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              Breaking operational barriers to peak productivity

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              Digital twins: The key to unlocking end-to-end supply chain growth
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              Article
              Today’s good to great: Next-generation operational excellence
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              Article
              From promising to productive: Real results from gen AI in services
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              Island of retail items on path to sustainable resources - illustration
              Report
              Retailers’ climate road map: Charting paths to decarbonized value chains
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              Blog Post
              How capital project owners can get just-in-time talent for their teams
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              Podcast
              Generative AI in operations: Capturing the value
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              Top view of robotic arm working on conveyor belt In smart warehouse.
              Article
              Getting warehouse automation right
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              Robot picking a box in a manufacturing factory.
              Article
              Digital logistics: Technology race gathers momentum
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              Article
              Tech and regionalization bolster supply chains, but complacency looms
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              Blog Post
              The COO agenda: Stakeholder engagement
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              Article
              It’s coming home: The return of agile hardware product development
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              A new era for procurement: Value creation across the supply chain
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              Blue geometric lines representing technological speed.
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              Boosting Vietnam’s manufacturing sector: From low cost to high productivity
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              McKinsey Direct
              Europe’s €10 billion savings opportunity to deliver onshore wind and solar
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              Case Study
              Solving the digital manufacturing disconnect: A case study
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              Control panel. Plant for the production of steel
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              AI: The next frontier of performance in industrial processing plants
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              Blog Post
              The COO agenda: Vision, plan, and execution
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              Blog Post
              Supply chain resilience—in China and everywhere else
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              Blog Post
              What is the COO agenda?
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              Blog Post
              Ops 4.0—The Human Factor: Apprenticeships today for skills tomorrow
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              Article
              Digital twins: The key to smart product development
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              Article
              Want more efficient finance and HR functions? Become more effective
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              Making modular construction fit
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              Podcast
              Moving supply chain leaders to the C-suite
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              Blog Post
              Ops 4.0—The Human Factor: It takes two to build capabilities
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              Blog Post
              What global business services need in 2023
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              Article
              When technology meets operational excellence
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              Article
              Maintenance and operations: Is asset productivity broken?
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              Article
              The next frontier of customer engagement: AI-enabled customer service
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              Article
              Battery recycling takes the driver’s seat
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              Article
              Procurement 2023: Ten CPO actions to defy the toughest challenges
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              Taking off: Scaling complex manufacturing in the aerospace industry
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              Car Factory: Team of Automotive Engineers Working, Using Computers to Design Advanced 3D Models for High-Tech Engines. Automated Robot Arm Industrial Assembly Line Manufacturing Electric Vehicles - stock photo
              Article
              Indirect manufacturing costs: An overlooked source for clear savings
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              Chemical plant at dawn in Kawasaki, Japan
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              A new operations formula for the chemicals sector
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              Article
              Battery 2030: Resilient, sustainable, and circular
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              Article
              The next chapter: Lighthouses shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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              Commentary
              Failure is not an option: How to get resilience right
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              Article
              To regionalize or not? Optimizing North American supply chains
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              Deep learning in product design
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              Procurement in Africa: Exercising a muscle for challenging times
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              The ladder of cyberpunk 3D rendering
              Article
              What matters: How to scale advanced analytics in corporate functions
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              Article
              Great service—but who’s paying?
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              Podcast
              Digital twins: Flying high, flexing fast
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              Podcast
              114 down, 10 million to go: The Global Lighthouse Network’s mission
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              Long exposure from train in Tokyo, Japan
              Article
              Accelerating capital projects to secure advantages in the net-zero transition
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              Article
              Smart scheduling: How to solve workforce-planning challenges with AI
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              Podcast
              Inflation fighter and value creator: Procurement’s best-kept secret
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              Article
              The scaling imperative for industry 4.0
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              Emerging from disruption: The future of pharma operations strategy
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              Utility procurement: Ready to meet new market challenges
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              Podcast
              Digital twins: What could they do for your business?
