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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Service, Strategy
Bending to The Will of Field Service Management – No More!

In my time studying field service organizations, one thing has become very clear: no two organizations are alike. I read…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
If 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…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Creativity & Innovation, Strategy
The Promise of Global ERP

There are some specific pitfalls and dangers involved with this strategy that need to be carefully addressed before you take…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
A 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…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing, Strategy
How IFS can help process manufacturers with their CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a broad concept that describes a corporate initiative to assess and take responsibility for a…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
A 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,…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Automotive, Business Technology, Strategy
How prepared are you on the road to automotive growth?

After suffering for years during and through the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the automotive industry is on a…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
In-Memory Done Right
memory chips

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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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
What an article written in 1960 means for 21st Century business agility
Theodore Levitt

What business are you really in? Today, you may be in the aerospace components business. Or the power generation business….

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Manufacturing, Strategy
How to Close the Manufacturing Skills Gap
Brompton Bicycle

The global economic crisis has had a significant effect on the manufacturing sector, with the prolonged Eurozone slump impacting demand…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
Is implementing ERP like dipping your business in concrete?
ERP like dipping your business in concrete business agility

It is an old joke, that may sometimes target specific software vendors, that implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software or…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
Business 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…

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