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• Conference Presentation | 11 Aug 2019

  Sustainability Research at the Strategy‐Supply Chain Interface

  Michael W. Toffel

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  Toffel, Michael W. "Sustainability Research at the Strategy‐Supply Chain Interface." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 11, 2019.  View Details

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• Conference Presentation | 11 Aug 2019

  Tips for Developing a Strong Research Pipeline and Clear Research Identity

  Michael W. Toffel

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  Toffel, Michael W. "Tips for Developing a Strong Research Pipeline and Clear Research Identity." In SIM-ONE-PNP Junior Faculty Consortium. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 11, 2019.  View Details

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• Background Note | HBS Case Collection | September 2017 (Revised August 2019)

  Production Processes

  Willy Shih and Michael W. Toffel

  This note describes four broad categories of process architectures and then examines the nature of task assignment that typically would be found in a factory organized along the lines of each process type. It then delves more deeply into work flow policies, materials handling, and line pacing for the assembly line, since this process architecture is so widely used for the mass production of everything from smartphones to automobiles.

  Keywords: production; Production management; Production Planning; Production scheduling; process analysis; Process Maps; Processing times; process improvement; Production; Management; Product; Consumer Products Industry;

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  Shih, Willy, and Michael W. Toffel. "Production Processes." Harvard Business School Background Note 618-023, September 2017. (Revised August 2019.)  View Details

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