123 Posts found for Source: Deloitte Review

The question was how many units of inventory a manager should order when faced with a possible disruption in supply. The correct answer is not guesswork, but based on 150 years of theory and practice. We examine individual choices made in this critical situation—and the results are not encouraging.

Content: Article | Authors: Geri Gibbons, Maria Ibanez, Mark Cotteleer | Source: Deloitte Review | Subject: Operations

Data and privacy, social network analysis, sensors, wearable computing, and location intelligence: Name a technological trend that’s revolutionizing commerce and society, and Sandy Pentland and MIT’s Media Lab were likely doing it before anyone else was even writing about it.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Sandy Pentland, William D. Eggers | Source: Deloitte Review | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Marissa Mayer’s decision to revoke Yahoo’s telecommuting policy stirred the debate about flexible workplace strategies. Is the move to virtual work inevitable? Both virtual work and campus-based approaches have benefited employers who use them. Hybrid models, which couple elements of campus and virtual models, can offer the best of both.

Content: Article | Authors: Heather Stockton, Jeff Schwartz, Mary Ann Stallings, Stephen Harrington | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

The three rules that provided the title for Raynor and Ahmed’s recent book on exceptional performance are based on the large-scale and detailed study of American corporations. But do these findings mean anything outside of the American context? Do they need to be adapted? Are they even relevant?

Content: Article | Authors: Michael E. Raynor, Mumtaz Ahmed, Rob Del Vicario | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Best Practices, International

Complex supply chains require sophisticated, connected tools to monitor risks, predict disruptions, and support rapid recovery as part of an overall resilience strategy. For leading companies, this line of thinking has led to an increase in adoption of advanced tools grounded in analytics and visualization.

Content: Article | Authors: Jerry O’Dwyer, Kelly Marchese | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Operations, Risk Management

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Business leaders who misjudge the location of production relative to the location of product and process development resources may adversely impact the company’s long-term competitive position. We explore the link between production location decisions, the nature of the capabilities required to create a product, and the ability of a company to develop the next-generation technologies it may seek.

Content: Article | Authors: David Uhryniak, Josh Timberlake, Mark Cotteleer | Source: Deloitte Review | Subject: Operations

In their recently published The Three Rules: How Exceptional Companies Think, the authors suggest that such companies all follow the same recipe but use different ingredients, and that they deliver superior levels of performance for longer than anyone has a right to expect. Is persistent, exceptional performance a function of deep moats and thick ramparts, or agility and flexibility in response to competition?

Content: Article | Authors: Michael E. Raynor, Mumtaz Ahmed | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Management, Strategy

Joi Ito is a sage voice on the Internet, web innovation and technology policy, with a keen interest in communities and the role of technology in community innovation. An early investor in start-ups such as Twitter and Flickr, he established a powerful network that saw his impact in the Valley soar. More recently, Ito made headlines when he was named director of the world renowned … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Joi Ito, Scott Wilson | Source: Deloitte Review | Subject: Miscellaneous

Innovation is celebrated far and wide, but the lack of a shared, accurate definition has undermined our collective ability to manage it effectively. The implications are anything but academic. Companies that treat an attack based on differentiation as if it were breaking important trade-offs may overreact, but mistake a true innovator for the merely different and the pain can last for decades.

Content: Article | Authors: Heather A. Gray, Michael E. Raynor | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Innovation, Management

In previous articles, the authors established the importance of retaining a differentiated, nonprice position in the market. Exceptional companies face a trade-off between increasing ROA through return on sales (ROS) or through total asset turnover (TAT), and the best performers systematically choose higher ROS. We now focus on the primary driver of superior profitability, ROS, and on its determinants: revenue and cost.

Content: Article | Authors: Mark Cotteleer, Michael E. Raynor, Mumtaz Ahmed | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Finance, Management

Much of the language surrounding big data conveys a muddled conception of what data, “big” or otherwise, means to the majority of organizations pursuing analytics strategies. Big data is shrouded in hyperbole and confusion, which can be a breeding ground for strategic errors. Big data is a big deal, but it is time to separate the signal from the noise.

Content: Article | Authors: David Steier, Harvey Lewis, Jim Guszcza, John Lucker, Vivekanand Gopalkrishnan | Source: Deloitte Review | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

As any frustrated executive can vouch, the best plans count for naught if they are not implemented. Yet what exists, other than gut instinct, to inform leaders’ decisions around organizational engagement? In focusing on strategy execution and changes that depend on large numbers of people working together, we identify three factors that are present when organizations achieve their goals.

Content: Article | Authors: Andrew Garber, David Brown, Frederick D. Miller | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

Mergers and acquisitions can be a potent path to growth. Yet implementation complexities and the lure of immediate cost synergies often take precedence over formulating, isolating and tracking revenue metrics and growth efforts. Cost reduction goals can even conflict with revenue growth opportunities. An analysis of 100 deals with growth as the stated goal suggests a set of priorities that can produce better outcomes.

Content: Article | Authors: Iain Bamford, Jessica Fleming Kosmowski, Nik Chickermane | Source: Deloitte Review | Subject: Mergers & Acquisitions

Without well-developed decision systems and processes to address the complexities of capital allocation, organizations often resort to long, drawn-out debates; politicking and gaming the system; the gut instincts of a brave executive and staff; or deferring to quantitative analysis alone. With large amounts at stake, the opportunities for improved decision quality can be considerable.

Content: Article | Authors: Charles Alsdorf, Elayne Ko, Igor Heinzer | Source: Deloitte Review | Subject: Management

To pull away from the pack one needs to break performance tradeoffs by getting better in several ways at once. The struggle for greatness, however, is far more complex and subtle. Prevailing over capable adversaries requires accepting and exploiting tradeoffs and very often seeking an advantage in only a very small number of very carefully identified ways, while frequently accepting a performance disadvantage along other … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Michael E. Raynor, Mumtaz Ahmed | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Best Practices, Finance, Management, Strategy

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Sustainability can drive innovation by introducing new design constraints that shape how key resources are used in products and processes. It can suggest areas where innovation can pay off especially well. How a company attempts to overcome these new design constraints, delivering similar levels of performance and cost at lower levels of resource usage, may be key to its prospects.

Content: Article | Authors: Peter Capozucca, William Sarni | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Innovation, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Case-based analysis suggests that although each of three types of strategic change—Position, Market and Competency—can succeed, changing Position brings with it the greatest risks, while changing Markets and Competencies are typically more successful paths to enduring performance. These observations can help managers see more clearly both the risks and rewards of the different types of strategic change available to them, and to assess their options … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Michael E. Raynor, Mumtaz Ahmed | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Best Practices, Management, Strategy

A visit and conversation with Henry Chesbrough on all things open innovation and the challenges of sustaining the open business model.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Henry Chesbrough, Scott Wilson | Source: Deloitte Review | Subject: Innovation