Harvard Business

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Southwest Airlines, for example, has figured out how to do well the two operational things that matter most: Keep more planes in the sky more often, and fill each of them up more, and more often, than anyone else. First, hospital operations are in many ways like airline and airport operations and transportation services.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Fifty-eight percent of patients referred to Virginia Mason, our medical center in Seattle, for back surgery would be more appropriately treated without an operation. Every day, online retailers use computer-based transactions to guide us through stepwise sequences to buy a pair of jeans, apply for a credit card, or book a flight.

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Guidelines Information Technology Information Technology Healthcare 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. billion, including most major firms in the manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, financial services, and retail industries. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities.

Company 28

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Who at your company will be put in charge of turning buildings operations from a cost center to a revenue center? And many companies also face additional energy-related costs from their commercial vehicles, of which there are over 12 million in operation in the U.S. Operational Improvements. Take lighting, for example.

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Energy Data Resources Operations 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2016

A retailer’s point of sale (POS) system falls into that category. With this model, an investment can be defined as strategic, key operational, support, or high potential. Note that whether the technology used is “leading edge” is secondary. They are driven by novel ideas or perhaps a new technology.

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Tools Operations System Software 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

As digital technologies permeate all aspects of their operations, companies around the world anticipate the need for massive change over the next five years, according to a new global survey by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. But can these organizations adapt fast enough? Over a third (39 percent) are moderately digital.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

And one of retail’s largest players, Walmart, is testing how drones could help improve warehouse inventory management. Soon, it might be worthwhile for many companies to check whether drone-based data could add value – either to optimize current operations or offer new avenues for growth. Insight Center.

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Company Data Analysis Film 37

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2018

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market is perhaps the purest expression of the blending of the digital and physical worlds of retail.

Company 28

Company Government Retail Policies 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

Ash Gupta is President of Global Credit Risk and Information Management at American Express, and Guy Peri is Chief Data Officer and Vice President of Information Technology at P&G. Both are addressing cognitive applications that benefit customers and bring operational business value to their own organizations.

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System Data Advertising Tools 28

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

The firm sold a majority stake in the US government business for $2.45B to the Carlyle Group (Booz Allen Hamilton) and Booz & Company, owned and operated as a partnership, assumed the commercial strategy role. Operations and Logistics. Information Technology. Technology. Product and Service Innovation.

Interviews 181

Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2016

And you probably won’t even know you’ve been affected until it’s too late to prevent significant damage to your company’s finances, operations, and reputation. Physical theft and loss : Laptops, USB drives, printed papers, and other information assets that are stolen or disappear.

Data 28

Data Intellectual Property Industry System 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2017

In many parts of the world, the increased operational and infrastructure costs are simply passed on to consumers. Its managerial team first formed a working group of personnel from business units across the organization — from retail and asset management to planning and maintenance crews. As one U.S. Australia, Israel, the U.K.),

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Industry Data Tools Efficiency 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The internet has dramatically changed the way companies operate. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Freeways full of driverless cars and beer trucks are still far off, because of technological and regulatory limitations. Automation will transform not just production, but operating models.

Automotive 28

Automotive Operations Software Efficiency 28

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Digital transformation forces wholesale change to the foundations of an enterprise — from its operating model to its infrastructure, what it sells, and to whom and how. Industries dominated by information-rich assets (think publishing and music) were swept up in the early wave of internet innovation. No industry is immune.

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Industry Enterprise Boston Consulting Group Benchmarking 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

companies to reverse years of enhancements and innovations in secure online transactions and data storage that power the world’s largest retail e-commerce market , valued at $238 billion. technology firms. For example, Carbonite now operates several directly-owned or reseller-owned data centers deployed across Europe.

Government 28

Government Intellectual Property Data Software 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

A five-year-old online clothing retailer, its success in this area reveals how AI and people can work together, with each side focused on its unique strengths. When it comes to recommendations, is there room for improvement in the way Amazon and Netflix operate? And it can’t rely solely on machines to do this.

Company 28

Company Fashion Apparel Trends 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

It should be no surprise since they have been the birthplace of many technological advances, were one of the founders of the entire personal computer industrial revolution, and now are leaders in new software platforms, hardware infrastructure and workplace equality. These services focused on business management and information technology.

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IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

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. Communications, Media, and Technology. Retail and Consumer Products. Retail and Business Banking.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. Kearney becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of EDS in September, nearly doubling in size and vastly expanding its industry expertise and information technology capabilities. Operations. Technology. 1995 – A.T. Automotive.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview McKinsey 100

MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2014

Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. Retail Sales Cost-Cutting, Competition, and Cannibalization Numerous retailers are cutting employees. Both manufacturing blue-collar jobs and most white-collar jobs have become global.

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Banking Retail Healthcare Sales 78

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

They did much of the work piecing together Mr. Madoff’s money trail and just recently flew over to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Government, who hired FTI to improve operations of utilities and highway units (2014). Information Technology. Retail & Consumer Products. FTI CONSULTING ORGANIZATION. Environmental.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

However, not all of its resources are pointed towards consulting, as it offers three lines of services, Audit, Tax and Advisory, with the Advisory arm of its operations (where consulting lives) generating $9.09 Within the US, KPMG LLP operates from 87 offices with more than 23,000 employees. Operating Effectiveness. Outsourcing.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

.” For example, productivity has grown dramatically in the retail sector since 1990; inflation-adjusted sales per employee have grown by roughly 50%. Economic analysis finds that most of this productivity growth is accounted for by a few companies such as Walmart who used information technology to become much more productive.

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Software Company Industry Policies 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 16, 2016

He has two levels to operate on: first, directly influencing corporate investment and buying decisions, and second, diplomatic engagement with trading partners. The companies to focus on would be those that import heavily from China, such as big retailers like Walmart or branded orchestrators like Apple. For example, if U.S.

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Intellectual Property Education Operations Retail 28