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

Gail Fosler Leaves The Conference Board
Gail Fosler, president, has decided to leave The Conference Board at the end of the year to focus on new avenues in business and public debate.

Events/Forums

Conferences

Corporate Development Conference

Supplier Relationship Management Conference

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Councils

Council for Six Sigma Executives II
The Council for Six Sigma Executives II offers senior executives a forum setting for the informal exchange of information and experience on implementing and sustaining their Six Sigma initiatives.

Council of Strategic Planning Executives
Provides a private forum for an exchange of relevant ideas and experience among members who are the top functional planning officers in their organizations.

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Research Working Group

Corporate Center Design: Maximizing Shareholder Value
This Research Working Group will help its members answer the question: "How can I help my CEO understand, measure, and communicate the value contribution of the corporate center?"

Assessing Offshoring Risks: Thinking Through the Financial and Operational Issues
The Conference Board's new Working Group on Managing Offshoring Risks will provide leaders from organizations at all stages of offshoring operations with a much needed forum to discuss important concerns.

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Webcast

Conference KeyNotes: Strategic Outsourcing

U.S. Climate Change Strategies without a Clear Legislative Signal

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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
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.		A Leadership Prescription for the Future of Quality This report, created by The Conference Board Quality Council, looks at the future role of quality throughout the enterprise.
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