Wed.Aug 03, 2022

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Global Supply Chain Woes Lingering Longer

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/BING-JHEN HONG Shipping giant Maersk said that congestion in global supply chains leading to higher freight rates has continued longer than initially anticipated. Maersk raised its 2022 profit guidance for a second time on Tuesday, 8/2/22, after beating quarterly revenue expectations as congested global supply chains that have boosted freight rates persist longer than expected.

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Forr The Planet: Sustainability Interview Series — Thoughtworks

Forrester Digital Transformation

Cloud carbon footprint calculation and optimization is a critical part of an organization’s overall sustainability strategy. Forrester’s technology sustainability framework highlights the importance of addressing cloud and technology architecture for reducing the overall scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions in any industry. I recently talked with the core leadership team at Thoughtworks that led the […].

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Attended or Unattended Bots — Which Should You Choose?

Automation Anywhere

Pick up an advanced camera, and you’ll probably be given a choice of operation. You can put the camera on automatic, and it will do all the work to set up the exposure. Or you can decide to select some of the settings yourself, for example, the shutter speed, and let the camera do the rest for a semiautomatic experience. Or you can switch to manual mode and do everything yourself.

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Five ways that life science companies can build tech talent

McKinsey and Company

For life science companies to meet their digital ambitions, they must strengthen their technology skills. In a challenging market, emphasizing value propositions can attract first-rate talent.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Employee Spotlight Louisville: Tony Ellis, General Counsel

V-Soft Consulting

This month we are spotlighting Anthony (Tony) Ellis, V-Soft's General Counsel. Tony joined the V-Soft Family after working in Kentucky state government and has been a positive and key member of the Louisville Team. His sense of humor and passion to drive the company forward are nothing short of inspiring and we are so grateful to have him. We sat down with Tony to learn more about his time with V-Soft so far and his world outside the office.

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The important transition from job to career

Influx

Whether night shifts at a local restaurant or endless days at an unpaid internship, everyone remembers their first job out of school. The inevitable transition into adulthood can be bumpy and unpredictable, with many young people switching from one workplace to another in hopes of gaining the experience it takes to transition from “job” to “career.”.

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Is a good idea enough to build a sustainable, scalable, and successful app?

comeMakeit

A young ambitious entrepreneur once approached us and showed us his app. The app served exactly what many smartphone users need. He filled up the gap that other makers didn’t notice. Moreover, the app was easy to use and had an attractive UI. Naturally, the app became quite popular very soon. The maker was quite fast in resolving any issues pointed out by users.

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Improving Flow Company Wide – A Systemic Approach Part 9

Intelligent Management Inc.

In the previous posts in this series on the Ten Steps of the Decalogue Method we looked at the way Statistical Process Control (SPC), a strategically chosen constraint and managing the constraint buffer provide us with the focus and the practical mechanism to run our organization. However, there is still a very crucial element that we need because we have to be able to synchronize ALL the efforts of our organization companywide.

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How to retain your brand voice and values when outsourcing customer service

Influx

Aligning customer experience with company values and consistently maintaining brand voice is something that many businesses struggle to achieve. Instead of siloing support and losing sight of the foundation your business has been built on, it’s important to evoke the same high level of support to customers across all platforms. . Keeping your business’s brand voice and values intact with outsourced CX teams doesn’t have to be difficult or keep you from utilizing external teams.

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Building the best tech teams — interviews with our townhall award winners

The Scalers

CONTENTS Building the best tech teams starts with acquiring the right talent Sourcing the top 1% developers Best Candidate Engagement Building the best tech teams requires top-tier daily operations Why we’ll continue building the best tech teams. 2021 was a phenomenal year for The Scalers, and in December’s townhall, we highlighted our plans for exponential growth.

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Global Hiring Guide for Startups

Grow your startup beyond borders and boundaries. Global expansion is the ultimate goal for many startup founders. However, to successfully enter new markets and grow internationally, you need a sound and scalable global recruitment strategy. In this eBook, you’ll discover how you can gain a competitive edge over your business rivals through the latest technology, harnessing global contractors, and using a global employment platform.

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Three big moves that can decide a financial institution’s future in the cloud

McKinsey and Company

There’s big value potential in the cloud, but financial institutions with a piecemeal migration strategy may be missing out on capturing its full value.

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Data Flows in Azure Data Factory

Perficient Digital Transformation

Overview: Data flows are one of the features inside the Azure Data Factory which allows data engineers to develop data transformation logic in a graphical approach without writing code. The resulting data flows can then be executed as activities within Azure Data Factory pipelines that use scaled-out Spark clusters. Your data flows will run on your own execution cluster for scaled-out data processing.

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Rules of the road: Equitably serving Black automotive consumers

McKinsey and Company

Black consumers’ automotive spending is projected to grow, and companies have opportunities to create more equitable experiences.

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Cloud Modernization Q&A with Steve Holstad

Perficient Digital Transformation

Cloud platforms are increasingly a top priority for accelerated digital transformation. Speed is the key factor in digital transformation and cloud is one pathway to get there faster. Cloud market share was expected to exceed $150B in 2021 ( Gartner ). Recently, I spoke with Steve Holstad, Principal, Cloud, about how cloud, APIs, and integration set the foundation for digital transformation: Q: How do you define modernization?

