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Addressing Information Overload: Accelerate Innovation With a Single Source of Truth

Perficient Digital Transformation

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.

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How to Manage Virtual Teams

NoonDalton

According to the Workforce 2020 survey, over 83% of executives had plans to increase their use of intermittent employees or consultants over the next three years. With the global pandemic forcing many companies to go virtual, and the resulting emphasis on telecommuting, leaders have to adapt and learn how to manage virtual teams. . The majority of those who have worked remotely can attest that while it has its advantages.

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St. Patrick's Day Is An Enchanted Time

The Global Small Business Blog

©2014 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. “St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time. It’s a day to begin transforming Winter’s dreams into Summer’s magic.” – Adrienne Cook.

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Forrester’s Q1 2022 Sales Operations Pulse Survey Results

Forrester Digital Transformation

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 […].

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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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Everything You Need to Know About eCommerce Merchandising

Groove Technology

The landscape of eCommerce merchandising is shifting. While merchants in the early 2000’s concentrated exclusively on bringing offline merchandising concepts online, today’s leading eCommerce firms are combining those initial ideas with customer data and artificial intelligence to improve user experiences. They’re inferring intent from user behavior, using machine learning to optimize their product rankings, and personalizing their websites at the user level.

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Dynamic Filtering Using Parameters in Power BI

Perficient Digital Transformation

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.

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We Need To Understand The Emotions That Drive Customers To Make Sustainable Choices

Forrester Digital Transformation

(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 […].

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Online Onboarding Training Platform For A Tourism Company

Groove Technology

Customer. The customer, a tourism company based in Vietnam, provides professional tourism services. Challenge. The customer asked Groove Technology to build a training system for their new staff, which would be more necessary in the COVID-19 pandemic. They didn’t have an in-house technical team, so they wanted to outsource a full team from Groove Technology to help them.

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Navigating the current disruption in containerized logistics

McKinsey and Company

Container freight rates will remain elevated throughout most of 2022 while the containerized logistics disruption persists. This article presents future scenarios that could help shippers in planning and offers levers to navigate through the disruption to emerge stronger.

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Are You Committing The Lacy Act?

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/EcoPic What is the Lacy Act ? The Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.), first enacted in 1900 and significantly amended in 1981, is the United States' oldest wildlife protection statute. The Act combats trafficking in illegally taken wildlife, fish, or plants. And this guy – an Oregon man named Darren Drake – is in big trouble. He has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally importing and exporting hundreds of live scorpions from and to contacts in Germany without obtaining an import-e

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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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B2B Rebranding Is On The Rise

Forrester Digital Transformation

One of the most consequential and long-lasting decisions a marketing leader can make is to change the organization’s brand. A brand’s messaging, positioning, and visual identity permeate all aspects of the company’s go-to-market activities and usually endure for many years. We frequently engage with clients on rebrands, helping them sort through the business justification and […].

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E-Commerce Site For A Dinnerware Brand

Groove Technology

Customer. Our customer is a handcrafted dinnerware brand based in Australia. Their products are mainly inspired by the Italian culture and designed by well-known artists. Challenges. The brand came to Groove Technology when they had the plan to expand their business globally and they wanted to build an online store. In order to scale and satisfy their requirements rapidly and within budget, they required a user-friendly platform.

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Lead With Intention: Recapping Women in Digital 2022

Perficient Digital Transformation

On International Women’s Day, we recently recognized and celebrated women around the world. In honor of this day, Perficient and Adobe collaborated to host the sixth annual Women in Digital panel. While this event typically coincides with Adobe Summit, we were delighted to host 170 people during the live virtual event. (If you weren’t able to make it, we highly recommend watching it on demand.).

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Today in Global Small Business: Super Power Conflict Is Now Constricting Global Business

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Piotrurakau What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Super power conflict is now constricting global business. Pixar teamed up with Disney Hong Kong to find the words for Mei’s aunties in the new movie, Turning Red. Unplugging Russia from the rest of the world. Quote of the week: "A wise ruler, when he makes his laws, is bound to find himself in conflict with the world." – Han Fei Stopping Putin.

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The 2023 Supply Chain Crystal Ball: Challenges and Solutions

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.

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Customer Service In 2022: The Times They Are A-Changin’

Forrester Digital Transformation

It’s been two years (!) since the pandemic began, and customer service organizations have managed the impossible: moving thousands of agents home practically overnight and rapidly deploying new digital channels, all while supporting millions of COVID-19-stressed customers. Our world has changed, and customer expectations have changed with it. Customer service leaders must shake off decades […].

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How American Family Insurance is investing in the agency channel

McKinsey and Company

As insurers rethink agent relationships, American Family Insurance is looking ahead, investing in digital tools and solutions that help agencies stay on top of trends and changing customer needs.

