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• 5 keys to supply chain management success

  04-08-2017 17:52
  As technology has spun forward, so has how supply chains work and the best practices to manage them. Below are five keys to supply chain management success in the age of the internet of things (IoT), cloud computing and hackers looking to get at the same customer data that is driving your business.1. Create a glass pipeline
  Doug Farren, managing director of the National Center for the Middle Market, calls this the holy grail of supply chain management, “having visibility all the way t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Technology, tapas and shoptalk: there's a new breed of tech conference

  04-08-2017 17:20
  At a recent tech conference I had a conversation with an industry analyst on the future of data science. We weighed hard versus soft skills, discussed hiring practices, and debated whether executives “got it.” Sounds pretty standard for a technology event, right? Except we were both in kayaks floating down a river. (And yes, there was beer.)Hotel ballroom luncheons, labyrinthine demo halls, and cold egg rolls in the lobby bar aren’t quite behind us. But some event organizers ar
  
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• Assessing your organization’s digital transformation maturity

  04-08-2017 17:07
  With most organizations now several years into their digital transformation journeys, many are looking to measure progress, gauge maturity, and benchmark against peers in their industry. The key questions are how to assess this maturity, what are the key pillars and elements of maturity, and which capabilities are new and different compared to business as usual.Digital transformation is a broad subject that requires competency across strategy and vision, people and culture, process and governanc
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 6 strategies smart digital publishers use to monetize content

  04-08-2017 14:41
  Content monetization platforms are tricky. Finding the best one for your digital publication can be a challenge if you don’t know what you need. Even if you do have a strong vision of what your requirements are, implementation can still be difficult.There are some excellent ways to monetize your content, though. Here are six of the best strategies, ranging from traditional to cutting-edge, that digital publishers have used successfully when it comes to content monetization.1. The free-at-f
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Conversational intelligence

  04-08-2017 14:29
  Gender plays a role in the way we express and process information. You might observe men talking more about "things," such as sports and food, while women’s conversations might be more personal and relationship-oriented. Men may be more opinionated and louder, while women may take comments more personally and want agreement. These communication patterns are seen in children as young as three years old, where girls demonstrate behaviors to be liked, while boys boast and jostle for dominance
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How scientists are using big data to discover rare mineral deposits

  04-08-2017 14:18
  Big data is shaking up the ways our entrepreneurs start their businesses, our healthcare professionals deliver care, and our financial services render their transactions. Now, big data’s reach has expanded so far that it’s revolutionizing the way our scientist search for gas, oil, and even valuable minerals.Searching under the surface of the earth for valuable mineral deposits has never been easy, but by exploiting recent innovations in big data that allow scientist to gleam the sign
  
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