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              Article
              A more resilient supply chain from optimized operations planning
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              The Titanium Economy
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              Article
              Delivering the US manufacturing renaissance
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              Taking the pulse of shifting supply chains
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              Blog Post
              Ops 4.0—The Human Factor: Powering the learning and development engine
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              Article
              How mining companies reach the operational excellence gold standard
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              Blog Post
              Ops 4.0—The Human Factor: The need for speed in building skills
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              Customer care center
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              The state of customer care in 2022
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              Two engineers having a meeting in front of industrial robots welder in production line.
              Article
              Converge IT and OT to turbocharge business operations’ scaling power
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              Two workers talking in a factory
              Article
              Transforming advanced manufacturing through Industry 4.0
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              Article
              New operations management systems for a digital world
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              Value, speed, and scale: A new era for operations in Asia
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              Article
              Future-proofing the supply chain
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              Podcast
              How to manage the coming wave of investment in capital projects
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              Article
              A better way to drive your business
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              Supply chains: To build resilience, manage proactively
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              Expand diversity among your suppliers—and add value to your organization
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              Full-potential procurement: Lessons amid inflation and volatility
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              Article
              Acting where it makes a difference: The corporate center that can flex
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              Morning meeting at the factory
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              Training your own capital-project talent
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              Skinny design: Smaller is better
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              Outsprinting the energy crisis
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              Fueling digital operations with analog data
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              Stone and sand
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              Japan’s design imperative
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              How can corporate functions become more agile?
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              Navigating the semiconductor chip shortage: A control-tower case study
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              Lighthouses reveal a playbook for responsible industry transformation
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              Bridging the labor mismatch in US construction
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              Transforming supply chains: Do you have the skills to accelerate your capabilities?
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              How business operations can respond to price increases: A CEO guide
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              Autonomous supply chain planning for consumer goods companies
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              How good are your internal operations—really?
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              Five digital and analytics battlegrounds for B2B aftermarket growth
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              Five digital and analytics battlegrounds for B2B aftermarket growth
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              AI-driven operations forecasting in data-light environments
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              Getting business process outsourcing right in a digital future
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              Article
              Product sustainability: Back to the drawing board
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              Article
              To improve your supply chain, modernize your supply-chain IT
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              Toward smart production: Machine intelligence in business operations
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              From speech to insights: The value of the human voice
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              Risk and resilience in consumer-goods supply chains
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              Article
              How to deal with price increases in this inflationary market
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              The digital spend control tower: Shift spending mindsets at scale
              Article
              The digital spend control tower: Shift spending mindsets at scale
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              Article
              Navigating the labor mismatch in US logistics and supply chains
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              Podcast
              Supply-chain resilience: Is there a holy grail?
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              Innovation through the digital disruption of customer service
              Article
              Innovation through the digital disruption of customer service
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              Article
              Managing change: What lies behind G&A spend transformation
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              How COVID-19 is reshaping supply chains
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              Lighthouses unlock sustainability through 4IR technologies
              Article
              Lighthouses unlock sustainability through 4IR technologies
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              Managing the risks and returns of intelligent automation
              Article
              Managing the risks and returns of intelligent automation
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              Photo of an athlete navigating a resistance exercise with agility
              Article
              Resilience: The whole-company fitness challenge
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              Article
              Industrial-resource productivity and the road to sustainability
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              Article
              Preparing global business services for the next normal
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              An on-demand revolution in customer-experience operations?
              Article
              An on-demand revolution in customer-experience operations?
