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Automated farming equipment looks a lot more appealing during the pandemic. The U.K. is on it. Cereals, a giant trade fair for British crop farmers, is a bit of a social occasion for people whose line of work often leaves...

For decades, we’ve placed efficiency at the center of strategy: We’ve run operations as close to full capacity as we can. We’ve ordered from suppliers in ways that are tightly aligned with our production schedules. We’ve worked hard to minimize...

It’s dangerous to assume only healthcare products are impacted by counterfeiting during the pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has put supply chains around the world under pressure. Even when airports close and suppliers struggle, clients and consumers still expect to get...

As the pandemic resets major work trends, HR leaders need to rethink workforce and employee planning, management, performance and experience strategies. The coronavirus pandemic will have a lasting impact on the future of work in nine key ways. The imperative...

Digital transformation is an imperative for organizations due to their necessity to stay competitive on the market. Companies that embark on a digitalization journey experience significant structural changes. In order to operate efficiently, organizations are enforced to adopt new patterns...

Learn the two key characteristics Chinese organizations demonstrated during the coronavirus outbreak. When the Hangzhou Intime department store in China realized customers would not be able to access its brick-and-mortar location during the COVID-19 quarantine, it partnered with Taobao of...

Executives should use increased agility and distributed teams to future-proof the organization. Whether through new product lines, a fully remote workforce or a whole new online business, COVID-19 will continue to change the way organizations operate. But in the chaos...

Do you know how to establish a robust sense and respond organization that is ready to react, with agility and speed, to unforeseen value chain disruptions? IPG, Haute école de gestion Arc (HEG Arc) and VNL Switzerland have developed the...

In the last few months, manufacturers have called some of their fundamental assumptions into question. Nowhere is this more true than with business and operating models. A period of unprecedented disruption has revealed new vulnerabilities, and stressed existing systems to...

As the novel coronavirus has reached Europe, for the first time a global supply chain risk was “created”. The (potential) threats are more serious than in previous incidents. The current concrete massive effects make it clear that no company should...