One of the challenges that faces a growing business is expanding product offerings by producing new product lines, expanding existing lines or selling products in new markets. Product expansion ...

Effective operations are characterized by how well a firm can deliver value to its customer, according to Peter F. Drucker, political economist and business management scholar. An operations strategy ...

The preponderance of small, and some mid-size manufacturers soldier on without an operations strategy. They live by “get order, fill order,” and discussions, usually begun at the last minute, of ...

Operation managers play a key role in the structure of a business. Backend office services such as operation managers are just as vital in your business as front-facing professionals such as marketing ...

Harvard Business School professor Robert S. Kaplan is co-developer of both activity-based costing and the balanced scorecard. In 2006, Kaplan was elected to the Accounting Hall of Fame, and received ...

After more than a decade of writing articles on strategic operational issues for strategy+business, I realized that this column, despite its name, has never defined the essence of an operations ...

U.S. Army North and South will fold into what used to be Army Forces Command to form the new regional headquarters.

What if competition becomes tight and rates go down in the lanes within which you operate your trucks? Do you have an exit strategy in place? This is about finding a new, better and more profitable ...

Kellogg’s award-winning faculty has created an expansive suite of corporate business strategy programs for senior leaders charged with creating competitive advantage and delivering results. Faculty ...

When MOps is used effectively, it can provide the structure and governance to ensure you are starting, executing, and analyzing your marketing initiatives in the best possible manner. The Fast Company ...

The role of Legal Operations is becoming increasingly important in today's fast-paced and complex corporate legal department. With more companies expecting their legal departments to contribute to ...