Heaven Hill Distilleries explains how they’ve achieved their goals and how they became more agile. Recently, I was in conversation with…
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An Agile Answer to those Useless Facebook Quizzes
So a bunch of really smart people here at IFS had a brainstorm. If people would waste their time to take a quiz with no payback, why not offer up an interactive online quiz that would yield valuable business insight about their level of business agility?
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In this entertaining post, blogger Paul Cooper takes a lighthearted look at business agility by deconstructing the egregious errors committed…
Read MoreDoes IFS Live Up to The Agile Enterprise Hype?
What we say makes little difference. So please — download this whitepaper, read it, and tell us what you think. When it comes to ERP software, does IFS walk the walk or just talk the talk?
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I read a very interesting post on this blog by Martin Gunnarson, who is the Director for Research and Strategy…
Read MoreIf nothing in your business will change in the next 10 years…
…selecting and implementing enterprise software would be a lot easier. Sure, you would still need to ensure that whatever enterprise…
Read MoreA Business Agility Lesson from Muhammad Ali
In a previous post on the importance of operational knowledge to business agility, we use a colorful analogy make clear that if…
Read MoreA 3:30 a.m. Lesson in Business Agility
Next time you make this mistake, consider it as a lesson in business agility. It is dark in the house,…
Read MoreWhat an article written in 1960 means for 21st Century business agility
What business are you really in? Today, you may be in the aerospace components business. Or the power generation business….
Read MoreIs implementing ERP like dipping your business in concrete?
It is an old joke, that may sometimes target specific software vendors, that implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software or…
Read MoreBusiness Agility Lessons from BMW and Corvette (kind of)
Whether you are a dyed-in-the-wool auto enthusiast or just someone like me who has a more spirited driving style, you…
Read MoreWhy does business agility matter now more than ever?
Change or die. It is a pretty simple concept!
And that is why IFS is devoting substantial resources (see the first in our series of business agility whitepapers) to making the case for increased business agility, not only in the thinking of executives and the intelligentsia, but in the technology infrastructure that holds an enterprise-class business together.
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