Operations and Business Processes

Find the answers.
What is the scalability and financial viability of outsourcing for your company? How can you make a case for security and business continuity? Are you getting the most value out of your suppliers? You do not need to face these questions alone. With more than 60 conferences, councils, and research working groups addressing these challenges, The Conference Board Operations Program provides the network and the knowledge that can help you find the answers.

Latest News

Ronald Berenbeim, Business Ethics Researcher of The Conference Board, Receives Fulbright Award
The award is bestowed by the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Fund.

Events/Forums

Conferences

Supplier Relationship Management Conference
Driving Value, Mitigating Risk, and Accelerating Innovation through Collaboration

Post Merger Integration Conference

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Councils

European Council on Health and Safety
Gives European safety managers the opportunity to exchange ideas on increasing the effectiveness of their health and safety programmes, and on promoting the active participation and commitment of employees.

Council of Chief Privacy Officers
Helps senior executives who oversee privacy issues at their companies share best practices with their peers in other companies and industries.

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Research Working Group

Implementing Strategic Workforce Planning Research Working Group
To help your company's transition and further your understanding of the complexities of Strategic Workforce Planning, this working group will explore best practices through discussions, presentations, and member-guided research.

Webcasts

Business Ethics

Webcast

The Conference Board KnowlEdge Series®
Climate Change: Getting the Incentives Right

The Conference Board KnowlEdge Series®
Building and Managing a World Class Global Supply Chain in a New Economic Reality

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Publications

Executive Action Reports
Shift in U.S. Policy on Climate Change Opens a New Era for Business It's no longer business as usual when it comes to climate change. A significant change of direction for U.S. regulatory policy on the issue will eventually affect all of business.		Waddayaknow? Knowledge Management Can Be an Organization's Key to Survival This Executive Action report uses three case studies to build a business case for implementing Knowledge Management, and provides tips for making KM work.
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Research Reports
Protecting Critical Infrastructure: A Cross-Border Action Plan Much of the critical infrastructure on which the citizens of the United States and Canada depend—transportation, energy, and communications systems, among others—exists on both sides of the border.		Innovation and US Competitiveness: Reevaluating the Contributors to Growth This report takes stock of the innovation capabilities of the U.S. economy, including hurdles to maintaining the nation's leadership position, and recommends some means and methods of overcoming those obstacles.
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