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How Foreign Investment Is Boosting U.S. Manufacturing
Management Digital ArticleNew research shows how foreign-owned factories tend to be more productive, higher paying, and more technologically advanced. Here’s how U.S. companies benefit. -
Research: Warehouse and Logistics Automation Works Better with Human Partners
Automation Digital ArticleA recent study suggests that blending human labor with robotics leads to greater efficiency. -
Why You Should Offer a Take-Back Program for Your Old Products
Environmental sustainability Digital ArticleNew research suggests that consumers value a product more highly when its manufacturers take responsibility for its disposal. -
Unexpected Interruptions Can Boost Creativity
Innovation Magazine ArticleOur minds can keep working on a task when we step away from it. -
Case Study: How Should We Diversify Our Supply Chain?
Supply chain management Magazine ArticleA Chinese appliance maker considers expanding production to Mexico. -
How Kenvue De-Risked Its Supply Chain
Operations strategy Digital ArticleThree capabilities the consumer health company invested in after demand surged during the pandemic. -
The Next Supply-Chain Challenge Isn’t a Shortage — It’s Inventory Glut
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleStrategies for reducing excess inventory, stemming the rate of inventory change, and preventing the situation from happening in the future. -
How Deep Tech Can Drive Sustainability and Profitability in Manufacturing
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleDeep tech, which combines physical and digital technologies, is moving out of the lab and into real-world supply chains. -
How to Address the Supply-Chain Staffing Crisis
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleIt’s more complicated than simply implementing new technologies. -
How Off-the-Shelf Tech Can Make Factories More Profitable
Operations strategy Digital ArticleEspecially for smaller companies. -
Crate & Barrel Holdings CEO Janet Hayes on Navigating Turbulent Times for Retail
Business and society Digital ArticleConsumers’ tastes are changing fast, but one things remains: they value quality, value, and inspiration in their products. -
The U.S. Needs to Reimagine Its Pharma Supply Chain
Business and society Digital ArticleOverreliance on foreign suppliers is leading to domestic drug shortages. -
The Case for a Pan-American Manufacturing Ecosystem
Management Digital ArticleA strong supply base will help U.S.-based manufacturers as well as the economies of Central and South America. -
Bringing Manufacturing Back to the U.S. Is Easier Said Than Done
Management Digital ArticleWhat will it take to reverse a decades-long shift to global supply chains? -
Netflix’s “American Factory” and the New Geography of Manufacturing
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleHow the industry is changing in the U.S., China, and Africa. -
How Digital Fulfillment Is Changing Manufacturing
Management Digital ArticleIt can vastly improve companies’ ability to understand and satisfy customer needs. -
How a German Manufacturing Company Set Up Its Analytics Lab
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleThree things to get right. -
The First Step to Fixing U.S. Manufacturing
The industry depends on small suppliers, and they’re struggling. -
Why Germany Still Has So Many Middle-Class Manufacturing Jobs
National competitiveness Digital ArticleMidsize companies create more inclusive growth. -
The World’s Next Great Manufacturing Center
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleHow Chinese investment is reshaping Africa
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Château des Charmes: Uncorking Brunch
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Decathlon's circular revolution: Scaling sustainable business models
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Engineered Arts: Robotizing Humanity?
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Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms: How to Assess True Macroeconomic Risk
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Knowledge Transfer: Toyota, NUMMI, and GM
Management Case Study11.95View Details New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors. It was an opportunity for GM to learn about the Toyota... -
Suzano's Innovability Transformation: The Next 100 Years
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Easier Together: Zirq Solutions' Ecosystem Approach to Recycling Insulin Pens
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case describes how the Danish company Zirq Solutions, a subsidiary of Norwegian NG Group, brought circular economy thinking to the pharmaceutical... -
Raizen: Helping to Decarbonize the World?
Management Case Study11.95View Details Raizen, the world's largest sugar and ethanol producer, strived to find ways to expand the second-generation ethanol (E2G) market, which it pioneered.... -
JSW Steel: Balancing Growth While Decarbonizing
Management Case Study11.95View Details Sajjan Jindal, Chairman & Managing Director of JSW Steel, India's largest steel producer by market capitalization, was facing a dilemma. Steel demand... -
AB InBev: Brewing Up Forecasts during COVID-19
Management Case Study11.95View Details In July 2021, the CEO of AB InBev's European operations and his team strategized to position the company for success post-pandemic. As the world's largest... -
Seeds of Innovation: GALY's Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2023, Luciano Bueno, CEO and founder of plant cell culture agriculture company GALY, was considering the best path forward for his company as he planned... -
Drinkotec: Changing a company, changing a life (C): Dream big or go home
Management Case Study5.00View Details It is now four years later, and Drinkotec is scaling up fast. They've had to make some tough decisions in order to focus, have the best people and build... -
Drinkotec: Changing a company, changing a life (B): Taking the leap
Management Case Study5.00View Details The deal is closed; Franck-Erik Flegbo and Cyril Le Terrien become the owners of Drinkotec but discover that the existing team doesn't really have the... -
Drinkotec: Changing a company, changing a life (A): Daring to change
Management Case Study11.95View Details Franck-Erik Flegbo and Cyril Le Terrien were already successful executives in a major multinational when they decided that it was time to dream, and to... -
Trendy fashion company: Sustainability in supply chain operations
Management Case Study11.95View Details The newly appointed Senior Vice President of Trendy needs to put its supply chain on a more sustainable footing for the future. Trendy is an imaginary... -
Rituals Cosmetics: Building the world's leading well-being brand in Asia
Management Case Study11.95View Details Rituals, founded in the Netherlands in 2000 by Raymond Cloosterman, has had double digit growth over the last 15 years. It had taken the European beauty... -
Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design
Management Case Study5.00View Details In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking... -
Future-proofing HEINEKEN: The EverGreen strategy
Management Case Study11.95View Details Dolf van den Brink, CEO of HEINEKEN, left the company's global headquarters in Amsterdam for a company retreat. Over the next three days, the entire executive... -
"Carbon is the new calorie": Logitech's carbon impact label to drive transparency in sustainability
Management Case Study11.95View Details This topical case covers the period from 2019 to 2022, when Prakash Arunkundrum, head of global operations and sustainability at Logitech, was focusing... -
Penicillin: The Miracle Drug
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case is a study of the initial discovery of penicillin and how it came to be a mass-market product. The discovery of penicillin is fascinating first...
