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• IDG Contributor Network: Doing it digitally—How tech-charged customer collaboration delivers market innovation

  03-07-2018 20:08
  When Under Armour, a major player in the performance apparel market, adopted 3D printing technology to make insoles on demand, it shortened the design-to-sale cycle from six months to two days and disrupted a manufacturing process that hadn't changed in 60 years. It was just one more step in a digital transformation that began with connecting shoes to fitness-tracking apps. Now connected shoes collect Internet of Things (IoT) data that informs design.Under Armour's innovation strategy leverages
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Is your SAP SI partner evaluation missing the mark?

  03-07-2018 15:58
  SAP-driven digital transformation initiatives have created a groundswell of system integrator (SI) evaluations. As organizations begin evaluating prospective SI partners, the following are opportunities to improve your SI evaluation and selection process.Initial engagement
  Most organizations have relationships with consulting partners capable of supporting an SAP transformation, yet despite these relationships, the SIs are initially engaged solely by Procurement, leaving the business and IT tea
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Balance the battle between process variations and standardization

  03-07-2018 14:46
  “90 percent of the organizations I know have failed at standardization,” says industry expert Steve Stanton, Managing Director, FCB Partners. Doing business in our global, tech-driven and consumer-oriented world is becoming more and more complex.  Thanks to the Internet, even micropreneurs can sell to customers in different regions and overseas. This broadening of the market brings with it the need to take multiple factors into account, including country-specific regulations an
  
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• What is a product manager? A complex, cross-functional role in IT

  03-07-2018 12:00
  What is a product manager?
  Product managers are responsible for understanding the market, audience and demand for a software, hardware or service. A product manager typically acts as the point person throughout a project’s life-cycle. It is a role that requires you to balance input, concerns and feedback from multiple departments, key stakeholders, business leaders, customers and clients.The product manager role also requires an understanding of technology and business, as product manager
  
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• 6 ERP trends for 2018

  03-07-2018 12:00
  ERP systems are essential to enterprise operations. Yet this core organizational workhorse may not get as much attention as your other systems. That’s a mistake, as significant opportunities to improve cash flow and reduce risk await those who attend to the health of their enterprise resource planning systems.Here’s a look at how organizations are revamping their use of ERP systems to improve organizational outcomes.
  [ Comparison shopping? See "The best ERP systems:10 enterprise res
  
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