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Category Archives: Operating for Profit
Two New Articles – Profitability Without Pain, and Supply Chain Finance
In the past few weeks, Sloan Management Review published an article about my new book, and I wrote the lead article in CSCMP Supply Chain Quarterly. Here are links: “Increasing Profits, Sans Pain” – interview by Martha Mangelsdorf, Sloan Management … read on →
Posted in Operating for Profit
Tagged finance, innovation, profitability, supply chain
The Myth of the Operations Hero
Did you hear about the railroad operations manager who stayed up all night in a snowstorm helping right a derailed boxcar so the train could get through on time? If you were running the railroad, what would you do – … read on →
Posted in Operating for Profit
Tagged management, operations, profit, sales
Profit from Managing Returns. Yes, Returns.
What do a typical hospital and a typical retailer have in common? They both have a problem managing returns. Let me explain. About a year ago, I spent a day with the President’s Cabinet of a major medical center. This … read on →
Posted in Operating for Profit
Tagged healthcare, hospital, profits, returns, sales, supply chain
Three Missing Steps in Supply Chain Optimization
I just finished an interview with a journalist who is writing on the importance of supply chain optimization. This writer is addressing a set of distributors of products that have relatively low value for their weight and volume. This makes … read on →
Posted in Operating for Profit
Tagged inventory, software, supply chain, transportation, WMS