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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DHL on sustainable, customer-centric delivery in the last mile

McKinsey and Company

Deutsche Post DHL’s head of sustainability for German Post and Parcel discusses how the logistics industry can work to decarbonize road transportation and meet consumer expectations.

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Historical Restatement in OneStream using very little code

Perficient Digital Transformation

In today’s modern business world, a company’s organization structure can change more frequently than anticipated through changes in ownership, acquisitions, divestitures and mergers. For those companies leveraging a robust CPM platform like OneStream, the organization’s structure is usually represented in the Entity dimension. This blog discusses a scenario where an entity changed owners and how historical data was restated.

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Mapping the way: Decarbonizing roads

McKinsey and Company

Road developers and operators have a unique position in the transport industry and can enable significant change around lowering emissions.

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What Is Multi-Country Payroll?

Velocity Global

If your business plans to have an entity in one or more foreign countries, your distributed workforce must get paid compliantly and accurately. Here’s what you need to know about multi-country payroll and how it supports your international team. What Is Multi-Country Payroll? Multi-country payroll is an automated payroll solution that allows businesses with international entities to pay employees in multiple countries.

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Top 7 Global Employment Challenges

The benefits of expanding internationally are endless, especially if you approach it the right way. However, there are pitfalls along the way that can slow down progress. Global expansion brings many opportunities for companies —business growth, brand-building in new markets, and access to diverse talent pools worldwide. However, international growth can come with challenges.

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Disrupting transport: An interview with Robert Falck of Einride

McKinsey and Company

Einride’s founder and CEO discusses how autonomous technology and digital infrastructure can decarbonize the difficult-to-abate freight industry.

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ScaleHub in Japan: meet the team

ScaleHub

On the heels of our June announcement that ScaleHub has expanded to the Asia-Pacific region with a newly established office in Tokyo, today we’d like to introduce you to our dynamic Japanese team. Introducing Team Japan Yutaka Awakura, Country Manager With more than thirty years of experience in international sales management, Yutaka Awakura comes to ScaleHub with a wealth of knowledge in the tech and IT sectors.

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Insights into the 2022 individual health insurance market

McKinsey and Company

In this report, McKinsey’s Center for US Health System Reform shares its analysis of the individual health insurance market and outlines trends in products, plans, and prices from 2014 to 2022.

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What Are the Major Functions of Accounting?

Invensis

Finances rest at the core of building any business venture. Without adequate financial management, businesses cannot secure resources, pay taxes, execute projects and even begin operations. As a precautionary measure, businesses quickly institute finance departments or professionals as a permanent part of their organization. In addition, keeping a constant eye on the flow of finances […].

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Introduction: August 2022

McKinsey and Company

Sustainable infrastructure investments in freight transport are growing—and new innovations and markets are paving the road to the future.

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Multi-Vendor Services Leader CDS Continues Strong Growth in 1H 2022

CDS

Enhancements to Raytrix MVS Platform, Key Executive Hires Building on Momentum. The first half of 2022 was another incredibly strong performance from CDS. Our first-half revenue grew 26% compared with last year and we achieved record profitability. We had balanced performance both geographically and in terms our OEM partners, on the strength of our broadened Raytrix MVS platform, new senior talent, our partner-first approach and increasing recognition of the strategic importance that multi-vendo

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News from the Global Infrastructure Initiative: August 2022

McKinsey and Company

Welcome to the August 2022 edition of Voices on Infrastructure, which focuses on technology and sustainability in freight transport.

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US Contingent Staffing Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022

Everest Group

Top US Contingent Staffing Services While the US contingent staffing industry sustained its growth momentum through 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the industry in 2020, and the use of contingent staffing plummeted across the country. In 2021, talent demand surged due to a rapid rise in the talent demand-supply gap, labor pyramid distortions, and the Great Resignation.

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Global Hiring Guide: Top Emerging Fintech Hubs

The fintech industry is growing exponentially — in the first quarter of 2022, the sector saw a 182 percent increase in tech job growth. However, experts are warning that local candidates to fill those roles may become scarce in certain areas. In fact, according to a report from Korn Ferry, by 2030, more than 85 million jobs could go unfilled across three major industries: telecommunications, manufacturing, and technology.

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Managing capital risk in the race to net zero

McKinsey and Company

How the Great Reallocation of energy and infrastructure investments is driving new strategies for managing uncertainty and risk.

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Rise of Underground BPOs: Risks and What You Need to Look for to Avoid the Traps

Magellan Solutions

Underground BPOs: Risks and Traps to Avoid. With the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, the World Bank believes that a global recession may be on the horizon, putting businesses at risk again. Meanwhile, the inflation soared in the Philippines to 6.1 percent in June 2022, its highest level in almost four years. With the skyrocketing prices of essential goods and commodities, can you manage to cope up if there’s another bump your business might face?

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Unlocking hydrogen’s power for long-haul freight transport

McKinsey and Company

As the demand for hydrogen in transportation increases, it is imperative to develop infrastructure to supply trucks, buses, and cars.

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Problems Small Business Owners Face When Outsourcing

Magellan Solutions

What are Small Business Owners Outsourcing Problems? It’s no secret that outsourcing benefits small business owners in more ways than one. . Aside from being cost-effective, outsourcing provides small business owners with efficient support minus the hassles of hiring in-house staff. This is why outsourcing became one of the most popular and preferred business solutions in the market. .

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.