Why Transparency Across Supply Chain Partners Is Essential
For big companies working with numerous logistics partners, achieving sustainability goals is rewarding but extremely complicated.
For big companies working with numerous logistics partners, achieving sustainability goals is rewarding but extremely complicated.
The geographic location of a site is only one component in seizing agility, flexibility and speed throughout operations.
It’s a basic yet oft-overlooked practice—and it’s one that distinguishes the most effective leaders from the rest.
VP John Roth and colleagues work with UAW for ergonomic efficiency in parts-warehouse expansions.
Companies that successfully develop a world-class supply chain, without exception, focus on four fundamentals.
With many organizations looking to transform their supply chains this year, MIT’s Jonathan Byrnes wrote a piece last week on How to Design a High-Profit Supply Chain. In this week’s Part II, he focuses on supply chain management.
A recent HSBC survey of over 2,000 executives found that 42 percent plan to transform their supply chains in 2023, and 47 percent view this as a priority in the near future. A look at how to make sure yours maximizes profits in this first of a two-part response.
Cost controls are prudent, but the service-to-sales dynamic, where traditional service roles are interwoven with sales functions, is even more valuable.
Boards and executives should be asking key questions to evaluate whether their enterprises are positioned to navigate ongoing volatility and avoid the sort of operational disaster that Southwest Airlines suffered.
Three years into the great workplace revolution, CEOs and HR leaders are still experimenting and rethinking where—and how—they get things done.
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1:00 - 5:00 pm
Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process
Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:
Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns. They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning. Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process. This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented. If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form. The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations.
Limited space available.
10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS
General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.
The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.