11 Articles match "downturn","supply chain"

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• Is Web 2.0 a Solution to the Economic Downturn?
  
  to reinvent your business for the economic downturn .” Open your supply chain to partners on the Web. 8. to Reinvent Your Business for the Economic Downturn | Enterprise 2.0 The current business crisis is like a forest fire that is destroying much of what is in its path, but allows renewal of a new ecosystem from the seeds that are still alive after the fire passes. Dion Hinchcliffe of ZDNet advocates “ using Web 2.0
  Workplace Learning Today - Friday, January 30, 2009
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• How Marketers Should Plan For Recovery
  
  Combined with excess inventories in the supply chain, especially in consumer durables, the result will be continuing downward pressure on prices. Know how you can source supplies and expand distribution in a hurry if demand suddenly spikes. Jocz that appeared in the Financial Times Managing in a Downturn supplement, February 6, 2009, pp.2-3. ...Tags: Congratulations. Your business is surviving the recession .
  HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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• 12 Adoption Strategies for Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 in 2010
  
  But new modes of value creation based on user generated content, open supply chains , and social computing -- to name just three of the major trends involved -- really are fundamental game changers that require as much cultural adaptation and shifting of the business mindset as they do real on-the-ground technology deployment. Sidebar : What's the difference between Web 2.0 to reinvent your business for the economic downturn. Prepare : Build a compelling business case. The signs are pointing to next year being a banner one when it comes to mainstream adoption of the latest digital business models.
  Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog - Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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• Surviving a Recession — And a Wildfire
  
  Many business leaders find that the first round of cuts in a downturn are ones that they should have made in happy times. McDonald's has thrived during this recession by using efficiencies in their operations and supply chain to lower prices when consumers need it most. Forests have experienced fires for millions of years; yet for at least the last hundred years, fire departments in wooded areas have suppressed fires as quickly as possible. With ever-increasing efficiency they've succeeded in removing fire from its traditional role in a natural forest eco-system.
  HarvardBusiness.org - Friday, July 10, 2009
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• Winning in Turbulence: The Power of Managing Complexity
  
  This is post 6 in a series of blog posts from downturn strategist Darrell Rigby and fellow partners at Bain & Company. We will walk you through the tools and strategies you need to survive the current downturn and to improve your competitive position. And while we realize that survival is every company's top priority, we also know that downturns present strategic opportunities for well-positioned companies along with the inevitable risks. By Mark Gottfredson and Darrell Rigby To go deeper and complement these posts, we will provide early chapters--available free for
  HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, February 23, 2009
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• 2009: The Year of Light Green
  
  To be a bit cynical for a moment, greening the supply chain is perhaps the easiest path to take in hard times. To be less cynical, the companies that have learned to take a value-chain perspective have discovered real value in lower costs and better products. Wal-Mart and others clearly believe that reducing environmental impacts up and down the chain creates value for all. It's always fun to predict what's going to happen. The risk of being spectacularly wrong is very high, but that's what makes the exercise so entertaining. 'Tis
  HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, January 5, 2009
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• Balancing Customer Service and Satisfaction
  
  During a downturn, performing this balancing act becomes both more difficult and more critical to achieve. To ensure consistent levels of service across its subsidiary companies, FedEx established FedEx Services to give customers access to the full range of FedEx transportation, supply chain, e-commerce, business, and related information services. Trimming customer service costs while boosting customer satisfaction — and hence loyalty — is challenging in the best of times. Many companies don't even try.
  HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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• Making Money in Chaotic Times
  
  For example, at the start of a downturn, companies tend to cut their hiring, advertising, and new product development. But to do this mechanically without addressing the causes of the downturn, the actions of their competitors, and the perceived length and depth of the crisis doesn't make sense. These are some ways to respond to the current downturn. This week's question for Ask the Coach: The economy will always have its ups and downs.
  HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, June 1, 2009
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• You Can't Afford Not to Go Green in This Economy
  
  Those who navigate these tricky waters the best will emerge from the downturn in better shape than their competitors. Megaforces such as technology-driven transparency and the long-term mismatch between supply and demand of oil and most critical resources (billions of new consumers and not a lot more stuff in the ground) continue to advance. Closer to home, key stakeholders still demand more of companies than ever, especially corporate customers The green movement may be at risk of slowing down, especially within the business community. Many business people hold on to
  HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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• Buy Now – DRAM Pricing On The Rise
  
  According to iSuppli , the Electronics value chain analysts, increased shipments and increased selling prices led to sales of $8.5 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter. “iSuppli believes that the DRAM market’s strong performance in the fourth quarter will not presage a downturn, such as what occurred when the Internet bubble burst in 2001,” Howard said. “However, conditions in 2010 are radically different from 2001 when the Internet bubble burst and capital spending explosion resulted in unsustainable growth. Earlier this year, it was predicted that DRAM prices would rise, but, as most who buy on the spot market know, DRAM prices usually dip back down in the late February- early March time frame. Not so this year.
  Lockergnome Blog Network - Sunday, February 21, 2010
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