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Remanufacturing & The Move Towards a Circular Economy
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In my time studying field service organizations, one thing has become very clear: no two organizations are alike. I read…
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There are some specific pitfalls and dangers involved with this strategy that need to be carefully addressed before you take…
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In a previous post on the importance of operational knowledge to business agility, we use a colorful analogy make clear that if…
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a broad concept that describes a corporate initiative to assess and take responsibility for a…
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Next time you make this mistake, consider it as a lesson in business agility. It is dark in the house,…
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After suffering for years during and through the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the automotive industry is on a…
Read MoreIn-Memory Done Right
I believe the approach taken by Oracle is the right one. After all, why would we in the software industry learn new tools and skills to develop against a new database when we can get the same benefits as an incremental update to the databases we know well?
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What business are you really in? Today, you may be in the aerospace components business. Or the power generation business….
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The global economic crisis has had a significant effect on the manufacturing sector, with the prolonged Eurozone slump impacting demand…
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It is an old joke, that may sometimes target specific software vendors, that implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software or…
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