Perfecting the customer’s last mile delivery experience can be achieved by reducing logistics complexity and increasing efficiency, while controlling costs.
3Pe-Performance
A broad category – Anything related to the performance of companies and institutions, including measurement of performance (metrics, ESG), and improvement of performance (best practices, etc.)
Big Trends for Business 2013
Forecast and Priorities for 2013. Slowing globalization but increasing IT spend in most sectors, preview of business priorities for 2013, sector-specific technology trends, and much more.
Analytics Amplified
Analytics is Hot, but you need a ‘hot holder.’
Compliance Rocks?
Compliance reduces friction and cost in the supply chain: Lessons from the Vendor Compliance Federation.
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Ten things you should know if you are seeking an investment.
Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Manufacturers
Cisco and ImpactFactor, leaders in SCRM, provide insights into risk management.
Innovating Cheap: The Key to Tapping the Enormous Potential of Emerging Markets: Part Two
How was Tata able to build a $2,500 car? Here we dig into some examples of their ‘frugal engineering’ approach.
Innovating Cheap: The Key to Tapping the Enormous Potential of Emerging Markets: Part One
Design innovations enabled Tata to build a $2,500 car. Now that is how you get into an emerging market such as India in a big way.
Building a High-Performance Organization – Part Three
What do individual contributors want from their employers in 2011? Good educational programs, opportunities for advancement, more frequent and meaningful communication by management, and an innovative work environment. These are often overlooked by managers and executives and represent key opportunities for retaining top talent.
Building a High-Performance Organization – Part Two
Survey respondents told us that better communications and education are some of the ways they expect to deal with their top personnel concerns. We also look at what they said about their 2011 budgets. The findings are encouraging, but with caveats.
Collaboration Frameworks 2011 – On Creating a Global Workspace: Part Two
Introduction to Ideas in a Global Work Space.