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Move the Starting Line Up
Torn. Achilles. A tough injury and an even tougher rehab process. During that rehab a few years ago, I faced a challenge: how to increase my run distances to get back to where I was before the injury? At first, I tried extending the finish line—pushing myself to go farther each day. It was often discouraging – my body wanted to stop at yesterday’s finish line. Then I changed my approach: instead of extending the end line, I started earlier. I moved the starting line up. Suddenly, the increasing distances felt easier because the extra distance was at the beginning of my route instead of at the end. That simple shift in mindset made all the difference. And it applies to business projects, too.
Beyond the $1 Trillion Holiday: What Retail Supply Chain Leaders Must Do Next
The National Retail Federation (NRF) projects that U.S. holiday sales will surpass $1 trillion for the first time in 2025, a milestone that underscores consumers’ continuing appetite for spending. Yet beneath the record headline lies a more complex truth: year-over-year growth is slowing (expected to be 3.7–4.2%, down from 3.9 – 4.7%), freight and labor costs remain elevated, and margins are tight.
Navigating the Path to Traceability: Strategies for Success
In today’s complex and interconnected world, traceability has become a cornerstone of effective supply chain management. Traceability helps facilitate proper chain of custody and the ability to track the movement of products from raw materials to finished goods. It is crucial for maintaining product integrity, preventing counterfeiting, and enhancing consumer safety. In industries like pharmaceuticals, food, and electronics, traceability is not just a regulatory requirement but a vital component of operational excellence.
Unlocking Distribution Efficiency with Data Analytics
Our client faced a critical challenge: their legacy fulfillment system was causing inefficient routing, driving higher costs, while manual workarounds to address capacity constraints led to postponed deliveries and lost sales. We modernized their fulfillment logic, reducing driving distances while considering capacity constraints and prioritization rules to optimize service levels and delivery expenses.
ERP Software Selections: Using AI to Enhance Traditional Processes
In the current business environment, characterized by higher interest rates and stagnating exit multiples, private equity firms must reexamine their approach to value creation for their portfolio companies. Gone are the days when firms could rely solely on financial engineering to drive returns. Today, sustainable growth and future potential require disciplined execution of value-creating initiatives.
ERP Software Selections: Legacy ERP Missed Opportunities & Risks
In the current business environment, characterized by higher interest rates and stagnating exit multiples, private equity firms must reexamine their approach to value creation for their portfolio companies. Gone are the days when firms could rely solely on financial engineering to drive returns. Today, sustainable growth and future potential require disciplined execution of value-creating initiatives.
AI Adoption: Five Crucial Steps to Building Trust Within Your Organization to Leverage AI Tools
In the current business environment, characterized by higher interest rates and stagnating exit multiples, private equity firms must reexamine their approach to value creation for their portfolio companies. Gone are the days when firms could rely solely on financial engineering to drive returns. Today, sustainable growth and future potential require disciplined execution of value-creating initiatives.
Reexamining Value Creation: A Crucial Step for Private Equity in a Challenging Business Environment
In the current business environment, characterized by higher interest rates and stagnating exit multiples, private equity firms must reexamine their approach to value creation for their portfolio companies. Gone are the days when firms could rely solely on financial engineering to drive returns. Today, sustainable growth and future potential require disciplined execution of value-creating initiatives.
S&OP Best Practices for Growth Organizations
Amid persistent supply disruptions and ongoing economic uncertainty, many companies are seeking ways to right-size inventory investments and improve service levels with Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). A proper S&OP process discovers and prioritizes the actions required to reconcile erratic demand, unpredictable supply, and constrained capacity projections to improve profitability. It’s difficult, but not impossible.
Navigating an ERP Software Selection with Confidence in a Dynamic Business and Technology Solutions Landscape
Let’s identify a platform that will help you achieve your business objectives. You should expect to leverage a new ERP platform for a decade or more, so making sound decisions and mitigating risks every step of the way is imperative.
Need help transforming strategies into results, reducing costs, or building market share? Fisher Management Partners is your Partner to Grow. Tap into our proven expertise and robust toolkit today and turn challenges into opportunities for growth.
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