Ivemsa
MAY 3, 2023
Many factors over the years have led to a surge of foreign operators nearshoring manufacturing to Mexico. Though the concept is decades-old, challenges with manufacturing in China and lingering effects from the global pandemic have caused Mexico to be in the spotlight once more. For U.S. manufacturers, in particular, the close proximity between the U.S. and Mexico makes it an optimal choice.
31 West
MAY 3, 2023
With the remote work trend and computerized systems gaining immense popularity, businesses and individuals are constantly focusing on cybersecurity practices, more now than ever. If you think your business has little to no risk of getting exposed to these attacks because it’s a small-scale company, you couldn’t be more wrong. According to Astra Security , 700,000 small companies became attackers’ victims in 2020, costing $2.8 billion in loss.
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McKinsey and Company
MAY 1, 2023
In this roundtable, leaders from AI-enabled analytics platform ZestyAI discuss how artificial intelligence could help US property insurers evolve their underwriting models to account for climate risk.
The Global Small Business Blog
MAY 4, 2023
©iStock/metamorworks While the most successful companies tend to follow the money, that shouldn’t be your sole motivation for going global. There are five main indicators for determining if your startup is ready to go global. If one or two of the indicators here apply to your business, you’re definitely headed in the right direction. But before you take the leap, you need to be aware of the challenges and risks.
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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
Horses for Sources
APRIL 30, 2023
The Pandemic will forever go down as a seismic game changer in our lifetimes – and our careers. The whole 2+ year experience took a lot of us, cost so many people loved ones and changed the work/life perspectives for so many. Now we face a new world where new rules are still being set (and those rules are likely to be no actual rules at all), but we are faced with no choice but to reinvent ourselves if we want to remain relevant in the business ecosystem of the future.
Forrester Digital Transformation
MAY 1, 2023
Cybersecurity threats continue to plague organizations, multiplying like Mogwai in the 1984 hit movie “Gremlins” (just don’t feed them after midnight). Forrester data shows that almost three-quarters of organizations reported one or more data breaches in the past 12 months.
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The Global Small Business Blog
MAY 2, 2023
©2023 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global Who doesn't want to make the world a better place? Founder of OMSutra, Jyoti Jaiswal, will be talking about how to get started and weave in positivity and consciously crafted design to make her point. Join Jyoti and wegg® free of charge on Wednesday, May 3rd at 11 AM CT. To learn more and to register, visit: [link].
McKinsey and Company
MAY 4, 2023
The travel industry is ripe for virtual disruption, and the metaverse presents a $20 billion opportunity—but some benefits are more assured than others.
Forrester Digital Transformation
MAY 2, 2023
RSAC 2023 is a wrap! The Forrester security and risk team had 11 attendees at the RSA Conference last week. We really enjoyed meeting with clients and colleagues old and new — and now we’re *exhausted.* It’s no mystery why; as a team, we collectively participated in over 230 meetings and took more than 1.
31 West
MAY 4, 2023
Outlook is a commonly used email client app. However, there’s more to this email application than sending and receiving emails. Outlook is packed with task management features and an email calendar. It’s available as a standalone product and as part of the Microsoft Office Suite, which includes PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and more. Users who don’t want the Office 365 subscription can use its free browser version, which offers Outlook’s basic features.
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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.
The Global Small Business Blog
MAY 3, 2023
©iStock/Liudmila Chernetska “International expansion has long been a part of our strategy,” said Sumit Singh, Chewy’s CEO, during the [most recent earnings] call. “It was a matter of when, not if Chewy would take our superior value proposition into new geographies.” Details about which markets Chewy plans to expand to were scarce but Singh said the company is considering “entry markets that possess attractive characteristics for our initial international expansion plans.
McKinsey and Company
MAY 2, 2023
The executive committee at Walmex had to lead differently to take the company into the digital age. They reflect on the changes in the organization and in themselves.
Forrester Digital Transformation
MAY 5, 2023
On Friday, May 5th 2023, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to the COVID-19 emergency. While it will keep its status as a pandemic, this new declaration is a long-awaited milestone.
31 West
MAY 1, 2023
A workflow is a method for operating repetitive functions and assignments occurring in a specific mandate. These procedures enable IT service desks and other departments to perform their job in manufacturing, service providing, or other activities. SharePoint workflows are in-built applications that simplify and automate various business operations.
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.
The Global Small Business Blog
MAY 5, 2023
©iStock/Biod To get what he wanted in life, Robert Herjavec discovered at an early age that he needed to step outside his comfort zone. The world, he said, would not beat a path to his door. The charming, articulate executive [Robert Herjavec] we see today on ABC’s Emmy Award-winning show “Shark Tank” is a far cry from the shy, uncertain young man who grew up in Canada after fleeing communist Yugoslavia with his parents.
