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"Process Mining"? Sounds Like a Waste of Time.

Markovitz Consulting

Fortunately, now there’s a host of companies providing process mining software that will eliminate all these problems and set you on a smooth glide path to success. The software captures information and transactions as they flow through the company, and makes visible how long that (computer-mediated) work takes. Show respect.

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A Survey of 1,700 Companies Reveals Common B2B Pricing Mistakes

Harvard Business

invest in ongoing development of capabilities among the sales and pricing teams through training and tools. Training and Tools — Often Afterthoughts — Can Have a Big Payoff. Top-performing firms invest in building the capabilities of the pricing team through training and forums to share best practices.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Chemicals & Materials. Technology & Software. Intern pay and training are on-par compared to what you will find at many other consulting firms, and prior interns have found it a good foot in the door for landing permanent positions. Industries. Automotive. B2B Services. Construction. Consumer & Retail. Healthcare.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

was still using the old software from KPMG to handle all of their accounting and human resource functions. This software did not have functionality in line with the internal control requirements of the SOX Act nor was it intentioned to handle a public company’s needs. Chemicals & Life Sciences. Sustainable Development.

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How Advanced Analytics Is Changing B2B Selling

Harvard Business

And as customers use Blast IQ and contribute more of their own data, over time, the company will have a large enough dataset to train more powerful machine learning models. Starting from explosives and farming chemicals, these B2B companies have embedded their expertise in powerful software platforms to expand beyond the traditional products.

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Bots Won’t Just Help Us Buy Stuff. They’ll Help Us Become Better Versions of Ourselves

Harvard Business

This twinned production thermostat could be instrumented to help predict the most cost-effective ways to heat critical chemicals in a production process. — to train “recommender” and “advisory” algorithms that instantiate data-driven “better selves” development, deployment, and improvement.

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Ofshoring Opaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

My view was that although some manufacturing processes returned, not many jobs came back thanks to robots and software automation. reshoring train that so many predicted has yet to leave the station.” percent below 2007 levels, with non-durable goods value-added (which includes chemicals and oil and gas) down almost 12 percent.

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