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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is Critical To Your Bottom Line. Is Your Company Leveraging It?
Posted: July 9, 2020Although pandemic-induced supply chain disruption continues to be a significant issue for product developers, they must continue to contend with a host of other challenges that are simply part and parcel of doing business. Among these, product lifecycle management (PLM) remains high on their list of concerns.
Getting People Safely Back to Work: Solutions for the New Normal
Posted: July 1, 2020Savvy businesses regard their human capital as their most valuable asset, and getting their people safely back to work is currently an overriding concern for companies across every industry. Adapting to the new normal to reliably protect employees poses a host of challenges, but solutions exist for making a successful transition.
Pivot International Acquires Solar Pool Technologies
Posted: June 24, 2020Pivot continues to expand its consumer-products portfolio and enhance its consumer-market position with the acquisition of Phoenix Arizona-based Solar Pool Technologies, a leader in solar-powered robotic swimming pool skimmers.
Blockchain and Supply Chain: A Winning Combination
Posted: June 16, 2020In today’s rapidly changing world and global economy, blockchain and supply chain are a winning combination that delivers businesses significantly increased transparency, security, cost-savings, and agility. In discussing the benefits of blockchain, it should be understood that this term has become a popular shorthand for a specific kind of distributed ledger (DL) designed to track and document transactions or digital interactions. In other words, all blockchains are DLs, but not all DLs are blockchains.
A Five-Fold Approach for Helping Product Developers and Manufacturers Innovate Forward
Posted: June 10, 2020As the manufacturing sector continues to be hard hit with the impacts of COVID-19, companies are increasingly seeking partners with robust supply chain solutions and proven experience for navigating disruption, increasing resilience, and preparing for a new future. We have the experience and resources to close your inventory gaps and meet your immediate products needs, and while helping you identify opportunities for innovation that will fortify your business for the future.
Leading at the Cusp of a Post-COVID World: Three Core Competencies for Effective Action
Posted: June 3, 2020The timeworn business adage, “Persist, pivot, and persevere,” has never been more relevant for companies that find themselves on the cusp of a post-COVID world. The dust is finally beginning to settle, yet there remains no question that recovering from the impacts of an unprecedented pandemic will require unprecedented levels of leadership.
How Companies can Mitigate Geopolitical Risk in a Volatile World
Posted: May 27, 2020You might think geopolitical risk isn’t something your business has to worry about. But more now than ever, companies with stakes in global markets are realizing that geopolitical risk is not just a matter of state-sponsored actions (as with recent Chinese trade tensions). Geopolitical risk is now more a matter of the multiplicity of internationally interconnected and often uncontrollable events, actors, and forces (such as COVID-19) that impact markets and power-interests, both governmental and private.
Industry X.0: How Product Developers Can Combine Digital Technologies to Drive Growth
Posted: May 20, 2020To make the most of Industry X.0, it’s not enough to merely mix and match digital technologies. Companies must also update their operating models and value chains to create a larger eco-system in which digital combinations can gain the greatest traction. That said, combining technologies is a worthy place to start on the road to building digital muscle. With this in mind, what digital combinations are proving to most powerfully drive cost savings and growth? We’ll focus on four in particular.
How to Ensure Design Drives Revenue in New Product Development
Posted: May 13, 2020While it’s long been known that design is critical to product performance, companies are increasingly correlating design with bottom-line results. Organizations that have invested in top design talent and advanced design processes drive results that go beyond product performance and user experience (UX). These results can be traced directly to revenue and define design as one of the company’s chief competitive differentiators.
How do companies that have made design a key revenue-driver differ from their competitors, and how can your company leverage design to achieve your concrete business objectives? Here are six winning approaches.
3 Critical Perspectives for Increasing Supply Chain Security
Posted: May 7, 2020As companies scramble amid the COVID-19 sourcing crisis, crucial information is often unavailable or siloed within global teams. This results in a reactive and uncoordinated response, exposing companies to excessive impact and underscoring the need for critical perspectives that cut through confusion and increase supply chain security.
Why is it that so many companies struggle to map their supply chains and adequately prepare for disruption, despite the consensus that this is essential? Here, we’ll take a look at barriers and offer critical perspectives for breaking through them.
