Steve Shu Consulting

APRIL 6, 2011

Some consulting partners explicitly discuss with client executives the notion of gradually winding down longer-term relationships over periods of months (versus days or weeks) so that business and operational needs are met. Support the transition process with documentation, project closeout meetings, and the like.

Consulting 258

Consulting How To Meeting Development 258

Effective Managers

JULY 26, 2024

The Essence of Agile Methodology Agile methodology is underpinned by the Agile Manifesto, which emphasizes individuals and interactions over processes and tools, working solutions over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and responding to change over following a plan.

Methodologies 235

Methodologies Agile Productivity Training 235

Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2022

Issues with the supply chain lead to poor quality of products and delays in their releases. AS9100 is an international standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry, which aims to improve safety and reliability of aerospace products. Operational risk management . Customer satisfaction. .

Engineering 246

Engineering Management How To Risk Analysis 246

Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2017

The corporate landscape has become increasingly unequal, with the most productive firms thriving and the least productive ones failing to keep up. Other research has documented that the pay gap between firms is contributing to increased income inequality, but our work makes two additional contributions.

Productivity 135

Productivity Study Policies Data 135

Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

For example, if your goal is to increase sales, your L&D programs might focus on enhancing sales techniques, product knowledge, or customer relationship management skills. Productivity metrics: Assess changes in output per employee or team efficiency. Output per employee: Track changes in individual or team productivity levels.

Metrics 147

Metrics ROI Training Training 147

Effective Managers

JULY 26, 2024

The Essence of Agile Methodology Agile methodology is underpinned by the Agile Manifesto, which emphasizes individuals and interactions over processes and tools, working solutions over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and responding to change over following a plan.

Methodologies 146

Methodologies Agile Productivity Training 146

Kraft Kennedy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Why Law Firms Are Embracing Application Rationalization An underrated operational advantage, Application Rationalization addresses an inefficiency common across law firms. Today’s market requires new levels of cost reduction, efficiency, and productivity. All About The Apps!

Software 52

Software Tools Comparison Operations 52

Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Identifying the root causes of a problem that prevent something from operating as it should. The 5-Why inquiry that identified the lack of a strainer, and kept production on target, is emblematic of this type of problem solving. Innovation that seeks to fundamentally change how something operates. Type 2: Gap from standard.

Tools 150

Tools Operations Examples Analysis 150

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Productivity in the United States’ health care industry is declining — and has been ever since World War II. Administrative and operational inefficiencies account for nearly one third of the U.S. Easier and Improved Documentation. Westend61/Getty Images. health care system’s $3 trillion in annual costs.

Insurance 126

Insurance Insurance Efficiency Guidelines 126

PM Alliance

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Among the milestones on the path to a successful move is site selection—where will people and/or operations go? Below are some steps project teams can take to understand what goes into a site assessment and prepare for a productive location visit. Facility relocation projects can be long and complex efforts.

Productivity 83

Productivity Engineering Report Groups 83

Kai Davis

JULY 22, 2020

When we talk about productized services, we often touch on how they help you increase your effective hourly rate. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) let you write down and capture your process so you can remember it later and improve it over time. Pick one or two processes to document. The secret weapon?

Productivity 52

Productivity Operations Resources Video 52

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, IoT is at the peak of Gartner’s 2015 hype cycle, which suggests the next phase will be disillusionment, and it will be years before we see real productivity gains. We believe data-driven manufacturing is indeed the next wave that will drive efficient and responsive production systems. Operations in a Connected World.

Data 124

Data System Engineering Efficiency 124

Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

These systems sought to make existing knowledge more accessible to those who might need it in the form of knowledge repositories that collected and indexed documents as well as directories of expertise that could point employees to others who had relevant know-how. The obvious focus here: efficiency at scale. Learning versus unlearning.

Emotional Intelligence 145

Emotional Intelligence Efficiency Operations Development 145

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

One type of data scientist creates output for humans to consume, in the form of product and strategy recommendations. Data science for humans: the consumers of the output are decision makers like executives, product managers, designers, or clinicians. They are decision scientists. They are modeling scientists. What are some examples?

Data 132

Data Engineering Software Operations 132

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Businesses invest a great deal of time and money in interventions that claim to increase workers’ productivity through on-the-job training, new protocols, advice from consultants, and so on. Recent research suggests that there’s a surprising input into productivity that no one ever thinks about: clean air.

Productivity 70

Productivity Travel Policies Research 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This story exemplifies one type of empathic design, namely by a user-designer who combines deep knowledge of product use with the ability to foresee new possibilities for it. By definition, empathy includes emotion — a connection beyond satisfaction with the operational. An emotional connection between design and its users.

Productivity 73

Productivity Engineering Study Examples 73

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

The first use case involves predicting demand for consumer products that are in the “long tail” of consumption. This method works well for popular products in large regions but tends to fail when data gets thin because random noise overwhelms the underlying signal. Operations in a Connected World. Predicting demand.

Data 132

Data Advertising Operations Case Studies 132

Asamby Consulting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Small Business Operations Consulting An investment makes sense only when you get more in return than you invested. If you hire an operations consultant, this Return on Investment might be not easy to calculate. This blog posts outlines what the ROI for hiring a small business operations consultant is.