Horses for Sources
MAY 4, 2023
To paraphrase Freddie Mercury, “Another bank bites the dust.” This time it’s First Republic Bank – the latest financial institution that was unable to sufficiently rebound from the liquidity crisis borne out of rising interest rates. J.P. Morgan scooped them up on May 1, with its Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon widely quoted in the press insisting that this is not a global financial crisis repeat.
Forrester Digital Transformation
MAY 5, 2023
Digital impacts all companies — regardless of industry, size, and location. But the value that digital brings differs by organization, and so does the focus of any digital activities. Forrester analyzed the profiles of 85 digital leaders working for large global organizations across different countries and industries.
Perficient Digital Transformation
MAY 1, 2023
Perficient is excited to announce the expansion of our collaboration with the Mark Cuban Foundation to host free Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bootcamps for high school students in Dallas, Houston, Detroit, and St. Louis. The AI Bootcamp training sessions hosted by Perficient will introduce students to the concepts of AI through educational seminars, interactive lessons, and lab exercises.
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The Global Small Business Blog
MAY 1, 2023
©iStock/cienpies What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Music can benefit your business, as it has for these 50 entrepreneurs. Check out their picks for inspirational songs (hint: "My Way" by Frank Sinatra). Global retail ecommerce forecast 2023. ChatGPT as a thinking partner. Quote of the week: "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." – Bob Marley Developing positive character.
McKinsey and Company
MAY 2, 2023
People analytics can provide real-time insights. Here’s how leaders can use them to identify critical needs, make decisions more quickly, and strengthen their employee value propositions.
Forrester Digital Transformation
MAY 5, 2023
“On the internet, nobody knows you are a dog” is an oft quoted maxim from the 90s attributed to Peter Steiner. First appearing in The New Yorker, this meme illustrates the difficulty of establishing identity and, by extension, validating claims on the internet. Over three decades later, we still face the same challenges.
The Hackett Group
MAY 2, 2023
Miami, FL – May 2, 202 3 – Answerthink, a division of The Hackett Group , Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT) , today announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Nagarro for sales of their ComplianceNow suite to U.S. companies using SAP software. ComplianceNow, part of Nagarro, is a suite of products for optimizing and streamlining SAP compliance processes.
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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.
3Pillar Global
MAY 4, 2023
So you’re ready to start your platform modernization journey, but are unsure where to start? You’re in the right place! In this article, we’ll walk through the process of choosing a platform modernization partner, how they can help, and four key questions to ask during the selection process. The goal of the process should be to find a partner that has the expertise, capabilities, and mindset to help you build new data products , enhance the products you have, and increase the value you offer to
McKinsey and Company
MAY 5, 2023
Nearly a third of surveyed nurses still report an intent to leave their current jobs. Will hospitals’ efforts bend the curve?
Forrester Digital Transformation
MAY 3, 2023
Organizations that prioritize internal criteria for making tech decisions often miss the mark. Discover how embracing customer obsession can turn your B2B tech strategy into a revenue-generating powerhouse at this year’s B2B Summit North America.
comeMakeit
MAY 3, 2023
Suppose you’re raising butterflies. Will you feed them with grass, the same food as that of caterpillars? Clearly, no. You need to grow a flower garden to nurture butterflies and provide them with access to flowers. After they’ve grown and transformed, creatures acquire a different constitution. Their needs are quite different from other species as well as from that of their younger selves.
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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.
3Pillar Global
MAY 1, 2023
When the Covid-19 pandemic forced the closure of businesses in 2020, people quickly moved to online shopping, ordering and delivery. Now that things are opening up, and supply chains are normalizing, customers are married to the ease and convenience of all that e-commerce has to offer. And this trend is here to stay. According to Forbes , 20.8 percent of retail purchases are expected to take place online in 2023.
McKinsey and Company
MAY 2, 2023
Companies have an opportunity to build lasting relationships with consumers who are blind or low vision. Doing so requires a proactive, inclusive approach to digital.
Forrester Digital Transformation
MAY 3, 2023
I’ve seen an alarming number of posts on LinkedIn and Mastodon reminding people not to input company and consumer data into ChatGPT. It’s an important reminder but one that also highlights the need for this blog post: There’s no way of knowing what happens to that data.
IBM Services
MAY 1, 2023
The last few years—even the last few months—have seen artificial intelligence (AI) breakthroughs come at a dizzying pace. AI that can generate paragraphs of text as well as a human, create realistic imagery and video from text, or perform hundreds of different tasks has captured the public’s attention. People see AI’s high level of performance, creative potential and, in some cases, the ability for anyone to use them with little to no technical expertise.
Speaker: Michelle Meyer, Founder and CEO of MatterProviders
Michelle Meyer is the Founder and CEO of MatterProviders, and a supply chain professional of over 30 years. Fortunately, she's here to walk you through the future of supply chain strategy and why your current approach is probably not working. In this exclusive webinar, she will explore ways to develop and perfect your new, innovative supply chain design in this post-pandemic era of economic uncertainty.
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