Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

Industry 130

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 130

Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2017

Ronald Coase nailed it back in 1937 when he identified scalable efficiency as the key driver of the growth of large institutions. Scalable efficiency works best in stable environments that are not evolving rapidly. Scalable efficiency doesn’t just demand conformity among the individuals within the institution.

Operations 134

Operations Efficiency Productivity Examples 134

Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Today, they’re 21 and 23, and I can proudly say I didn’t miss a single school play, sports event, or bedtime story. To be there for every school event? Set Up Marketing, Sales, and Client Delivery for Efficiency Time is your most valuable asset, especially when you’re a parent. For flexibility?

Consulting 156

Consulting How To System Efficiency 156

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

From telemedicine to wearable devices, health-tech innovations are not only improving patient outcomes but also making healthcare more accessible and efficient. For example, a wearable ECG monitor can detect irregular heart rhythms and alert both the patient and their healthcare provider, potentially preventing a serious cardiac event.

Healthcare 78

Healthcare Data Trends Efficiency 78

Epicflow

MARCH 22, 2023

Also, if a company decides to cut expenses but does nothing to increase operational efficiency, it may lead to delivering low-quality output and decreased customer satisfaction. To achieve this, you should analyze your business processes, improve operational efficiency, and identify the causes of excessive expenses.

Resources 164

Resources Management Efficiency Operations 164

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2016

We believe data-driven manufacturing is indeed the next wave that will drive efficient and responsive production systems. From Time-Triggered to Event-Triggered Control Systems. Events, such as moving a part down the production line, are based on time triggers. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center.

Data 123

Data Engineering System Efficiency 123

Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2018

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live. There were no processes in place to share the learning.

Talent 115

Talent Recruiting Recruitment Boston Consulting Group 115

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2017

Before 1999 “performance” had a simple, unidimensional definition for health care leaders and their boards: It was shorthand for the CFO’s financial report, summarizing operating margins. In the years since, “performance” has become more complex, now including dozens or even hundreds of quality measures.

Comparison 134

Comparison Financial Report Data 134

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

After building a successful model in financial services, Oliver Wyman expanded to offer pure strategy consulting services to non-financial services groups and now has 2 internal divisions that operate relatively independently. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Oliver Wyman became own firm again. Mercer buys Oliver Wyman.

Oliver Wyman 201

Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S.

Cash Flow 128

Cash Flow Transportation Energy Balance Sheet 128

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Don’t optimize for efficiency. Your business model is still in flux, and flexibility is more valuable than efficiency and cost savings. Your team isn’t big enough to really reap the rewards of these efficiencies. What not to do. Your goal is success. Don’t do it. This is so tempting!

Metrics 131

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Operations 131

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

But such a change would probably not change how resources are allocated or businesses operate. Many people have suggested moving away from quarterly earnings reporting as a way to reduce short-termism. By contrast, forward-looking metrics were rarely provided for issues underlying the corporate governance theme.

Metrics 125

Metrics Financial Marketing Trends 125

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Hip and knee replacements are discrete, pre-planned events with a fairly standardized and consistent patient journey, from pre-operative evaluation to scheduled OR date to post-operative rehabilitation, and with a single “captain” of the ship. The road to better policy will be long and winding.

Operations 120

Operations System Policies Efficiency 120

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In this article, I’d like to share the insights we’ve gleaned from the model’s first full year of operation, which hopefully organizations in health care and many other industries will find useful. On the business side, the escalation process has provided improved visibility into operations.

System 130

System Healthcare Metrics Report 130

Harvard Business

MAY 7, 2018

Although it remained open for operations during Hurricane Harvey in late August 2017, the storm caused significant moisture damage to its infrastructure, necessitating the closure of more than half of its 200 inpatient beds for several months after the storm. surge in volume after Hurricane Harvey struck. Boarding hours dropped by 52%.

Operations 116

Operations Efficiency Resources System 116

Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2017

Based on this cross-case analysis, we found that operational safety and data security are decisive factors in getting people to trust technology. And since negative events are more visible than positive events, operational safety alone is not sufficient for building trust.

Case Interview 121

Case Interview Transportation Healthcare System 121

Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Eli’s innovative approaches and insights continue inspiring professionals and organizations worldwide to achieve operational excellence. This accounts for potential traffic delays, long security lines, or other unforeseen events. Albert Ponsteen is a seasoned TOC expert, mentored by Eli Schragenheim. This is the “integration effect.”

Resources 130

Resources System Tools Management 130

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2018

Our research , which focused on CEO succession in the American health care system, examined the impact of CEO succession on productivity and efficiency. The result of frontier analysis is an index for each firm describing its efficiency at transforming inputs into outputs relative to the best performers operating at comparable scale.

Study 71

Study Productivity Efficiency Analysis 71

Epicflow

MARCH 30, 2023

Of course, in these cases, it will be impossible to work efficiently and deliver the desired output on time and within budget. Prioritization of work The right prioritization is a must for work in a multi-project environment; this gains even more importance in times of a crisis, when the teams’ efficiency is one of the top priorities.

