No competitive advantage is long-lasting since firms are constantly forced to grow and put pressure on what brought them their initial success. No single solution hedges … Continue reading Southwest Airlines Meltdown: The Real Root Cause
Peloton will stop making its own bikes and treadmills, a drastic change for the struggling company aimed at cutting costs and ensuring its ability to remain afloat. Continue reading Peloton will stop making its own bikes
A comprehensive plan—with goals, initiatives, and budgets–is comforting. But starting with a plan is a terrible way to make strategy. Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and one of the world’s … Continue reading A Plan Is Not a Strategy
To many people, strategy is a total mystery. But it’s really not Continue reading What Is Strategy? It’s a Lot Simpler Than You Think
One of the most responsible things we can do as a company is make high-quality stuff that lasts for years, so you don’t have to buy more of it.
Buying used extends a garment’s life by about two years, which cuts its combined carbon, waste, and water footprint by 82%. (ThredUp) Continue reading How Does Patagonia Worn Wear Work?
The key question is: What does each side stand to gain? Let’s take a look at each decision-maker in this value chain: Tesla, Hertz, Uber, the gig driver, and the customer Continue reading Uber, Tesla, and Hertz: The Unlikely Triangle
This #POM4all video is about production strategy. You get introduced to the important concept of the Customer Order Decoupling Point, and learn how it relates to four distinct production strategies: #ETO #MTO #ATO #MTS. Continue reading 4 Supply Chain Structures
In this #POM4all video, Prof. Torbjørn Netland explains what an operations strategy is and why it is important. The video is made for an introductory course in Production and Operations Management. Continue reading What is Operations Strategy?
This video articulates one way to understand the difference between corporate and business strategy, and how they fit together. Continue reading Corporate vs. Business Strategy
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