The Global Small Business Blog
MARCH 12, 2022
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Forrester Digital Transformation
MARCH 31, 2022
Marketing’s shift to digital and its rising importance in a rapidly changing world will lead to an acceleration in marketing investment over the next five years. But growth will vary significantly by industry.
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Perficient Digital Transformation
MARCH 4, 2022
Many people have tried to sum up what “digital transformation” means. For the most part, it’s defined as using digital technologies to create or modify processes, culture, and customer experiences to be more effective and competitive. However, this definition doesn’t address how to measure the effectiveness of a business’ efforts to digitally transform itself, nor does it propose where such transformation efforts should focus within the organization.
McKinsey and Company
MARCH 7, 2022
McKinsey research shows that adoption of IoT technologies has increased exponentially the past five years—but successful implementation still eludes some. Here’s how to get it right.
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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
Velocity Global
MARCH 30, 2022
DENVER, March 30, 2022 —. Company Offers Unique Benefits for Remote Work, Currently Employs 600+ in 47 Countries. Company will double its team for second year running. Velocity Global, the leading provider of global employment solutions, today announced that it will more than double in size throughout 2022 to help companies around the world put their people first by letting them work from anywhere.
Transparent BPO Outsourcing
MARCH 23, 2022
Redundancy plan necessary to limit exposure By Scott Newman, CEO, Transparent BPO An innocent-sounding decision to help local businesses in the Philippines risks upending the BPO industry here. As with all government decisions, some background is helpful. During the height of the pandemic, the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) announced that business process outsourcing (BPO) […].
Global Sourcing Brief brings together the best content for outsourcing professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Forrester Digital Transformation
MARCH 28, 2022
Does your organization want to create inclusive experiences for your customers? Are you following an inclusive design process? If the answer to both questions is “yes,” great! But if you’re like most companies we speak with, you’re missing an essential component for creating inclusive experiences: an inclusive and diverse design team. Having such a team […].
Perficient Digital Transformation
MARCH 28, 2022
Perficient’s Amazon Connect Experience (PACE) solution amplifies the power of Amazon Connect with several added features and managed services. As we continue to develop and customize our software to your needs, we will post blogs with new features and processes we have added, changed, or fixed. To learn more about PACE, visit our dedicated landing page or view our listing on the AWS Marketplace !
McKinsey and Company
MARCH 24, 2022
Our latest IT survey confirms the accelerating pace of at-scale core technology transformations. The road map for success reflects the practices and capabilities of leading companies.
Globalization Partners
MARCH 3, 2022
In the digital era, finding the best candidate for the job is easier with intelligent recruitment software solutions. Nowadays, there are plenty of software tools that can maximize the efficiency and accuracy of your recruitment process to ensure you’re hiring the right people. In fact, 75 percent of recruiters said they relied on technology to do their job.
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Airswift
MARCH 22, 2022
Source: Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock. With a Year-over-Year (2020-2021) increase in funding by 39.6%, the biotech market is growing with some trending companies leading the way. The biotechnology market has caused great expectations among investors, workers and consumers. This is partly related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which motivated the acceleration in investments in the sector so commonly characterized by its long-term results.
The Global Small Business Blog
MARCH 23, 2022
©iStock/Chinnapong Lately, we’ve seen a proliferation of discussions about the end of work as we know it. But what about the beginning of work as we would like it? In this third year of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are burned out, quitting their jobs in record numbers, and reconsidering the place of work in their lives. As The Atlantic article proclaims : If the American theocracy of work is to be dismantled, it won’t happen by just changing jobs or attitudes.
Forrester Digital Transformation
MARCH 17, 2022
The average computer monitor, with 1080p resolution, has a grand total of 2,073,600 pixels. Sure, you can still see the image if you’re missing a few thousand pixels, but the clarity isn’t as sharp. Each pixel matters. Similarly, each data point matters in order to give you the complete picture of a market or a […].
