Sep 20, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor part 2: The music has stopped on salaried churn. Now what? By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less While the challenges around the hourly manufacturing workforce get most of the ink (particularly in light of the UAW strike), salaried...
Aug 25, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor Part 1: These labor pains aren’t temporary By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less One of the dominant themes in the business world has been the labor shortage. There are too many open jobs and not enough workers to fill...
Aug 23, 2022 What happens when no one opens the door? How seemingly small actions can hint at larger problems. By Michael Cardinale My friend’s son is working as a summer intern at a multi-billion-dollar company that sells software and services. This company, like many...
Aug 22, 2022 The basics are the game changers in manufacturing By Sreedhar Vangavolu “I prefer to attend this meeting when I am half asleep….then go eat my breakfast to get ready for the shift” – overheard by a production...
Aug 04, 2022 Feeling the squeeze, Part 3: Warehouse storage By Joe Cubellis Mark Scales Kevin Trembach Disruption has gone from buzzword to everyday reality for wholesale distributors in recent years. From manufacturer shortages to port...
Jul 29, 2022 COE or SSC? The difference and why it matters By Ashish Malhotra A common point of confusion for companies undergoing an organizational transformation is establishing Centers of Excellence (COE) and...
Jun 23, 2022 The business case for building a Virtual Power Plant - and 5 IT watchouts if you do… By Les Viszlai I wrote in my previous article about the Energy Cloud and the benefits offered by Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and Virtual Power...
Jun 23, 2022 Automation Part 2: One size doesn't fit all By Derek Knueve Chandan Singh We recently argued that automation’s move from the experimental phase to necessity phase has accelerated amid the pandemic, supply chain...
Jun 14, 2022 PE's Savings Opportunity in Shared Services By Connor Lott Saurabh Singh Ashish Malhotra Vinay Prathy +1 more... Show less Some General Partners (GPs) are missing out on significant savings opportunities by not combining shared services functions across their...
May 31, 2022 Increasing Your ESG Rating with Cloud By Megha Kalsi Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores are top of mind for most executives today. Organizations want to be known as...
Apr 27, 2022 Automation: The pandemic economy moved automation from experiment to necessity By Derek Knueve Chandan Singh In the years leading to the pandemic, business leaders warmed up to the role automation could play in addressing challenges presented by...
Apr 26, 2022 Food distribution – mitigating the “perfect storm” of disruption By Peter Appel Joe Cubellis Mat Accardo Of all the challenges facing American consumers in 2022, rising prices and inconsistent availability of food has one of – if not the –...
Apr 20, 2022 The business case for building a Virtual Power Plant - and 5 IT watch outs if you do… By Les Viszlai I wrote in my previous article about the Energy Cloud and the benefits offered by Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and Virtual Power...
Apr 11, 2022 Smart Ports: A critical tool for building supply chain resilience By Esther Ho Yi Sun Here’s an assignment: Think of a buzzy tech-industry concept (such as “Big Data”, “Internet of Things”, “Digital Twin”, or “Artificial...
Apr 04, 2022 Getting talent right: Is there a value creation opportunity in PE? By Mark Veldon Mo Habbas Sean O'Flynn In an ever-growing, ever-changing, and uncertain climate where disruptive forces are around every corner, the challenge of hiring the...
Mar 01, 2022 Silver linings in the energy cloud – how a practical, pragmatic approach can realize the benefits offered by Virtual Power Plants By Les Viszlai I wrote in my previous article about the growing influence of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and how...