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[Webinar] Perficient’s Own Journey to Oracle ERP and HCM Cloud

Perficient Digital Transformation

Learn how Perficient’s Oracle ERP and HCM practice is transforming our own back office from Oracle E-Business Suite to Oracle Cloud. Executive leadership from both Finance and HR will join practice directors to discuss how we’re modernizing core business functions with Oracle Cloud to scale and grow. Cloud ERP: From a new chart of accounts and detailed analytics all the way up to boardroom-ready financial statements – live in just nine months!

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Wishing You All the Joy Your Heart Can Hold On St. Patrick's Day 2022

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. "Wishing you a pot o'gold and all the joy your heart can hold – Unknown.

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Building A Superstar Global Workforce: What We Aren’t Talking About Enough

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.

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Top Trends Shaping Fraud Management In Asia Pacific

Forrester Digital Transformation

A fragmented regulatory environment and the rapid transition to digital commerce have spurred several enterprise fraud management (EFM) trends in Asia Pacific (APAC). Forrester sees that: Digital commerce drives promotion fraud. Flourishing digital commerce significantly changes consumer behavior, and companies are focusing their marketing spending on online campaigns and promotions.

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Beyond gender: Promoting diversity in French companies

McKinsey and Company

French companies want executives with diverse national origins and socioeconomic backgrounds. But they have had uneven success in achieving this goal.

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CMS’s New ACO REACH Model Prioritizes Health Equity… But What’s Missing?

Perficient Digital Transformation

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and health equity have gained considerable attention in the healthcare community over recent years. It’s easy to recognize that the health of a person is more than their diagnoses, lab results, and broken bones. Health encompasses life outside of the doctor’s office, too. In fact, significant research efforts, funding, and payer and government initiatives have worked to learn how SDOH and health inequities shape individual and community health.

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How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Peter Shaw The impact of the global pandemic on the global supply chain has been widely reported. But extreme weather, from floods to wildfires, is increasingly hammering ports, highways, and factories worldwide, and experts warn these climate-induced disruptions will only get worse. Learn more about why climate change is a long term problem.

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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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What Accenture’s Strong Q2 FY22 Results Mean For Technology Executives

Forrester Digital Transformation

No, this is not a plug for Accenture. Rather, it is an analysis of what Accenture’s Q2 FY22 results mean for today’s technology executive. Accenture CEO Julie Sweet and CFO KC McClure announced today that Accenture: Grew 28% across the board, with double-digit growth in every region, industry, and service line. Has 36 clients with […].

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Generating real-world evidence at scale using advanced analytics

McKinsey and Company

As pharma companies apply advanced analytics to generate new types of evidence, how do they decide which use cases to target and how to scale them up across the business?

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Why Aren’t You Hiring Internationally in 2022?

Globalization Partners

Talent acquisition has changed dramatically over the last two years. With remote work gaining popularity, companies no longer view it as a benefit, but a necessity — opening a new field of hiring possibilities. Now that borders are no longer barriers to securing the best talent, why aren’t you hiring internationally? Yes, it can be scary navigating international waters, and there are lots of requirements and regulations to deal with, but there are also many solutions designed to make the p

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Is Web3 the Future of the Internet?

V-Soft Consulting

In the last year, the idea of Web3 has gained traction among technologists and business leaders as the next big thing. The latest iteration of the internet. Though there is no clear consensus on how Web3 should be defined, there is a broad agreement that the central concept of Web3 as a whole idea is decentralization based on blockchain technology. Its proponents herald it as a paradigm shift that could fundamentally change how the internet and internet-based businesses and internet economy work

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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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You Say You Want A Revolution? Announcing Our Latest Security Awareness And Training Forrester Wave™

Forrester Digital Transformation

The security awareness and training (SA&T) market has been stagnant for so long, with the last major disruption as far as I can tell being the introduction of phishing simulations about a decade or so ago. Since then, the industry seems to have seen a slow and steady evolution from ticking boxes to meet a […].

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Responsible product management: The critical tech challenge

McKinsey and Company

Prioritizing privacy, sustainability, and inclusion will soon be essential to successful tech development. For product managers to make responsible innovation a core discipline, companies must first lay the foundation.

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IAOP® Selects RAYA CX in the 2022 Global 100 Outsourcing List

Raya Contact Center

For the second consecutive year, RAYA CX is listed in the IAOP Global Outsourcing 100® companies list. The recognition is given by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP), which is a global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession based in the US. Its annual Global Outsourcing 100 list is one of the most prominent acknowledgments that recognizes the world’s best outsourcing service providers and advisors.

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How to Process Subsistence Expenses for Temporary Assignees from Overseas in Ireland

Immedus

If you manage the payroll of an individual working on a temporary assignment in Ireland, do you know how to handle subsistence expenses? Revenue generally accepts that tax-free subsistence may be paid or reimbursed for the first 12 months of a temporary assignment, provided that the period of appointment in Ireland does not exceed 24 months. According to Revenue , what is considered a temporary assignment and temporary assignee?

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A Deep Dive Into Supply Chain Strategy: Why Yours Isn't Working

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.