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              A manufacturing footprint fit for the future, via advanced analytics
              Article
              A manufacturing footprint fit for the future, via advanced analytics
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              Operationalizing machine learning in processes
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              Operationalizing machine learning in processes
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              Buying into a more sustainable value chain
              Article
              Buying into a more sustainable value chain
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              Building resilience through procurement analytics
              Article
              Building resilience through procurement analytics
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              Global business-services sourcing comes of age
              Article
              Global business-services sourcing comes of age
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              Project delivery hubs: Analytics for better megaproject outcomes
              Article
              Project delivery hubs: Analytics for better megaproject outcomes
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              An ecosystem of partners: The foundation of capital project excellence
              Article
              An ecosystem of partners: The foundation of capital project excellence
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              China's digital R&D imperative
              Article
              China’s digital R&D imperative
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              Digital supplier days: Events for capturing value in procurement
              Article
              Digital supplier days: Events for capturing value in procurement
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              In volatile markets, embedded product costs can be a hidden treasure
              Article
              In volatile markets, embedded product costs can be a hidden treasure
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              How to boost growth in industrial services: Better customer experience
              Article
              How to boost growth in industrial services: Better customer experience
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              Prediction at scale: How industry can get more value out of maintenance
              Article
              Prediction at scale: How industry can get more value out of maintenance
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              Responding to inflation and volatility: Time for procurement to lead
              Article
              Responding to inflation and volatility: Time for procurement to lead
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              Establishing the right analytics-based maintenance strategy
              Article
              Establishing the right analytics-based maintenance strategy
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              Call for action: Seizing the decarbonization opportunity in construction
              Article
              Call for action: Seizing the decarbonization opportunity in construction
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              Overcoming barriers to multitier supplier collaboration
              Article
              Overcoming barriers to multitier supplier collaboration
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              Beyond gadgetry: Changing the game in maintenance
              Article
              Beyond gadgetry: Changing the game in maintenance
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              Making supply-chain decarbonization happen
              Article
              Making supply-chain decarbonization happen
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              Industrial services' overlooked sales force: Their technicians
              Article
              Industrial services’ overlooked sales force: Their technicians
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              Virtually possible: Getting remote work right for G&A functions
              Article
              Virtually possible: Getting remote work right for G&A functions
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              The project of the future: The best ideas from the 2021 GII Summit
              Article
              The project of the future: The best ideas from the 2021 GII Summit
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              Do your G and A functions fit your growth trajectory
              Article
              Do your G&A functions fit your growth trajectory?
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              Can your supply chain deliver what your consumer wants?
              Article
              Can your supply chain deliver what your consumer wants?
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              A smarter way to digitize maintenance and reliability
              Article
              A smarter way to digitize maintenance and reliability
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              Analytics-to-Value: Digital analytics optimizing products and portfolios
              Article
              Analytics-to-Value: Digital analytics optimizing products and portfolios
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              Labor-intensive factories—analytics-intensive productivity
              Article
              Labor-intensive factories—analytics-intensive productivity
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              Net zero or bust: Beating the abatement cost curve for growth
              Article
              Net zero or bust: Beating the abatement cost curve for growth
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              Rethinking operations in the next normal
              Article
              Rethinking operations in the next normal
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              Everyone is within learning distance: Building skills remotely
              Article
              Everyone is within learning distance: Building skills remotely
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              Calculating complexity: Maximizing the value of customization
              Article
              Calculating complexity: Maximizing the value of customization
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              CEO dialogue: Perspectives on reimagining operations for growth
              Article
              CEO dialogue: Perspectives on reimagining operations for growth
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              With artificial intelligence, find new suppliers in days, not months
              Article
              With artificial intelligence, find new suppliers in days, not months
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              Transforming quality and warranty through advanced analytics
              Article
              Transforming quality and warranty through advanced analytics
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              The future of G&A: Revitalizing the heart of the organization
              Article
              The future of G&A: Revitalizing the heart of the organization
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              The manufacturers lighting a path to sustainable growth
              Article
              The manufacturers lighting a path to sustainable growth
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              How a steel plant in India tapped the value of data—and won global acclaim
              Case Study
              How a steel plant in India tapped the value of data—and won global acclaim
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              2021 and beyond: Preparing for the future of SG&A
              Article
              Preparing for the future of SG&A
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              Now is the time for procurement to lead value capture
