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Eforms 101: Everything You Need To Know About eForms

Strategy Driven

The age of 3D printing has been around for a while, yet the vast majority of businesses are still stuck on technology invented millennia ago. If you can capture all that information and move it into your core business systems, it becomes easier to shorten cycle times and lower your operating costs.

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A 5-Part Process for Using Technology to Improve Your Talent Management

Harvard Business Review

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Walker and Walker/Getty Images. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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The Big Picture of Business – Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future

Strategy Driven

Technology is but one tool of the trade. The Old Became the New Again… The original speed for phonograph records, as invented in 1888, was 78-RPM, which engineers determined to be the most ideal for sound quality. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights.

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The Internet of Things Will Change Your Company, Not Just Your Products

Harvard Business Review

Operations. When product-based companies add services and connectivity, operational requirements increase. Sales operations must consider changes to market segmentation, territory management, and resource allocation. telemetry, communications and connectivity protocols, electrical hardware engineering). Engineering.

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Get Your Organization Ready for 3D Printing

Harvard Business Review

Rivals were developing digital technology to replace the existing analog standard. Could both technologies exist side by side? Engineers at the company came down squarely on the side of analog. That’s partly because they had spent much of their lives building up their expertise in analog technology. Insight Center.

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3D Printing Will Revive Conglomerates

Harvard Business Review

Wall Street began charging a “conglomerate discount,” saying that diverse operations were hard to analyze with confidence. True synergies across the diverse operations were often hard to see. As I described in an article in the May issue of HBR , a single 3D printer can produce engine pumps one day and crankshafts the next.

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3 Ways M&A Is Different When You’re Acquiring a Digital Company

Harvard Business Review

However, only 11% described themselves as being either “mature” or “advanced” on the learning curve. So, what do you need to know to get up the learning curve? Sponsored by DXC Technology. Let’s start with financing the deal. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.