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OpenAI’s Failed Experiment in Governance

Harvard Business

OpenAI has undoubtedly succeeded in its product innovations, with ChatGPT. But its governance innovations have failed spectacularly. Put in place to guard against the abuse of its product, the company’s unusual structure — a nonprofit that owns a for-profit — proved unpredictable and subject to the whims of its directors.

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What Is Agentic AI, and How Will It Change Work?

Harvard Business

The agentic AI prize could be great, with the promise of greater productivity, innovation and insights for the human workforce. Early action by business and government leaders now will help set the right course for agentic AI development, so that its benefits can be achieved safely and fairly.

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Effective Manufacturing Operations Management in 2024

Epicflow

Its main purpose is to produce better products more efficiently and at lower costs. With this purpose, MOM involves the analysis of each stage in the production process to make sure that they are maximum efficient, and their costs are minimized. Key Elements of Manufacturing Operations Management Production management.

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Top 15 Capacity Planning Tools for Your Business [2024]

Epicflow

It increases productivity Capacity planning software helps ensure that the right resources are available at the right time and aren’t overloaded. This helps maintain high productivity levels. Other Features Product overview Time tracking Workload management Task management Collaboration Templates 9.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

When used effectively, a CRM can be the lifeblood of your sales team – keeping everyone organized, efficient, and at peak productivity. However, as a company, sales stack, and database grow, it becomes difficult to uphold structure and governance to keep a CRM up-to-date. The result?

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Product Portfolio Management: What It Is and Why It Matters for Business Leaders

Epicflow

For the growing companies, it’s crucially important to keep track of all their products and make sure they are in demand and meet customers’ needs. A good way to increase profitability is to work on the products that will definitely bring revenue and make the right improvements that people are expecting.

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Why You Should Offer a Take-Back Program for Your Old Products

Harvard Business

Countries around the world are enacting legislation, known as extended producer responsibility regulations, to make companies more accountable for the end-of-life phase of their products. While companies may fear that these take-back programs would lead to increased costs that drive away consumers, new research suggests differently.