ROI 52

ROI Small Business Operations Consulting 52

Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 13, 2022

Why you need a COO or Operations Manager. Either their operations have grown quite a bit or they are in the midst of growing. Many founders and CEOs ask us this question: Do I need an operations manager? But there are a few questions: Why is it necessary to hire an operations person? We answer with a resounding yes.

Operations 52

Operations Management Methodologies Report 52

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images. Core Competencies.

Productivity 73

Productivity Management Engineering Case Interview 73

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2017

Department of Labor retracted a guidance document regarding the definition of employees versus independent contractors that had been issued under my watch (you can find a copy here , however). For a deeper look into the distinctions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 2015 guidance document ). These distinctions matter.

Case Interview 136

Case Interview Government Insurance Insurance 136

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2017

That’s because most companies view their competition as another brand, product, or service. Sure, someone in your company needs to understand the marketplace: who your competition is, what other products are on the market, and how they are doing, at a basic level. Most companies think they sell a product. Here’s how.

Real Estate 136

Real Estate Video Productivity Analysis 136

Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Ensuring that your team understands how to operate within their new working conditions is a key part of creating a culture of accountability. As quarantine begins to ease, and businesses are starting to operate as normal again, organizations must take advantage of the changes they have made and assess which ones they want to keep.

Culture 130

Culture Operations ROI Tools 130

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 16, 2024

Despite many current applications being small-scale pilot projects, the promise of Gen AI to revolutionise banking operations and enhance customer experiences is becoming clear. Moreover, they are looking to use large language models to parse regulations in the countries they operate in to ensure they are compliant in each jurisdiction.

Banking 78

Banking Financial Operations Data 78

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While our study assessed the impact of low literacy on administrative expenses, two decades of research has documented the impact of literacy on the overall health economy — some estimate the cost to add up to as much as $238 billion, or 17%, of all U.S. health expenditures. Amazon and other digital retailers have done just that.

System 123

System Insurance Insurance Education 123

Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

Why is it that when a group of managers gets together for a strategic planning session they often emerge with a document that’s devoid of “strategy”, and often not even a plan ? I have one such document in front of me as I write this. Alicia Llop/Getty Images. The reason? Stakeholders can be great strategists.

Case Interview 133

Case Interview Groups Small Business Examples 133

Harvard Business

JULY 4, 2016

presumably you get marginal increases in productivity and decreases in inefficiency — less burn-out, a better working environment, less staff turn-over, etc. “But this starves the other elements of capacity building,” some might say. Precisely the opposite.

Nonprofit 129

Nonprofit Operations Information Technology Information Technology 129

Epicflow

APRIL 15, 2022

To be able to stay competitive on the market and cope with any arising issues, aerospace engineering companies are expected to seek how to improve operational efficiency in general and the engineering processes in particular. . As aircraft engineering involves the designing process, changes to the developed products are inevitable.

Engineering 130

Engineering Efficiency Management How To 130

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Employees operate within a hierarchy and are well aware of the guidelines that dictate their behavior. Behavior is even more tightly regulated at Amazon’s warehouses, where target goals and surveillance keep production on schedule. Managers could operate their stores with autonomy and tailor products to customer preferences.

Culture 132

Culture Operations Efficiency Guidelines 132

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2017

She distilled the notes about her many accomplishments into an overview of the 10 years in her current role: Keep University’s School of Design (eight graduate programs) running flawlessly for Director, other staff, faculty, and students — during routine operations and emergencies. Equally adept at managing people and operations.

Transportation 136

Transportation Real Estate Financial Operations 136

Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

In study after study for over a decade, operations researchers have found that retailers understaff during peak hours. More-stable scheduling increased sales and labor productivity. Labor productivity increased by 5%, in an industry where productivity grew by only 2.5% The results were striking. We hope not.

Retail 73

Retail Sales Productivity Research 73

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

For example, it might be critical that a company wins a new order (which will be awarded on a given date) from a major customer, or gets a factory fully operational by a certain day. ” The organization, if it is operating rationally, should be willing to accept however much improvement it can get from that fixed investment.

Resources 135

Resources Travel Software Examples 135

Harvard Business

APRIL 2, 2018

Nearly every major company today operates a broad set of social and environmental activities that parallel its commercial value chain. Employees at every level can see and take pride in the way their company’s new products, strategies, and operational choices advance a clear social purpose. Nike is about fitness.

Company 126

Company Advertising Report Sales 126

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

RPA, which stands for ‘ robotic process automation ’, is a technology that consists of software robots ( bots ) that can mimic a human worker performing operations on their laptops. It is ideal for operations that involve rule based repetitive tasks to be done in large volumes. What is NLP?

Software 74

Software Data Engineering Operations 74

Epicflow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This enables more effective communication and collaboration in real time, promotes safety, and increases the efficiency and productivity of the construction processes. Basically, the domain is looking for ways to address current economic issues, improve operations, and optimize costs. AIA Contract Documents. The Hartford.

Construction 157

Construction Trends Industry Energy 157

Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

The computational agility of cloud computing has been playing a role in manufacturing as well, fostering the creation of new “smart’” products. Flexible access to computing resources allows small firms to scale-up (or down) rapidly and to experiment with new products and features.

Research 122

Research Data Agile Software 122

Harvard Business

MARCH 16, 2017

Why are some employees more productive than others? The HR department keeps track of every promotion, while the operations department monitors which employees leave the organization. Performance reviews and employee surveys were managed by the HR team, whereas data on turnover was held by the operations team.

Data 134

Data Case Interview Analysis Survey 134