Employers are turning to contingent workers in record numbers. Whether they’re called contractors, freelancers, or independent consultants, they make up a growing—and valuable—percentage of the workforce. Freelance, project-based workers are able to develop a more flexible and independent career path,...
Published: May 10, 2013
since employee costs represents a substanial line item in most organizational budgets, optimizing workforce utilization is imperative to controlling coasts.
Published: May 02, 2012
There is a constant increase in both the pace of economic and market change, and the challenges that modern organizations face. As these challenges increase in both scale and frequency, the part of the organization that is responsible for technology solutions to enable business processes is also under pressure.
Published: Oct 12, 2010
Each year brings a fresh batch of regulatory changes to workforce management that further complicates an already challenging field. From employee leaves, wage and hour concerns and working conditions, employers must contend with a wide variety of legal changes affecting the way they manage their teams, get work done and...
Published: May 09, 2012
Many companies do not recognise when they have outgrown their legacy system or what benefits can be achieved by implementing a more advanced system. The ERP marketplace is both dynamic and innovative. Management teams should perform a periodic gap analysis to determine whether it is time to upgrade to an ERP such as Sage...
Published: Aug 01, 2011
Your customers have a strong opinion of what makes a company customer-centric.
Customer service organizations must build on a foundation of operational efficiencies in order to deliver the great customer experiences that differentiate a brand. Leveraging tools for process automation and analytics, organizations gain...
Published: Jul 26, 2017
after two difficult years for business, the prospect for the global economy are becoming to look up, good times may not be here just yet, but many believe the worst is behind us.
Published: May 13, 2013
Sales compensation has become more sophisticated and critical to a company’s success in recent years, and with the ever-increasing complexities of compensation plans, companies need a dedicated software solution to automate the process.
This book describes several sales compensation management software options...
Published: Nov 10, 2015
In the ongoing effort to operate a successful business, companies continually seek opportunities to cut costs and increase profits. Naturally, they often look first to their own internal operations to find ways to streamline processes and integrate information flows from different locations – and often from different...
Published: May 01, 2011
In a constantly changing regulatory environment, employers must remain vigilant about new legislation and standards. The ability to understand the latest changes and their impact is essential to minimizing risk, but new laws are only one facet of effective labor compliance. Longstanding regulations are subject to change,...
Published: Dec 12, 2012
Visibility leads to improved insights and better collaboration with partners in the network, so it’s no wonder it’s a top priority for supply chain leaders in 2017.
Join us as Christian Titze, Research Director for Gartner with more than two decades of professional experience in general IT and supply chain...
Published: Aug 22, 2018
Small and medium-sized companies face significant challenges in implementing company-wide or enterprisewide solutions. These challenges arise from the scarcity of resources − money, time and people and expertise. And yet the business imperative to implement truly effective systems is even greater, since the technology...
Published: Jun 01, 2007
The demand to be at every touchpoint in the customer lifecycle is no longer an option - it’s a requirement. To manage, deliver, and optimise experiences consistently across all touchpoints, organisations are looking to digital experience platforms as the foundation of their digital presence.
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Published: Jan 14, 2016
Marketing leaders will find a host of new vendors in this year's Magic Quadrant for multichannel campaign management. Vendors are focused on integrating machine learning, personalization and ad tech capabilities into big data foundations for deeper customer engagement.
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Published: Oct 30, 2017