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Multilingual Product Content: Transforming Traditional Practices into Global Content Value Chains

As the speaker of many languages, Los Doc knows how important it is these days to have a global content strategy. So do our friends at the Gilbane Group. by Doc

Tags: Value Chain, Channel Management, Marketing, Doc

Sponsored content 2009-10-13

The Fatal Pitfalls in Wireless Handset Outsourcing

The massive worldwide economic crisis has disrupted the ecosystem of the mobile handset value chain. OEMs (e.g. Nokia and Motorola) are now launching rounds of layoffs, restructuring and refocusing on core competencies instead of boasting their latest acquisitions, expansions and record-high shipments. On the other hand, both Electronic Manufacturing Service...

Tags: Mobile, Value Chain, Handset, Wireless Handset, Wireless, iSuppli Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Cellular Phones, Managed Hosting, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2009-04-08

An Exploratory Study of RFID Adoption in Retail Sector

While several large retailers have mandated RFID deployment across their value chain, the case for RFID adoption among several other retailers still remains more uncertain. This paper uses an exploratory methodology, content analysis, to quantitatively analyze benefits, RFID applicable value chain activities, and business processes. The paper found that the...

Tags: Value Chain, Retail Company, Benefit, RFID, Channel Management, Retail, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Marketing

White papers 2009-04-02

Why social software won't dethrone the incumbents

It's not often I find myself fundamentally disagreeing with Sam Lawrence. He's a smart guy with a great marketing head. But on this post he's over-reaching in my opinion. His basic argument says this: The big IT vendors aren’t taking social software seriously. They can’t. Not even if they...

Tags: Austin Ventures, Channel Management, Dennis Howlett, IBM Corp., Internet, Marketing, Oracle Corp., Sam, SAP AG, Software, Value Chain, Vendor, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Natech NSV AS Increases Delivery Accuracy and Efficiency With Standardized Data Infrastructure

Natech NSV AS wanted to implement a planning system designed to provide optimization throughout the value chain - from planning and procurement to production, deliveries, and human resources administration - to ensure profitably. The challenge was to streamline the planning process and revitalize the planning system to achieve better precision...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Optimization, Value Chain, Channel Management, Marketing

Case studies 2008-01-01

The Business Value of Web 2.0 Technology - IBM's vision for tapping the collective knowledge of the extended value chain

Ideas and collaboration are the fuel for innovation, and organizations that can tap into their collective creativity have greater potential to leapfrog the competition. This IBM whitepaper examines the Business Value of Web 2.0 Technology, and details IBM's vision for tapping the collective knowledge of the extended...

Tags: Web, Knowledge, Value Chain, Vision, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Channel Management, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Management

White papers 2007-09-01

European Seafood Brand Replaces ERP and B2B Infrastructure With Integrated Value Chain

MW Brands is one of Europe's leading seafood brands, and a growing force in the global seafood business. Spun out of the H.J. Heinz Company, MW Brands inherited a dated and expensive IT infrastructure that could not adequately support their supply chain network or plans for expansion. Recognizing the need...

Tags: Brand, Value Chain, ERP, Microsoft Corp., MW Brands, B2B, Branding, Enterprise Software, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Marketing, Software

Case studies 2007-06-12

Going Beyond CRM to Strengthen Customer Loyalty and Improve Revenue: Ensure That the Value Chain Is Working Efficiently

CRM is essential for managing the transactional aspects of the customer relationship, but it is no longer enough. Executives seeking to build customer loyalty, improve market agility, and manage their brands across global markets are finding that customer experience management offers both a solution to address the challenges of today...

Tags: Revenue, Value Chain, Customer Experience, CRM, CRM Media, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software

White papers 2006-07-01

RFID From Production to Consumption - Risks and Opportunities From RFID-Technology in the Value Chain

This paper presents results from a project on the opportunities and risks associated with RFID technology prepared by the Danish Board of Technology. The Danish Board of Technology DBT is an independent body established by the Danish Parliament. It aims to further the technology debate, assess technological impacts and options...