Perficient Digital Transformation
MARCH 4, 2022
If you only knew the power of the Dark Side mode…. Ok, it might be a slightly altered quote from Darth Vader, but you get the point. Dark mode can be very powerful indeed for those who require it and those that it just makes viewing convenient. Let’s take a few minutes to talk about dark mode and its benefits in inclusive design. What is Dark Mode? The dark mode is the color/contrast combination of your interface using brighter or light text on top of a darker background.
Speaker: Olivia Montgomery, Associate Principal Supply Chain Analyst
Curious to know how your peers are navigating ongoing disruption? The supply chain management techniques that dominated the last 30 years are no longer supporting consumer behavior or logistics and manufacturing capabilities. So what’s working now? What should your plans for 2023 include? By researching the supply chain challenges and solutions that businesses – especially small and midsize businesses – are currently experiencing, we’ve learned what’s working and what’s not.
McKinsey and Company
MARCH 9, 2022
Nearly half of the employees who voluntarily left the workforce during the pandemic aren’t coming back on their own. Employers must go and get them. Here’s how to start.
Immedus
MARCH 22, 2022
April 6, 2022, sees the start of the 2022/23 UK tax year. UK employers must operate PAYE in real-time to collect income tax (IT) and national insurance contributions (NICs) from their employees as part of their payroll obligations. Employers need to be aware that there are changes to these amounts. What are the tax rates for the 2022/23 tax year? Income Tax for England, Wales & Northern Ireland.
Intelligent Management Inc.
MARCH 24, 2022
Goldman Sachs wants its people back on the office five days a week. Thank you Janet Granger for sharing the article with us: [link]. The CEO of Goldman Sachs even considers remote work an “aberration” and said “I do think for a business like ours which is an innovative, collaborative apprenticeship culture, this is not ideal for us and it’s not a new normal…” This sounds a lot like fear of not being able to control the way people think and behave.
The Global Small Business Blog
MARCH 1, 2022
©2022 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®. All rights reserved. With all the turmoil going on in our world, there is only one thing you can do to boost your coping abilities: Eat chocolate. Or, in this case, think about eating decadent chocolate as you watch our next wegginar®, "The Magic and Power of Chocolate," Wednesday, March 2nd at 11AM CT with Founder and President, Mariebelle when she talks about: Why she started her business Challenges and successes to growing a global business How she went
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Companies are turning inclusive by breaking conventional hiring practices and expanding their talent pools. But there are important questions that still are not being addressed. Read this eBook to understand how taking the following seriously can help you build a superstar global workforce: The importance of the new-age manager. Maintaining social capital.
Forrester Digital Transformation
MARCH 14, 2022
(coauthored by Mélissa Chaudet) Many consumers want to act sustainably but struggle to do so, for both intrinsic (lack of motivation) and extrinsic (price, convenience) reasons. Embracing sustainability requires organizations to understand the emotions that drive customers to make sustainable choices and to contextualize sustainability in the customer journey to help customers bridge the gap […].
Perficient Digital Transformation
MARCH 13, 2022
Data is the lifeblood of modern businesses, and we’re generating more of it than ever. For making well-informed business decisions, it is crucial to fetch relevant information from the data and present it in a lucid manner. Microsoft’s Power BI suite is designed to quickly turn your data into useful information. Microsoft Power BI is data and analytics reporting tool that helps organizations bring together disparate data sets into reporting dashboards.
McKinsey and Company
MARCH 1, 2022
Women in technical roles are less likely than men to win promotions early in their careers, and many are exiting the field. Companies can strengthen workforces and boost performance by reversing this trend.
Blue Ocean
MARCH 31, 2022
If you’ve been a reader of Blue Ocean’s blog for any length of time, you probably know we love sports and particularly baseball. The common thread between what workforce management experts and what the manager of a pro sports team might do when the game is on the line is pretty obvious once you think about: we both depend on both statistics and relentless practice to make informed decisions and react to changing dynamics.
