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Latest · Sustainability Strategy & Implementation

Turning Your Carbon Footprint into Operational Focus

You paid for your carbon footprint. You received a number, but nothing changed. Here's how to turn it into focus areas your teams can act on.

Silvia Benavides · October 2026
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Sustainability Strategy & Implementation

Turning Your Carbon Footprint into Operational Focus

You paid for your carbon footprint. You received a number, but nothing changed. Here's how to turn it into focus areas your teams can act on.

Silvia Benavides · October 2026
Data, Analytics & AI Enablement

Less Data, Better Outcomes

How operations leaders get data they'll use by starting with a specific goal.

Peter Trosper · September 2026
Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness

Prioritization Is a Leadership Discipline

Most teams have too little focus, and that's a leadership problem.

Kelly Neuman · August 2026
Supply Chain & Logistics

The Three Planning Horizons Every Operation Needs

How to connect long-term capacity decisions, mid-term labor planning, and short-term execution.

Carolyn Cade · July 2026
Operations & Manufacturing

The Weekly Business Review That Actually Works

Most operations already have a WBR. Few use it to drive the controllable inputs that actually move the business. Here's how to close that gap.

Kelly Neuman · June 2026
Operations & Manufacturing

The Five Foundations of an Operation

Most operations don't have a people problem. They have a foundations problem.

Carolyn Cade · May 2026
Data, Analytics & AI Enablement

Why Cost to Serve Needs Operations in the Room

How companies build a clearer view of their true profitability, and the muscle to act on it.

Chris Rallis · April 2026
Supply Chain & Logistics

Building a Smarter Carrier Strategy

How mid-market shippers can build high-performing, cost-efficient delivery networks in the golden age of carrier choice.

Chris Rallis · February 2026
Supply Chain & Logistics

Amazon vs Walmart

How infrastructure, vehicles, and technology will determine the future of eCommerce economics.

Carolyn Cade · January 2026
Operations & Manufacturing

Agile Labor Planning: Turning Forecasts into Flexible Workforce Plans

If forecasting tells you what to expect, labor planning determines how you'll handle it.

Kelly Neuman · December 2025
Data, Analytics & AI Enablement

Forecasts That Talk Back: When AI Learns Your Business

How conversational AI improves time-series forecasts by adding what's missing from the data: human context.

Chris Rallis · November 2025
Data, Analytics & AI Enablement

The AI Sweet Spot

The real ROI sits in the middle: using AI to accelerate routine decision-making processes and automate repetitive tasks.

Chris Rallis · October 2025
Operations & Manufacturing

Automation Missteps: The Top 3 Things Companies Are Doing Wrong – and How to Fix Them

Why chasing labor savings alone backfires, how poor data strategies undermine ROI, and why failing to redesign the operating model keeps companies stuck in pilot purgatory.

Carolyn Cade · September 2025
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