Cognitive technologies, also known as artificial intelligence, are perhaps the most transformative of our era. In fact, technology and economics are aligning in a way that puts society at a tipping point.
Cognitive technologies can understand all forms of data and continually learn about that data and related subjects...
Published: Aug 29, 2018
The top driver for change in supply chains is the need to retain customers yet the least important element of a supply chain is the quality of service, according to a 2016 IDC Manufacturing Insights supply chain survey. Looking at priorities through 2017, reducing costs and eliminating waste was the top priority and customer-centricity...
Published: Aug 22, 2018
The Future of Business is Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI), also known as cognitive technology, is increasingly being adopted by leading businesses –and one of the initial trending areas of application is in supply chain.
Like other significant technological innovations of the past...
Published: Aug 22, 2018
How can retailers efficiently leverage inventory from one channel to serve another without breaking the bank?
See how IBM Watson Order Optimizer helps Fulfillment, Operations, and Inventory:
Gain a holistic view of omni-channel operations across different functional areas
Optimize in real-time...
Published: Aug 22, 2018
Some of the major and key challenges that have arisen today are that the majority of retailers lack experience in implementing a distributed order management (DOM) system, resulting in challenges around design, scope, implementation time scales and costs. These can cause unplanned compromises in the final implementation....
Published: Aug 22, 2018
The threshold issue to address in determining whether ERISA, which stands for the Employee Retirement Security Income Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq., governs employee benefit plans or claims is to determine whether or not a “plan” exists within the meaning of the ERISA statute. It has been...
Published: Apr 12, 2015
The marketplace environment is very varied, and lets all types of retailers to sell in a particular zone to a particular audience. There are B2B, B2C and C2C marketplaces, where people exchange physical goods, intangible goods, and services. With so many different marketplaces, it is important to distinguish between generalist...
Published: Oct 15, 2016
In the early days, HR processes at NOW: Pensions were managed manually, but this soon became impractical as staff numbers grew. Keeping employees personal data up-to-date and managing annual leave for a growing number of staff was becoming a particularly onerous task. As the sole person managing day-to-day HR processes...
Published: Jul 07, 2015
Mobile engagement is on the rise, with customers using their phones and tablets to interact with your app, read your email messages, browse your website and, increasingly, take the big leap to purchase. On Thanksgiving Day 2014, for example, mobile traffic accounted for 52.1 percent of all U.S. online traffic – the...
Published: Jan 17, 2013
Eine aktuelle Studie von Aberdeen hat ergenem, dass Vertriebs-Teams im Durchschnitt nur 55% des angestrebten Jahresumsatzes erzielen. Das auf den Performance-Statistiken aller befragten Vertriebsorganisation basierende Ergebis ist besorgnisationen.
In diesem Zusammenhang gaben 44% der Vertrieborganisationen...
Published: Jun 19, 2018
As customer service and the customer experience become key differentiators for brands and organizations across all industries around the world, it has never been more important to know as much as you can about these expectations, perceptions, preferences and trends so that your organization can not only move forward, but...
Published: Nov 23, 2016
Thank you for your interest in learning more about licensing SAP® software. This guide is part of a broader initiative to enhance transparency into how SAP licenses its products. It provides a wealth of information designed to help you make more-informed investment decisions in line with your specifi c business requirements....
Published: Feb 21, 2013
Every business wants to operate a safe workplace. While some workplaces are more dangerous than others -- a warehouse vs. an office, for example -- most businesses have experienced some sort of accident in the workplace. According to OSHA, businesses pay nearly one billion dollars a week in workers' compensation costs...
Published: Jan 01, 2013
Today, most organizations have a customer experience strategy (96%), but recent Avanade research shows that only 14% are ahead of their customers’ expectations. This means that 86% feel that they are behind the curve, the competition — and most importantly — their customers’ expectations.
The...
Published: Oct 05, 2017