Resources 130

Resources Management Efficiency Productivity 130

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

To infuse change agility into your culture, mid- and front-line leaders — who are closest to the markets, customers, and daily operations — need to be encouraged and incented to see opportunities in what they do every day. Look ahead and see opportunity: Most leaders view this as the role of senior executives. Advertise successes.

Agile 135

Agile Efficiency Culture Trends 135

Women in Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Backed by award-winning services and support teams, Blackbaud’s comprehensive set of Internet solutions, featuring Blackbaud NetCommunity and Blackbaud Sphere eMarketing along with our industry leading peer-to-peer and event fundraising solution, Friends Asking Friends , is designed to meet the evolving needs of nonprofits.

Nonprofit 94

Nonprofit Software Consulting System 94

PM Alliance

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Try this: Identify areas within your operations where technology elements can further streamline activities and eliminate repetitive tasks. Encourage your team to stay aware of advances in the market and to bring new applications or tools that could potentially deliver valuable efficiencies or capabilities to the group’s attention.

Software 100

Software Tools Training Training 100

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

Thus a trust and efficiency engine like blockchain technology has the potential to drive radical change in the insurance industry while improving transparency and outcomes across the entire value chain. Flood insurance is another example.

Insurance 131

Insurance Insurance Industry Balance Sheet 131

Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

These new trucks will create significant additional value for the business in ongoing operational savings, improved routing efficiency, and brand building. These new EVs will cost less to run, use better technology to increase efficiency, and build intangible brand value for the company. The EVs will use much less energy.

Strategy 71

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Efficiency 71

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2024

Traditional AI systems in banking primarily rely on ML to recognize patterns in historical data, identify root causes of past events, and forecast future trends. Gen AI’s impact spans all banking functions, especially in operations and decision-making.

Banking 88

Banking Data Trends Analysis 88

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

.” The possibility of employee misconduct—the potential for behaviors or business practices that are illegal, unethical, or contrary to a firm’s stated values, policies, and procedures—is a form of risk just like liquidity risk or operational risk. Investments in cultural capital is one way to reduce that risk.

Culture 133

Culture Company Financial Banking 133

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency. At the internal launch event, Dr. Reddy’s employees learned about their purpose and were invited to be part of realizing it.

Culture 134

Culture Company Enterprise Leadership 134

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In The Good Jobs Strategy , Zeynep Ton, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, demonstrates how the best retail companies align their customer value proposition with their operations strategy and their approach to human capital. Both Kaizen events and Agile sprints are investments in innovation and human capital productivity.

Energy 134

Energy Agile Productivity Talent 134

Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2017

Organizations are also using these tools to improve maintenance, infrastructure planning, water conservation, and customer service (including repair efficiencies and pricing). In many parts of the world, the increased operational and infrastructure costs are simply passed on to consumers. As one U.S. As one U.S.

Industry 70

Industry Data Tools Efficiency 70

Tom Spencer

MARCH 13, 2014

The language of capitalism focuses on efficiency and optimisation, and if these are the measures of success for a university then Oxford is failing badly. Luke Johnson himself was a guest speaker at the event.

Education 126

Education Intellectual Property Course Productivity 126

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Prioritization at a strategic and operational level is often the difference between success and failure. What about efficiency? The senior management of the postal company thought they had communicated clear priorities, but in fact they had created an operational dilemma that resulted from strategic confusion.

How To 70

How To Operations Efficiency Banking 70

Consulting Success

OCTOBER 2, 2017

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.

Consulting 164

Consulting How To Company Chemicals 164

Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Such behaviors include: managing meetings more efficiently, creating an effective climate of email use, blocking time in calendars for reflective work, negotiating role demands, and avoiding triggers that lead us all to jump in on projects or meetings when we shouldn’t, to name just a few.

Agile 135

Agile How To Efficiency Groups 135

Harvard Business

MARCH 6, 2017

In a world without middle men, things get more efficient in unexpected ways. Rather than creating hub-and-spoke methods for organizing our shared resources for mutual advantage, this new technology would provide solutions without any central oversight. A 1% transaction fee may not seem like much, but down a 15-step supply chain, it adds up.

Banking 134

Banking Accenture Industry Productivity 134

Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2017

With approximately 40,000 runners participating in one of the world’s largest charity fundraising events, crowd control necessitates that there be three different starting points. Sales organizations want flexibility to meet changing customer demands while engineering and operations need stability to drive scale and efficiency.

Company 123

Company Groups Engineering Meeting 123

Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2017

With data analytics provided by Microsoft Azure and an informational infrastructure developed collaboratively by Industrial Scientific and Cisco, operators now have a dashboard to remotely monitor the people, equipment, and air quality in the mine in real time. The reason? These groups must work together. Not so cool.

ROI 71

ROI Operations Talent Accenture 71

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Diversification carries the most implementation risk since a firm is simultaneously developing new products and entering new markets, and may be operating entirely outside its circle of competence. the firm has a strong R&D team. Selecting Diversification. the firm has a strong R&D team. Selecting Diversification.

Productivity 113

Productivity Transportation Development Marketing 113