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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

Map the data and the processes outside-in. Segment customers and suppliers against the business strategy and digitize–electronic definition of the relationships and record exchange–based on the segmentation activity. Tease out the future of your supply chain by examining how the electrons and molecules are shifting.

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A Fireside Chat with John Sculley, Apple’s former CEO

NC State SCRC

Let’s imagine we are back in 2007 – and Kodak was focused on a project which sought how to compete with Wal Mart in a single use camera taking market share away from their camera. Apple understood that there were these other domains that would impact consumer electronics, in terms of how to take a photo from software to another mobile device.

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Dissecting the Headwinds and Tailwinds of Digital Transformation

Supply Chain Shaman

Public markets reward growth, and the average growth for companies for the period of 2011-2016 was 1/3 the rate of growth for the period of 1986-2007. It requires big feet and big wings. Redefine the atoms and electrons to drive value. ” The tension within an organization is growth. Trade is tougher. Nanotechnology.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling & Logistics

In recent years, firms both large and small have launched new “Data Science” or similarly named groups. As the phenomenon of Big Data has taken hold in the private sector, many firms which as recently as 10 years ago devoted minimal resources to large scale database mining and analytics have reversed course.