Roundtable on Digital Strategies: Operations
Membership in the Roundtable on Digital Strategies delivers an ongoing series of business dialogues at which CIOs and top-level executives of American and European corporations share new insight into the enabling role of information technology in meeting current business challenges. In focused discussions that cut across organizations and industries, Roundtable participants from noncompeting member corporations examine meaningful business issues they have in common. They come away from the day-long experience with new ideas and new approaches to specific challenges—the kind of creative assessment that arises only from diverse perspectives. More ›
Global Mindset, Virtual Organization: The Changing Nature of Corporations
Roundtable on Digital Strategies
September 18, 2008 • Munich, Germany • hosted by BMW
The Joint U.S. and European Chapters met on Sept. 18, 2008 at the BMW headquarters in Munich to discuss how corporations with their ever-expanding global footprint face new challenges in managing far-flung and diverse partners and customers. More ›
Topics: Cloud Computing, Globalization, International, Knowledge Management, Operations, Organization, Social Media
M&A and Divestitures: Integration and Disintegration - Europe
Roundtable on Digital Strategies
April 4, 2008 • London, England • hosted by BT Group
Members of the European Roundtable Chapter met to discuss key drivers of M&A or divestiture activity in the last couple years. Participants looked at the different approaches to integration depending on the type of acquisition, and considerations for disentanglement in a divestiture. More ›
Topics: Emerging Markets, Europe, Finance, Human Resources, International, Leadership, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations, Strategy
M&A and Divestitures: Integration and Disintegration
Roundtable on Digital Strategies
February 5, 2008 • San Jose, CA • hosted by Cisco Systems
Members of the U.S. Roundtable Chapter met to discuss best practices for M&A and divestitures in the current business environment, especially in the areas of deal-making, due diligence, and planning, as well as keys to successful integration and separation. More ›
Topics: Finance, Human Resources, Leadership, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations, Strategy
The Agile and Resilient Enterprise
Roundtable on Digital Strategies
February 27, 2007 • Sea Island, Georgia • hosted by Bechtel
CIOs and other senior execs from 3M, Bechtel, Canadian Pacific Railway, Eaton, Hasbro, IBM, ING, and SYSCO were joined by academics from Tuck, MIT, and Georgia Tech for this roundtable. More ›
Topics: Corporate Communications, Globalization, Leadership, Operations, Risk, Strategy
Conducting Business in Emerging Markets
Roundtable on Digital Strategies
September 26, 2006 • Prague, Czech Republic • hosted by Cesk sporitelna
CIOs and other senior execs from Cargill, Cesk sporitelna, Cisco, DHL, Erste Bank, GM, Hasbro, Henkel, IBM, and Skoda Auto were joined by academics from Tuck and Michigan and partners from AT Kearney and Egon Zehnder for this roundtable. More ›
Topics: Emerging Markets, Globalization, Human Resources, Information Technology, International, Operations, Strategy
Leveraging the Enterprise through Process Transformation
Roundtable on Digital Strategies
September 27, 2005 • Minneapolis, MN • hosted by Cargill
CIOs and senior operations executives from 3M, Cargill, Cisco, Eaton, GM, Hasbro, IBM, Owens Corning, and Select Comfort were joined by academics from Tuck, Babson, Michigan, and Minnesota for this roundtable. More ›
Topics: Change, Governance, Leadership, Operations, Organization, Process
Managing the Organizational Impact of Global Operations
Roundtable on Digital Strategies
October 1, 2004 • Santa Barbara, CA
CIOs and other senior execs from Cargill, Cisco, Eaton, General Motors, Hasbro, HP, IBM, and Whirlpool were joined by academics from Tuck and Wharton for this roundtable. This event was the eighth summit in the Thought Leadership Summit on Digital Strategies series. More ›
Topics: Change, Globalization, Innovation, Leadership, Operations, Process
Elusive Integration: Making the Link between Sales and Operations Planning
Roundtable on Digital Strategies
February 17, 2004 • Dallas, TX • hosted by Cisco Systems
Mapping customer delivery requirements against the realities of supply chain capability is an endless source of friction in many organizations. Demand forecasts are constantly changing, customer needs are ever more specific, and service requirements are growing in every industry. Supply chain integration has long promised to smooth the wrinkles between sales and operations planning. Yet this remains a thorny problem for companies at all points in a value chain. More ›
Topics: Collaboration, Controls / Metrics, Operations, Process, Sales, Supply Chain, Trust
Service and Support: From Cost Reduction to Revenue Generation
Roundtable on Digital Strategies
February 11, 2003 • Durham, NC
Is a service a cost center or revenue opportunity? How do you collaborate with value chain partners to offer services? The roundtable discussion - "Service and Support: From Cost Reduction to Revenue Generation" - examined the potential for value-chain partnering in new revenue-generating service ventures and addressed the organizational and structural issues service offerings can pose. More ›
Topics: Culture, Customer, Operations, Services
