2017 Is The Year Integration Enables Industry 4.0 Growth
35% of companies adopting Industry 4.0 predict revenue gains over 20% in the next five years. Data analytics and digital trust are the foundations of Industry 4.0. Cost-sensitive industries including semiconductors, electronics, and oil and gas are the most focused on adopting Industry 4.0, with 80% of companies in these industries saying it is one […]
5 Ways Real-Time Mobile Apps Delight Customers And Streamline Manufacturing
Providing real-time responses 24/7 on any mobile device anywhere is the new normal in 2017. 54% of B2B companies selling online report that their customers are using smartphones to research purchases, and 52% say that their customers are using smartphones to buy online The majority of CEOs (86%) see mobility as essential to creating and […]
PwC-Booz: The seven year itch
The recent PwC decision to acquire Booz took me back to younger days when I was an reluctant accountant at PW (the C came later after it merged with Coopers). I had little desire to do time in auditing or get a CPA certificate, but that was a requirement back them to qualify for its […]
The three tenets of Global Business Services execution: customer alignment, accountability, and economies of scale
So how do you take shared services leaders and blend their expertise with the outsourcing governors? How do you go from fragmented service delivery with multiple points of contact, to a global governance model with a rationalized and centralized administration of third-party service providers?
PwC Quarterly Forecast Brings More Legitimacy to 21st Century Collaboration
PwC (PriceWaterhouseCoopers just released its quarterly forecast that’s 68 pages of collaboration goodness. The report is edited and produced by Bo Barker, Vinod Baya and Alan Morrison. The document covers three broad themes: The collaboration paradox: More social information helps the workforce find what it’s looking for. First we had communication silos inside organizations. Now […]
The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: Supplier Management, Cost Reduction and Beyond (Part 1)
I’ve gotten to know a number of procurement executives and former executives at some of the worlds largest pharmaceutical companies over the past few years. And to say that the industry was in the midst of a transformation with pr…
