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Top 5 Manufacturing Trends for 2024: What’s New?

Epicflow

Leveraging Cutting-Edge Technologies Under current conditions of economic turbulence, workforce shortage, and supply chain disruptions, manufacturing organizations should work towards increasing the efficiency of their operations, achieving business agility and resilience. Here are some of the examples.

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IT Consulting: What’s All the Fuss about ‘Soft Skills’

Tom Spencer

Resilience’, ‘agility’ and ‘holistic thinking’ are all features of effective business management that have gained widespread consensus approval, but the meaning behind these catchphrases often becomes blurred by the hype. The rise of cloud digital services is a textbook example of the economic phenomenon of specialisation.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S. oil production, up from a mere 10% just seven years ago in 2011.

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How the Natural Resources Business Is Turning into a Technology Industry

Harvard Business

Technology is enabling people to use energy more efficiently in their homes, offices, and factories. At the same time, technological innovation in transportation, the largest single user of oil, is helping to lower energy consumption as engines become more fuel efficient and the use of autonomous and electric vehicles grows.

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How Blockchain Will Accelerate Business Performance and Power the Smart Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business

Imagine a company that makes ice cream and sells its products to companies all over the world. A blockchain-powered solution would capture information about the product from participants across the supply chain and from different perspectives. John applies to lease a car from the car manufacturer using that smart contract.

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Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor

Harvard Business

This collaborative approach is no longer optional: No single company, deploying only its own products or services, can capture IoT’s value by itself, and certainly not with the speed required in today’s digital market. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. Sponsored by DXC Technology. How the best companies get up to speed.

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