Before you deliver products to your customers, you need to find the raw components that go into those products, then prepare them for delivery (and, unfortunately, be ready to take them back if there’s anything wrong with them.) That, in a nutshell, is supply chain management (SCM).
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Evaluating productivity software training options – a white paper
Companies hand technology to employees every day, but they rarely pause to consider how effective said technology will be, or what they can do to ensure that it does help them get the ROI they seek from it. Sometimes the problem is simply this: not enough communication about what the technology should help people do, [...]
How to blog
They’re the new newsletters. Millions of current blogs cover just about every business topic under the sun. You want your blog to stand out. How do you make that happen? Take it seriously by taking the steps below. They’ll have you running your blog like a magazine, building a loyal readership and delivering business benefits. [...]
Can You Believe There’s an App For That?
originally published on ReadWriteWeb.com on behalf of a client Odd apps for mobile devices date back to at least the Palma Sutra, if not before. But Apple has spurred huge numbers of “fringe developers” to mess with our iBrains. Most of these apps cost $0.99, so developers might make money on offerings that make you [...]
blog post: Video-Game HR Recruiting a Near Reality
originally published on ReadWriteWeb.com Would your company recruit skilled employees using a video game? That isn’t a rhetorical question. Recruiting the right people is an unavoidable and costly challenge for many organizations. Enter SkyTroller (iTunes link). This $1.99 iPhone app lets would-be air traffic controllers assign flight altitudes to aircraft entering their airspace. The game [...]
Woodbine Goes Wireless
originally published in CNS Magazine Horseracing enthusiasts in the Greater Toronto area count Woodbine Racetrack as one of their top destinations. They not only have access to live race action 12 months of the year, but each is able to track and wager on equine events happening around the world, be it in Australia, Hong [...]
blog post: Tips for the Microsoft Retail Store
originally published on ReadWriteWeb.com Coming soon to a mall near you: the Microsoft Retail Store. Yes, that’s right: Redmond, Washington’s favorite son wants a closer, snugglier relationship with you, the consumer. Given Microsoft’s relative lack of retail experience, and the fact that it plans to locate near its nemesis (well, one of its nemeses), the [...]
blog post: “Good Enough” Is the Bare Minimum
originally published on ReadWriteWeb.com, written for aplus.net.com Senior Wired Magazine editor Robert Capps penned an article titled “The Good Enough Revolution” for Wired’s September 2009 edition. The print edition included the daring (and perhaps intentionally provocative) subtitle “Why lo-fi tech will rule the world.” This rings of an absolutism, and such rings set off our [...]
