Tactical planning involves determining the steps a business must take to reach the objectives developed through strategic planning. Contingency planning involves planning what a business will do if ...

When senior business executives are in the habit of trouble-shooting supply, demand and customer service issues week to week and day to day — that is a symptom of an organizational problem. A company ...

Reduced inventory and optimized logistics are just a few of the benefits to be realized in implementing Integrated Tactical Planning, says David Goddard, principal at Oliver Wight. Given the supply ...

The development of marketing strategies is a key part of a small-business owner's business plan that he prepares on an annual basis. Strategies are the actions the business owner intends to take to ...

Companies depend on robust marketing programs to achieve their goals. However, the success of any marketing initiative depends on how well you plan. Implementing marketing best practices in your ...

Advanced electronics are at the heart of the future force. Unattended sensors in a future theater of operation detect enemy movements, identify and locate targets, and feed that information via ...

Managing air traffic safely and securely is a critical part of successful command and control operations. Keith Mwanalushi speaks to Dennis Miller, from Harris Corporation, to learn about the ...

Murphey recalls trying to apply tactical risk management solutions after the 2001 market shocks. "It was clear that financial markets would continue to move faster than investor expectations and ...

Over the past year, technologies that utilize artificial intelligence (AI)—especially generative AI—have become a dominant topic of conversation across the business world. Many employees may wonder ...

Lightweight interventions and bold public art brought new life and attention to Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway. (Photo by Mike Lydon) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We propose and develop a discrete-time, continuous-flow model for studying the operation of a job shop that sees a stationary input mix of job ...