Security, Safety, Vigilance and Responses in a Smart City

Security, Safety, Vigilance and Responses in a Smart City

Smart City Introduction: The globalisation of the economies have made people migrate from their home and hearth to their new workplaces across the geographies specially metro cities of the world. This workforce migration has been rapid in last two decades compared to last half a century or so which in turn has created huge associated … Read more

The Speed of Change Globally

Have a vision for the future It’s been a busy time for sourcing professionals (though, when isn’t it?) with potentially highly significant political developments in the US and Europe, the announcement from various corners of the globe of some hefty deals. While more details emerged of how the new UK government plans to tackle its … Read more

Essence of innovation in supply chain management

I keep going back to innovation…and I am sure you’ll be wondering, WHY?? It is simply so, because if it wasn’t for innovation, we wouldn’t have progressed thus far,…..for innovation keeps coming back,…..each time in a new avatar, hence for me to talk about innovation is neither stale,…..nor a stale-mate,…..instead it’s a state we are … Read more

An opportunity to rethink our industry organization worldwide

Or how the Covid-19 could help us not be like the frog in the boiling water! Huawei recently announced that they would open a manufacturing site in Western Europe, more precisely in France. It is, of course, a great piece of news, but moreover, clearly, the sign that a manufacturing industry could make sense in … Read more

The Three Stages of The Enterprise SaaS Relationship And What To Do Next

SaaS

When picturing the relationship between the enterprise and the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model, I imagine an evolutionary process that can be divided into three main stages. The first let’s call ‘The Comfort Zone’; the second ‘The Enlightenment’; and the final stage ‘The Re-Assessment’. Once we examine these we can then decide upon the right course … Read more

Managers and leaders, which contribution to modernization?

architectural design architecture buildings clouds

Providing hints about how modernization might be implemented better, quicker and deeper In this paper, we seek to provide hints about how modernization might be implemented better, quicker and deeper, depending on which type of managerial abilities are developed. Modernization is observed from the point of view of the assimilation of new technologies, the impact … Read more

Challenges ahead for the European Consumer Goods and Retail Industry

black woman choosing vegetables in supermarket

In the Consumer Goods Markets space, whilst the key issue remains the ongoing power battle between retailers and food & drink manufacturers, the novelty is the booming food price hike and its consequences on many players across the food value chain. The paradox between retail power and supplier ability to pass on increased cost of … Read more

Cyber Ants Can Ruin Your Picnic

Every day there is a possibility that someone is trying to find a way to disrupt your business. There are three basic sorts of cyber attackers.

Innovative liquidity solution for SME’s: True business heroes

business strategy

Small business owners are the true heroes of any economy Unlike publicly traded firms, private firms have to earn their capital – no public stock issues for them. The injustice is that when small business owners (SBO) try to get their capital out of the business when they exit, they have to compete with publicly … Read more

Why Traditional Enterprise Software Sales Fail

software

A careful balance of “volume” and “value” marketing strategies will help vendors avoid the three classic reasons for unsuccessful sales efforts. Written by: Gad Tobaly, COO, Nastel Technologies, published on Sandhill.com, Business Strategy for Software, Cloud and Mobile Traditional enterprise software sales efforts fail for three reasons: your solution does not meet its market’s needs, … Read more