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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provides its patients with a unique disease centerbased model of cancer care and services. During the past decade, its patient volume has grown extensively, creating a need for additional facility space. Upon completion of the 14-story, 275,000-square-foot Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, Dana-Farber will be on track to expand its building complex to accommodate growing clinical volume.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provides its patients with a unique disease centerbased model of cancer care and services. During the past decade, its patient volume has grown extensively, creating a need for additional facility space. Upon completion of the 14-story, 275,000-square-foot Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, Dana-Farber will be on track to expand its building complex to accommodate growing clinical volume.

As software selection advisors, my team has talked to thousands of retailers considering a major new retail management system purchase. The vast majority are replacing an existing system – one they’ve used for years. Why? Why replace what’s familiar? Why pay up for something entirely new when an upgrade is – on paper – less expensive? Why move away from a long-term vendor relationship?

Each company must strike a balance between developed markets such as the US and Europe and rapid-growth markets such as China, Brazil and South Africa. This balance must be appropriate for the company’s sector, strategy and growth prospects. And it must communicate that strategy in a way that meets the different needs of its different investors.

We would like to share our thoughts on this special occasion:

We would like to share our thoughts on this special occasion:

It's that time of year again. Review the actuals, add 4%, and look at it bottoms-up, top-down, and in regard to operations vs. capital spend. Build some assumptions, work in a few numbers, consider what a reorg would do, and run some "what if" models. That's right, annual planning is upon us!

Do you often ask…

Do you often ask…