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Coffee Break with AI is brought to you by Elisio Quintino and Martijn Loos. In this edition of Coffee Break…
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Here at IFS, we understand that scheduling and planning optimization can be so much more than a bludgeon to lower…
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In software development, technical debt is the future cost of picking an easy solution now over a better one that…
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Manufacturers today are still recovering from the initial economic shocks that came as businesses shut down to prevent further spread…
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In this post, we look at the typical attributes of a “Level 1” organization (Awareness), and what IT Infrastructure and…
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Automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their tier I and tier II suppliers have in the immediate term been hit…
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In the engineering and construction sector around the world we are seeing projects paused and new opportunities stalled. This temporary…
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