Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Routine and repetitive tasks, which traditionally consumed valuable time and resources, can now be handled by AI-powered systems. This has the potential to lower operating expenses, boost sales volumes, and thereby increase overall profitability. AI can improve daily operations by optimising inventory management.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2025

In this article, we will explore the rise of digital currency, potential impacts on the global financial system, and strategies traditional financial institutions are employing to keep pace. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, many investors lost confidence in the integrity of the global financial system.

Banking 88

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Contrary to what you might think, going to market as a jack-of-all-trades usually backfires. Nail Your Niche Most successful solopreneurs find work by being known as a specialist within a certain niche. This is key for getting referrals. Clients want to hire an expert so its vital you position yourself as one.

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Epicflow

JUNE 21, 2023

Among other things, this can be achieved by improving a company’s operational efficiency. How is it possible to increase operational efficiency in project-based organizations? What Is Operational Efficiency and Why Improve It? Improving operational efficiency means delivering more output with the same or less input.

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Steve Shu Consulting

MAY 20, 2018

One of the best ways to market yourself as a consultant is by having someone refer you to a client prospect. This type of marketing can be viewed through the lens of “networking by helping someone” (in contrast to networking and just meeting lots of people). gave them some management one-pagers I wrote on their topic).

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

Today I'm talking with Lee Cockerell, the former Executive Vice President of Operations for Walt Disney resort and currently a consultant, author, and speaker. In this episode, you'll hear: How Lee evolved as a leader by shedding defensiveness and operating in trust. Why you need to create a system to be a person of your word.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I’ll share the lessons I’ve learned about balancing entrepreneurship and parenthood, from setting clear intentions for your business to making sure your systems and strategies work for you, not against you. Automate: Use systems that streamline your business processes. Efficiency is the name of the game here.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 15, 2018

The greatest marketing tool you have is your network — here’s how to make it work for you. This Silicon Valley-based previous electrical engineer with a passion for theater studied at Carnegie Mellon, then started his career in product marketing and sales before becoming a VP General Manager. Never neglect your network!

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Epicflow

JANUARY 19, 2022

Interestingly, registration of electric cars in 2020 increased in major markets despite the pandemic [1]. . EVs are going to gain higher market shares in Europe, the United States and China and outpace ICE vehicles sales. The prospects for further EV market development are presented in the image below. [2] truck platooning ).

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Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 15, 2011

A modern consultant is a professional that can work in dynamic industries, operate within multiple types of consulting organizations (e.g., niche, large traditional), and has experience as both an operating manager and an advisor. Forecasting and Envisioning Skills – The eighth secret weapon is quite elusive.

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2022

Competition at the domestic and international markets. Large aerospace companies (Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, and more) hold a significant market share, which poses additional challenges for smaller players in terms of their competitiveness on the market. . Operational risk management . Talent management. .

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 6, 2018

The solution is called CareAi: an AI-powered computing system anchored on blockchain that can diagnose infectious diseases, such as malaria, typhoid fever, and tuberculosis, within seconds. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. No AI and blockchain system can leapfrog those elements.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

By investing in L&D, organizations can close skills gaps, improve employee engagement, and enhance their overall competitiveness in the market. L&D programs help organizations keep up with industry trends, adopt new technologies, and respond to changing market demands.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 17, 2020

You also don’t need to become some marketing guru to land work with the C-Suite. Understands how the culture and power networks operate within the client system. Helps clients anticipate the Customer/Client, Employee, and Financial/Operational impact of business decisions. Political Savvy.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2025

Read further to learn about the top winners in the market and get tips on choosing the right tool for your organization. Alerts and tracking systems for unresolved issues. Having considered the PMO softwares features, lets switch to the overview of the best tools for PMOs available on the market today. What is a PMO?

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

AI refers to computer systems that can perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as recognizing patterns, learning from experience, and making decisions. The vast amount of data generated by financial transactions, customer interactions, and market movements makes banking a fertile ground for AI.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is a top South Korean shipbuilding company that holds roughly a 15% share of the world’s shipbuilding market. To increase productivity, HHI will use a robotic system based on Internet of Things and automation technologies — the first in the shipbuilding industry.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Engineering projects deal with the design, development, and implementation of processes or technologies; they can be executed in civil, mechanical, software, or electric engineering: e.g., designing buildings, creating new devices, implementing manufacturing automation systems, etc.

