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A practical hands-on guide for measuring your IT innovation program. Measure performance, competence and strategy to take the black art out of innovation. By George Chen & Amy Muller Thu, October 21, 2010 CIO — For too long now innovation has been viewed as a black art. Business journals, such as Business Week and Fortune, [...]
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Roman Bukary, Head of Industries Marketing, NetSuite Inc. | October 22, 2010 The weakest link in a chain determines its reliability and performance. Supply chain technologies have only recently started focusing on strengthening point-to-point connections, viewing the world as a straight line between raw material and final consumer. This linear view ignores the new reality of [...]
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Technology Evaluation Centers | October 22, 2010 Uncertain economic times accentuate the importance of sales and operations planning (S&OP). Companies must doggedly monitor their return on investment (ROI) while maintaining a long-term perspective, and senior management must be unequivocally engaged in this process. One key success factor is fostering education in S&OP among professionals involved in financial planning, [...]
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Supply Chain Brain | October 22, 2010 What is a digital supply chain? In many ways, it’s similar to a traditional supply chain, says Pearlman. Purveyors of digital entertainment still must cope with issues related to order management, inventory control, manufacturing and distribution. The difference lies in a reliance on “virtual inventory” – music, books, [...]
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SupplyChainBrain | October 13, 2010 The term “supply chain” doesn’t say it all, according to Reclipse Group president Susan Rosin and CEO Nigel Johnson. They offer a new term which encompasses all of the business processes that are ripe for collaboration, both inside and outside the organization. “Business chain” connotes a broader effort that embraces [...]
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If you wanted to show what it’s like to be part of China’s economic “miracle” today, you couldn’t do better than the opening image of “Last Train Home,” a 2009 documentary now being released in the U.S. It’s an overhead shot of thousands of people, crushed together in the rain outside the Guangzhou train station. [...]
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“Man: What surprises you most about humankind? God: That they get bored with childhood, rush to grow up and then long to be children again. That they lose their health to make money, and then lose their money to restore their health. That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that [...]
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In this, oh so materialistic, world we live in, we’re inclined to think of wealth in terms of one thing only – money. Sure, it’s probably the form of wealth that most people recognise the easiest and want the most. But is it, really? Let’s test your concept of wealth … Which would you rather [...]
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1) China now holds US$ 2,3 trillion in foreign reserves. Total foreign reserves held internationally = $ 9 trillion. China ranks No. 1 in foreign reserve holdings globally, the top 3 countries are all BRIC countries and the US ranks No. 20 in foreign reserve holdings. 2) After WWII Asian economies contributed 2% towards global [...]
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