Tags: Value Chain, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

White papers 2006-06-21

Managing Economic Profit Across the Value Chain

A recent report reveals that the two most pressing issues for companies are to reduce overall supply chain costs and to collaborate more effectively with trading partners. With so many steps across the supply chain, it is challenging enough to quantify the costs and profitability of one's own supply chain...

Tags: Supply Chain, Value Chain, SAS Institute, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing

White papers 2003-06-01

Mobilising the Value Chain With Mobile Supply Chain Management

Schenker AG, based in Essen, Germany, is one of the world's leading logistics and shipping service providers. Schenker turns new technological developments into concrete advantages for its customers fast as possible. This is why the organisation is using the Mobile SCM solution mobile data integrated into mySAP SCM to develop...

Tags: Mobile, Value Chain, SCM, SCM Mobile Data Entry, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies

A Leading Oil and Gas Company Implements a Service Oriented Architecture Solution for Use in LNG Supply Trading and Marketing

The customer is the gas division of a leading oil & gas major, involved globally in the entire petroleum value chain. The primary business need is to design and develop a quality database for LNG for use in storing information about global LNG sources, markets and facilities to review the...

Tags: Oil, Wipro Technologies, Value Chain, SOA, Channel Management, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Industrial-Strength IT: Moving IT Up the Value Chain

The job of Chief Information Officer CIO might be the toughest one in America. It is not a technology challenge, but a management challenge. Issues that a CIO faces include span of control, accountability, performance measurement, and peer review. This webcast is led by the founder and former president of...

Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Value Chain, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Microsoft Corp., Chief Information Officer, Entrepreneurship, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Webcasts

MSDN Webcast: Service Orientation and Connected Systems Architecture (Level 300)

This webcast explores the promise of service orientation as a means for developing more effective line-of-business applications. The presenter presents a model that places point solutions in the context of the organizational value chains they support, and uses a set of interaction patterns to offer insight into how to design...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, System Architecture, Webcast, Value Chain, Microsoft Corp., Connected Corp., Channel Management, Marketing

Webcasts

ChangingInc's Value Chain Solution Streamlines Business Forms Industry

ChangingInc, a specialty paper supplier, wanted to improve channel management capabilities to maximize revenue and strengthen relationships with value chain. The solution to this was gained by implementing WebSphere Commerce solution which optimizes the flow of products, goods, services and information through the value chain, while streamlining management and administrative...

Tags: ChangingInc, Channel Management, Marketing, Pricing, Sales, Sales Channel, Value Chain

Case studies

Additional Resources

For The First Time in Ages, I Agree With Apple

Spiders and dust on a slippery slopeWorst inside of a computer I've ever seen was a spider infestation. Must have been a million of them. But what I wonder is where does voiding the warranty stop?A generic abuse statement may not be sufficient in the world of EULA's....

Tags: Manufacturing, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., manufacturer, smoker, First-time, computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Is your culture getting in the way of your IT success?

Many enterprise IT investments lead to healthy debates about the best architectural or application approaches - but often forgotten is the culture of an organization itself. Commentary - While any planned enterprise IT investment leads to healthy debates about the best architectural or application approaches, too often left out...

Tags: Job, Team, Information Technology, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Team Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Panasonic Computer Solutions, IT management, culture, Jim King, Special to ZDNet, Jim King, Panasonic Computer Solutions, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-23

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

The business value of Web 2.0 technology.

Benefits of enterprise mobility span the business-to-employee (B2E), business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) spectrums. Enterprise mobil-ity can improve an organization's productivity, optimizelogistics operations, enhance customer relationships and streamline supply chain management.

Tags: Web, IBM Corp., B2C, B2B, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Web 2.0, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2009-11-09

Arguing About the Collaboration Toolkit: Cisco's Enterprise Collaboration Platform

In the aftermath of last week's San Francisco Enterprise 2.0 conference there's been some lively debate about what constitutes '2.0', including some great comments on my previous post. Meanwhile Cisco have literally just announced their Enterprise Collaboration Platform, which will be broad set...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Tool, Productivity, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-08