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- 30 Jan 2022
- News
From Just-In-Time To Just-In-Case: Is Excess And Obsolete Next?
- 21 Jan 2020
- News
China-based Fuyao Glass Considers Manufacturing in the U.S.
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
with CEOs of large, well-known companies around the table. However, I have built confidence that I bring a unique perspective. I try to keep an inventory of all the wins I have, instead of things I missed, skills I lack, or perspectives I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
- too much product (and too much production capability) chasing too few buyers - is hardly a new phenomenon. As a factor in market capitalism, overcapacity has been recognized and analyzed as a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
bookstores found ways to stay in business. Then came Amazon. The internet giant got its start as a bookseller, taking its first order in July 1995. Its online-only model meant that Amazon’s inventory was essentially limitless, and its... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Oct 2021
- News
Launch Signals
but COVID-19 did not solve safety issues, and, in fact, we found that there was a higher need for our product both at home (domestic violence) and out of the home (as people adapted to a new normal),” Fitzgerald said. In its first year,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
The expression “letting the fox guard the henhouse” comes to mind when you first hear about Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) systems, where a product manufacturer actually places orders for the retailer,... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
all in, purchasing inventory at volume up front to enter the market with an abundance of options? Or should the company continue to take pieces on consignment, offering a limited assortment of plates and bowls to test the demands of the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
Retail, has nine outlet villages located throughout Europe. The company sees itself as not purely a landlord but as a partner that will work with tenants on product offering and assortment. Those who do well get more space; those who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Creating the Shopping Experience of the Future
both the shopper and the retailer. For example, a glance at a garment could be augmented with information on the designer, recommendations for matching accessories in the store, or suggestions from the wearer’s own closet. A salesperson could check View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)
She shared the same germy fears and so we teamed up to launch Spruce & Co—our consumer goods startup focused on simple products for everyday healthy routines.” What have been some of the most enjoyable and most challenging parts of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
James McKenney Remembered
Waves of Change: Business Evolution through Information Technology, McKenney also wrote numerous case studies, among them the first on airline-reservation systems and inventory management across the consumer-products supply chain. Active... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
gotten used to as consumers. Antonio Moreno: People still like going to a physical store to have an experience and learn about products, but now that can be decoupled from the act of taking possession of a product because there are better... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
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What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
given authority to decide whether spare parts should be sent to combat troops or to the evolving production base. By centralizing inventory control in this manner, the optimum use was made of scarce... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
described in terms meaningful to this market through the company's first direct-to-the-consumer advertising. Production runs were lengthened and inventory simplified. Glass decoration was all but eliminated... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
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Case Study: Glass Half Full
Amazon and relying instead on Shopify as an online storefront and on ShipBob for fulfillment. Then came the cold shower of reality: Customer acquisition beyond Amazon can prove very expensive. He decided to offer Neutrall’s products there... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
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Prognosis
the Toyota production system and lean manufacturing, we also discuss the complementary need for pooling inventory across sites and even firms. Right now, we are seeing companies and health systems bidding... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
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Brick by Brick
globalize, the financial picture grew worse. One problem: The company's growing complexity was choking it. Adding more bricks made products harder to assemble, forecasts harder to determine, and inventory... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Stress Test
inventory is really the tail that wags the logistics dog. This is why we see distribution centers encroaching on population centers, getting closer and closer to the point of consumption. The more time and money you spend on... View Details