farming The future of farming has arrived. It's vertical, soilless, and run by robots.

Chemicals 28

Chemicals Energy Trends Productivity 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Just 38% of directors reported having a high level of concern about cybersecurity risks, and an even smaller proportion said they were prepared for these risks. food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

Telecommunications 29

Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate Survey 29

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. In the largest study on climate change data and corporations, 8,000 supplier companies (that sell to 75 multinationals) reported on their level of climate risk.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 1, 2014

The CAS study analysed air samples in the capital on a seasonal basis, and found that pollutants generated from industrial production and coal-burning the source of Beijing''s PM2.5 China to Invest in Air Pollution Treatment XinhuaNet reports China to invest heavily in air pollution treatment China needs to invest 1.75 pollutants.

Study 58

Study Travel Chemicals Energy 58

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

During my years at OSHA, where I served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor from 2009 through the beginning of 2017, I received several reports of safety system failures at DuPont facilities. Injuries and catastrophic events, in addition to being tragic, are evidence that production is not being managed correctly.

Operations 75

Operations Chemicals System Metrics 75

MishTalk

APRIL 9, 2015

Productivity and Free Trade The Library of Economics and Free Trade has an excellent article on the subject. The answer, of course, is that Chinese productivity was growing at enormous rates. Even the poorest of families tend to have cell phones, internet services, and huge digital TVs. It''s title is simply Free Trade.

Industry 28

Industry Chemicals Energy Banking 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The entire industry obsesses each year, even each week, with reports of unit sales of cars, influencing the behavior of auto producers, suppliers, channel partners, industry analysts, and investors. But these metrics can become tyrants. When things change, outmoded metrics can threaten a firm’s survival. For years, U.S.

Metrics 28

Metrics Retail Sales Automotive 28

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 23, 2020

As author Caroline Turner states in her book Difference Works: Improving Retention, Productivity and Profitability Through inclusion , “ I lacked the passion to keep it up.” Or fall flat on their face in a pool of blood like Arianna Huffington reports in her best seller “Thrive.” Heavy travel. Events after work.

Operations 218

Operations Travel Chemicals System 218

MishTalk

AUGUST 14, 2014

Tit-for-tat sanction cracks widened to the breaking point today following a report Ukraine Approves Law on Sanctions Against Russia. Slovakia prime minister Robert Fico was so concerned he made a few common sense, yet very pointed statements to reporters in Bratislava.

Pharmaceuticals 60

Pharmaceuticals Chemicals Report Policies 60

Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2018

In the flurry of statistics that exist around personal productivity, there’s one I find especially alarming : The average person is distracted or interrupted every 40 seconds when working in front of their computer. In productivity circles, this phenomenon is known as Parkinson’s law. Sarah Lawrence/Getty Images.

Strategy 53

Strategy Strategy& Strategy Chemicals 53

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2019

” Product quality stunk. As an industry, our product quality still stunk. The first Chaos report was published in 1994.). The thinking was if we could get the process right, we could get great products faster, cheaper, and with better quality. What to call this lightweight approach to software product development?

Agile 66

Agile Software Construction Productivity 66

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Household Products. 2015 Annual Report. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Marketing & Sales. Research & Development. Manufacturing. Aerospace and Automotive. Industrial Equipment. Technology. Cloud Computing. Hardware & Software. Food & Beverage. Commercial Oil. Renewable Energy. Telecommunications. Cable Companies.

Groups 100

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

Royal Dutch Philips is a $20B diversified consumer electronics, healthcare, and lighting products company. He reset collaborative P&L metrics and business review processes, shared by the region leaders and the global product leaders, to form tight “business handshakes,” that he regards as the center of a granular set of growth strategies.

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Not only was the firm recognized for its expansion during that time period, but Cap Gemini Sogeti also become famous for its annual reports, winning 1st place for the best company annual report. The group experienced serious growth in 1985, signified by share value appreciation of 25% in 5 days on the Euronext Paris stock exchange.

Capgemini 192

Capgemini Interviews Consulting Accenture 192

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

But a recent report concludes that meeting the goals in just four out of 60 sectors (food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and wellbeing) could indeed open up market opportunities worth up to $12 trillion a year in less than 15 years. How about by meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?

Chemicals 53

Chemicals Energy Case Interview Resources 53

Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2016

Chipotle aimed to differentiate itself from other quick-serve restaurants on the basis of using local ingredients and local sourcing of its products. Companies like Tyson have decades of experience in testing and making sure their products are safe. They’re producing massive quantities in a single plant.

Case Study 28

Case Study Case Studies Operations Productivity 28

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 22, 2020

And actually most women who start reporting these symptoms end up on either anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medications, and sleep medications and all kinds of solutions for symptoms of burnout. And those neurotransmitters are chemicals that affect the body positively. It almost sounds like a psychiatric condition. It really is.

Interviews 207

Interviews Exercises System Tools 207

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

When asked about the composition of the workforce in 5-10 years, HR leaders consistently report that, in their judgment, full-time permanent employees will account for only about 50% of their staff. Training magazine reported that 2015 training expenditures were approximately $70 billion dollars , a 14% increase from 2014.

Agile 28

Agile Development Talent Deloitte 28

MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

With that background, please consider the Extreme Tech report FBI unable to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from Silk Road operator. As Extreme Tech reports, bitcoin users located the FBI''s wallet and tagged it with the address Silkroad Seized Coins. Also consider Mish Interview With "Bitcoin Jesus". FBI Unable to Crack Bitcoin Security.

Pharmaceuticals 75

Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 75

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It was a productive 12 months, to say the least. With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. Debates about climate change melted away. Then came 2016.

Energy 28

Energy Chemicals Banking Financial 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

However, Section 1502 does not require firms to avoid DRC conflict minerals — it simply requires them to make a good faith effort to disclose the source of the minerals in their products. Eligible companies had more than three years to investigate their supply chains; the first disclosure reports were due in May 2014.

Productivity 44

Productivity Company Pharmaceuticals Survey 44

MishTalk

MARCH 4, 2015

But hardwood isn''t the only product they sell. company, but much of its laminate flooring is made in China, and as we discovered during our investigation, may fail to meet health and safety standards, because it contains high levels of formaldehyde, a known cancer causing chemical. Lumber Liquidators is a U.S. I don''t care.

Chemicals 28

Chemicals Report Productivity Company 28