              Article
              Now is the time for procurement to lead value capture
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              The future of work after COVID-19
              Report - MGI Research
              The future of work after COVID-19
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              Executive Briefing
              Capital Projects 5.0: Reimagining capital-project delivery
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              Digital service excellence: Scaling the next-generation operating model
              Collection
              The industrial revolution in services
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              A new growth story: Maximizing value from remote customer interactions
              Article
              A new growth story: Maximizing value from remote customer interactions
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              Building a digital bridge across the supply chain with nerve centers
              Article
              Building a digital bridge across the supply chain with nerve centers
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              Five themes can help procurement shape recovery in the next normal
              Article
              Five themes can help procurement shape recovery in the next normal
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              CEO dialogue: Perspectives on reimagining industrial supply chains
              Article
              CEO dialogue: Perspectives on reimagining industrial supply chains
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              COVID-19: An inflection point for Industry 4.0
              Article
              COVID-19: An inflection point for Industry 4.0
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              The corporate center: Driving the next normal
              Article
              The corporate center: Driving the next normal
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              The resilience imperative for medtech supply chains
              Article
              The resilience imperative for medtech supply chains
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              Digital performance management: From the front line to the bottom line
              Interview
              Digital performance management: From the front line to the bottom line
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              Breaching the great wall to scale
              Article
              Breaching the great wall to scale
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              The right tools for every job: Lean and agile in maintenance
              Article
              The right tools for every job: Lean and agile in maintenance
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              Finding the sweet spot in product-portfolio management
              Article
              Finding the sweet spot in product-portfolio management
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              What’s next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and nine countries
              Article - MGI Research
              What’s next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and nine countries
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              Reimagine: Preparing for SG&A in the next normal
              Article
              Reimagine: Preparing for SG&A in the next normal
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              The seven investment priorities for a resilient procurement function
              Blog Post
              The seven investment priorities for a resilient procurement function
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              Ops 4.0--The human factor: Skill, will and the next normal
              Blog Post
              Ops 4.0—The human factor: Skill, will and the next normal
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              Analytics helps global business services fuel resilience and return
              Article
              Analytics helps global business services fuel resilience and return
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              Design cost-effective, carbon-abated products with resource cleansheets
              Article
              Design cost-effective, carbon-abated products with resource cleansheets
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              Reimagining procurement for the next normal
              Article
              Reimagining procurement for the next normal
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              Operations-driven sustainability
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              Operations-driven sustainability
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              Building the vital skills for the future of work in operations
              Article
              Building the vital skills for the future of work in operations
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              Risk, resilience, and rebalancing in global value chains
              Report - MGI Research
              Risk, resilience, and rebalancing in global value chains
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              The role of spend analytics in the next normal
              Article
              The role of spend analytics in the next normal
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              Industry 4.0: Reimagining manufacturing operations after COVID-19
              Article
              Industry 4.0: Reimagining manufacturing operations after COVID-19
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              Why now is the time to stress-test your industrial supply chain
              Article
              Why now is the time to stress-test your industrial supply chain
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              Resetting supply chains for the next normal
              Article
              Resetting supply chains for the next normal
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              Taking supplier collaboration to the next level
              Article
              Taking supplier collaboration to the next level
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              The next normal in construction
              Article
              The next normal in construction: How disruption is reshaping the world’s largest ecosystem
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              Reopening safely: Sample practices from essential businesses
              Article
              Reopening safely: Sample practices from essential businesses
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              Beyond contactless operations: Human-centered customer experience
              Article
              Beyond contactless operations: Human-centered customer experience
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              Is your supply chain risk blind—or risk resilient?
              Article
              Is your supply chain risk blind—or risk resilient?
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              Jump-starting resilient and reimagined operations
              Article
              Jump-starting resilient and reimagined operations
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              From surviving to thriving: Reimagining the post-COVID-19 return
              Article
              From surviving to thriving: Reimagining the post-COVID-19 return
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              Coronavirus’ impact on service organizations: Weathering the storm
              Article
              Coronavirus’ impact on service organizations: Weathering the storm
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              Managing a manufacturing plant through the coronavirus crisis
              Article
              Managing a manufacturing plant through the coronavirus crisis
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