In the past few years, organizations have responded to a series of supply chain shocks mostly by employing isolated risk-mitigation strategies within planning, direct materials or manufacturing — ...

In today's enterprise landscape, software development often resembles a game of telephone. Business users articulate needs, and—after those needs go through layers of marketing, product and ...

Even as corporate culture has shifted from performing well in an in-person setting to performing well in a hybrid setting for career growth, the one facet that has remained consistent is that ...

When legal and business teams work side by side—from drafting to due diligence—they tend to catch risks others might overlook ...

Imagine that a recent call from a disgruntled client has made it all too apparent that there is a disconnect, or lack of alignment, between departments when it comes to CRM. According to the client, ...

The saying ‘no good deed goes unpunished’ often applies to cross-functional work within organizations. There is not enough cross-functional collaboration between security and related IT disciplines, ...

Hospital and health system executives have long emphasized that cross-departmental alignment is critical to organizational success — but it can be challenging, especially when department-level ...

In particular, tariffs and related trade fights can inject extreme uncertainty, complexity, and volatility into already fragile supply chain networks, with impacts extending well into the future. In ...

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