Speaker: Rosemary Coates - Board Member & Founder at Reshoring Institute, Best-selling Author, Host of the Frictionless Supply Chain podcast
Supply chain disruptions create uncertainty and unpredictability for both businesses and consumers. These disruptions bring to light an organization's supply chain dependencies, which they were often unaware of when everything was running smoothly. Re-shoring is one solution that is gaining popularity as a result of pandemic-related issues. Companies can lower the risk of disruptions by shortening the supply chain and moving manufacturing close to the points of sale to reduce the need for expens
Globalization Partners
MARCH 30, 2022
Is free good? Yes, it can be, but when it comes to global employment platforms, you should proceed with caution whenever you see the word “free.”. When you want to try out a streaming service or a fitness app, free trials give you the opportunity to test the product before you make a purchase, but you would probably avoid partnering with an accountant or lawyer who offers “free” services.
The Global Small Business Blog
MARCH 2, 2022
©iStock/nortonrsx When it comes to international distribution contracts, Dan Harris, founding member of Harris Bricken, an international law firm that represents companies doing business in emerging market countries, thought his contract list was a handful. Try this one on for size, too, by Laurel Delaney, relating to questions to ask a distributor before working together.
Forrester Digital Transformation
MARCH 29, 2022
Look Beyond The Hype To Uncover The Real Opportunities The metaverse has been a source of much promise, confusion, and speculation. Media headlines tout any extended reality (XR) experience as “the metaverse,” but it’s misleading: The metaverse doesn’t exist today; only a few precursors do. And we’re years away from the actualization of the internet’s […].
Perficient Digital Transformation
MARCH 15, 2022
In the previous addition of this series, we discussed how enterprise search can enable you to locate the subject matter expert you are looking for through a search results sidebar. This sidebar includes contact information related to the search term for quick and easy access. In this part, we will explore the fourth way to address information overload with AI-powered search: accelerate innovation with a single source of truth.
Speaker: Jason Ciment - Get Visible | Mark Wald - SPRCHRGR | Leo Gestetner - Thankz | Michael S. Kraus - Expak Logistics
Remote work has helped future-proof organizations and increased their flexibility. However, sourcing candidates nationally poses new challenges and is proving difficult. The global sourcing industry seems to be in a state of war. DEI, attracting qualified candidates, and physical demographics are just a few of the issues that organizations face. Many companies are failing to win in this new landscape due to the intersectionality of problems in global sourcing.
McKinsey and Company
MARCH 1, 2022
Human resources is playing a critical role in helping organizations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief human resources officers expect that influence to persist.
Everest Group
MARCH 29, 2022
LIVE WEBINAR. Is Your IT Sourcing Program Up to Speed? Here’s How to Get There. March 29, 2022 |. 10 am CDT | 11 am EDT | 4 pm BST | 8:30 pm IST. It’s well-known that IT sourcing has become all about spending wisely and thoroughly evaluating internal budgets; yet, digitalization, cloud migration, a talent-constrained environment, and shifting software licensing terms are only driving increased spend.
Raya Contact Center
MARCH 28, 2022
RAYA CX was glad to enable 6 incredible startup companies to accelerate in its FutureTECH corporate program’s first cycle. 120 companies registered to join the corporate 90-day acceleration program but only 6 disruptive startups were chosen after a long set of interviews and a 3-day boot camp. The 6 selected startups presented their demos at the graduation ceremony to top management including Ahmed Khalil, CEO of RAYA Holding, Ahmed Refky, CEO of RAYA CX, and Ahmed Ibrahim, CEO of Raya Smart Bui
The Global Small Business Blog
MARCH 29, 2022
©iStock/Handcrafted Movement Ever since the pandemic shook up our world, we’re trying to incorporate sustainability into every aspect of our life, including our homes. And, with everyone aspiring toward’s eco-friendly and mindful ways of living, tiny homes have completely taken over the world of architecture and cemented their place as sustainable, minimal, and economical micro-living setups.
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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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