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Effective Managers

JUNE 24, 2024

Examining Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Improving Business Processes Leveraging AI into business operations has become a transformative force across various industries. AI in Streamlining Operations AI technology has made significant strides in optimizing operational efficiency.

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Jerry Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The best software has the ability to simplify complex operations and make understandable answers available speedily. I don’t have time to switch browsers and learn a new system just because it is new. Don’t tell me I need to put a special new power converter into my basic system. Logging in. Software is a tool.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 29, 2020

Much less emphasis has been placed on developing tools suitable for emerging markets and the businesses in these economies. Obstacles in Emerging Markets. Emerging markets face a unique challenge when it comes to deploying technology to fight COVID-19 due to the large role that informal markets play in these economies.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

I’m not a strict operator. The majority of my successes in my career have been in getting those two groups to kind of talk together and to take the engineering vision, and kind of bound it with the operational limitation, and make sure everybody is on the same page. Sometimes it’s not operational capacity.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Blockchain has important implications for marketing and advertising. But according to The CMO Survey , only 8% of firms rate the use of blockchain in marketing as moderately or very important. This combination creates a natural barrier to entry and has likely caused marketers to take a “wait and see” approach.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

In the digital age, businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to gain a competitive edge and streamline their operations. From enhancing customer experiences to optimizing decision-making processes, AI is reshaping the way businesses operate and opening up new possibilities for growth.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

I asked my partner Jen Hamilton - our community Chief Operating Officer to be my guest today and share all the deets on the what you'll need and how much it all costs so that you can plan in advance for both the startup and ongoing costs. You don’t necessarily need, especially as you’re getting started, a full tracking system.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2017

This initial lack of commercial players and interests was critical — it allowed the formation of a network architecture that shared resources in a way that would not have occurred in a market-driven system. We might best understand Bitcoin as a microcosm of how a new, decentralized, and automated financial system could work.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Operations Consultants: Operations consultants are consultants who help clients improve the performance of their operations.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Risks related to advanced technology use Even though manufacturers implement the latest technologies to increase operational efficiency, these technologies may pose additional risks. IoT and AI-powered systems will help you monitor equipment state and forecast when maintenance will be needed.

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2022

Still other people market themselves as consultants when they take on projects between (or in addition to) full-time jobs. Rather we operate solo- or micro- businesses. after your business name also promotes the image that you operate a company rather than just doing projects on a freelance basis. However, LLC or Inc.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Consider its decision to pursue the market for pharmaceutical distribution, or the recent announcement that it will be teaming up with Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase to create joint solutions for reducing the health care spending of more than 1 million employees and their families. .”

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Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

Experienced operators in the field have better knowledge and more current information than remote dictators or their mercenary agents do. Standard operating procedures fail because the situations are by definition nonstandard. They shift measurement and reward systems to larger teams. The results were both remarkable and quick.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

The problem is that many companies have the wrong “operating system” for organic growth. This might have worked in the past when markets moved incrementally. But in a global business environment that is changing exponentially , the market moves too quickly. That failure is not due to a lack of trying.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

Companies wind up in trouble and squander the time, talent, and energy of their workforce when they lose focus, spend money on things that don’t make a difference to employees or the future of the business, and use operating models that are out of whack. redesign the operating model. Redesign the Operating Model.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2019

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. Taiichi Ohno, one of the fathers of the Toyota production system, described three manufacturing evils that companies should avoid: mura (unevenness), muri (overburden), and muda (waste).

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Among these tactics is CARVER, a system for assessing and ranking threats and opportunities. CARVER is an acronym that stands for: Criticality: how essential an asset or critical system is to your company. The CSO would rank Criticality like this: 5 – Loss of the pipeline would stop operations. 3 – Moderate impact.

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 8, 2025

” This is not just a tech milestone—it’s a harbinger of a seismic shift in how businesses operate, innovate, and grow. These systems won’t just assist in solving problems—they’ll uncover and solve problems we didn’t know existed. Finance: Predicting market trends with near-flawless accuracy.

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Markovitz Consulting

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. Last week , I wrote about how kaizen events can disrupt daily operations and overburden employees. Some changes in metrics are just noise in an otherwise stable system.

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