Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by George Stalk
El tiempo como próxima fuente de la ventaja competitiva
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda
A Better Way to Match Supply and Demand in the Retail Supply Chain
The ongoing supply chain crisis threatens the success of retailers and their suppliers because its volatility makes both overstocks (having something customers don’t want) and stockouts (running out of the items they desire) more likely. And the stakes are high: Stockouts can cost retailers their total gross margin. Overstocks, if they are lucky, cost retailers 50% of their gross margins but more likely, all the margins.
Today’s Supply-Chain Fluctuations Require Systemic Solutions
Today’s supply chains are in turmoil — much of which is caused by the responses of participants in the supply chain to wild swings in demand. The loads on supply chains surge, experience a period of lesser load, and then surge again because the supply chain are systems. This is known as the “bullwhip effect.” Because today’s supply chains are in a system crisis, “point solutions” such as “pop up” container storage yards, 24/7 container port operations or air freighting will not alone suffice.
Fast Execution Needs Fast Strategy
Choose your location to get a site experience tailored for you. Remember my region and language settings March 1, 2019 By George Stalk and Sam Stewart Everywhere we look, we see large, successful companies facing intense pressure from newer, smaller, faster-moving companies that threaten to disrupt their industries. Across the business landscape, speed is becoming more important than size, and the basis of competition is shifting from scale to pace or tempo. What Will It Take to Win the ’20s?
How to Hedge Your Strategic Bets
Executives often resist strategic options because they seem expensive in the near term. But when a payoff is far in the future and risk is high, they may be the best way to go. In this article, two BCG consultants detail three kinds of strategic options: Temporary organizations, which are staffed by consultants and contractors, help firms ramp up operations quickly and yet avoid massive layoffs if an initiative fails.
Avoid the Traps That Can Destroy Family Businesses
Nearly 75 years ago a charismatic Brazilian entrepreneur named Enrique Rosset started an eponymous textile and apparel manufacturing company in São Paulo. Some 40 years later he and his oldest son decided to diversify by acquiring Valisere, an upscale but failing lingerie business. Over the decades, Enrique and his four sons transformed their operation into one of South America’s leading textile and apparel manufacturers. During the 1990s Grupo Rosset expanded into swimwear, with great success.
Hardball: Five Killer Strategies for Trouncing the Competition
The Idea in Brief Does your company have the strategic backbone to dominate its markets? If not, hardball players may overtake you. Hardball players play to win. They focus relentlessly on their competitive advantage, as Wal-Mart does by constantly honing its innovative distribution and inventory-management systems. Like Toyota with its unmatched production system, hardball companies strive for “extreme” competitive advantage.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with George
Contact George, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack