Kates Kesler

MAY 7, 2020

The company was structured around fully loaded product business units, each with its own Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, and Product Marketing. We recently worked with a high-growth medical device company that makes sophisticated hardware and software systems.

Accenture 91

Accenture Engineering Methodologies Productivity 91

Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

Data 106

Data Consulting Agile Industry 106

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While I was working with them, the focus of my PhD gradually shifted toward how economic integration and various factors (domestic, international, political, economic) have impacted Japanese companies’ corporate strategy and operations over the past couple of decades. I discovered management consulting through this internship.

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The event brings together experienced project management practitioners from various industries: finance, technology, pharma, telecommunications, engineering, and more. 15th IRNOP Conference June, 11-14, Stockholm, Sweden IRNOP annual conference brings together scholars who have a background in business, engineering, economics, etc.

Industry 130

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 130

Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

After eight years of service, I left and worked at a couple of commercial nuclear power plants and earned a project management certification and a Master Black Belt Lead Sig Sigma process improvement black belt, along with my engineering degree. So, I’m not a strict engineer. I’m not a strict operator.

Interviews 156

Interviews Company Marketing Operations 156

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Some trace agile methodologies all the way back to Francis Bacon’s articulation of the scientific method in 1620. Shewhart taught this iterative and incremental-development methodology to his mentee, W. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT.

Agile 70

Agile Methodologies Software Development 70

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

On a separate track, he launched the device and content ecosystem, starting with iPod and iTunes, that would become the company’s new growth engine. Today AWS accounts for just 10% of Amazon’s $150 billion in revenue, but generates close to $1 billion in quarterly operating profit.

Methodologies 136

Methodologies Culture Company Metrics 136

Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2017

Mauricio is president of the European operation for a Fortune 500 manufacturing firm, and his firm has had its trials lately. Yet their meetings continued to focus on the day-to-day numbers, operational processes, and immediate crises. The company recently took a hit on the stock market. You and Your Team Series. Stu Heinecke.

Meeting 73

Meeting Strategy& Strategy Strategy 73

Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, I have found that the best results came from working with highly motivated, strongly competent, and extremely ethical recruiters who own and operate small businesses. Connect with Esther on LinkedIn: [link] GRN Fairfield Donna James owns and operates GRN Fairfield, a search firm filling the needs of retail businesses.

Recruiting 98

Recruiting Recruitment Meeting B2C 98

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2016

With this model, an investment can be defined as strategic, key operational, support, or high potential. Key operational investments sustain existing business operations, helping to avoid any disadvantage. Executives can sometimes struggle differentiating between key operational and support investments.

Tools 70

Tools Operations System Software 70

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

In 2004, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) awarded Andy and Prabha the Marketing Science Practice Prize for outstanding implementation of marketing science concepts and methods, recognizing the sales territory alignment system they had developed and implemented through the work of ZS Associates.

Case Interview 100

Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Eli’s innovative approaches and insights continue inspiring professionals and organizations worldwide to achieve operational excellence. TOC has fully developed methodologies for determining the right location of buffers in projects as well as in manufacturing. Consider an engineer scheduled for four 8-hour tasks in a 40-hour week.

Resources 130

Resources System Tools Management 130

Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

Banks and lenders have predictive analytics engines that tell the lender the probability that a customer will pay them back. The issue is that they operate as artisans, not scientists. Judgments that used to depend on human intuition alone are now supported by insights gleaned from complex analyses and predictive modeling.

Change Management 73

Change Management Data Marketing Management 73

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

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? Mobilize internal subject matter experts, from production line supervisors to maintenance personnel and engineers. Facility relocation projects can be long and complex efforts.

Productivity 83

Productivity Engineering Report Groups 83

Tom Spencer

JUNE 28, 2015

However, the candidates are not fully judged on obtaining the correct answer, but rather the methodology with which they approach the scenario. They give you a situation and ask you to do some form of analysis which is mostly quantitative. There were two rounds of interviews. Within two weeks of each other. The process is fairly quick.

Recruiting 60

Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview Travel 60

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

India, with its 462 million internet users , has a digital economy representing arguably the greatest market potential for global players ; however, it operates in multiple languages and multiple infrastructure challenges, despite the government having taken sweeping actions that affect the digital market.

Methodologies 73

Methodologies Policies Government Data 73

Prudent Pedal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Don’t waste executives’ time because you’re operating on outdated information. Executives drive the engine, but you control the track switches. Drop the “intros,” “our methodology,” “our team,” and “questions.” Fold your methodology and team information into the rationale and cost of your recommendations.

How To 40

How To Methodologies Marketing Resources 40

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Improving access to care, increasing workforce productivity, optimizing clinical operations, and managing population health are important—and interrelated steps. Sustaining Results Achieved Through the Lean Methodology. Sensitivity to operations. Creating greater value requires a multi-pronged approach.

Healthcare 76

Healthcare Methodologies Efficiency System 76

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. Each group has its own operating procedures. For decades, Sales and Academia remained worlds apart and the business world did fine.

Sales 70

Sales Education Training Training 70