Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators. And there’s a fundamental conflict between innovation and optimizing an existing operation. To close the gap, we need to treat innovation differently than we do normal operations. Here are four things leaders can do.

ROI 28

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2018

There’s still much to learn when it comes to digitizing business processes, and in particular using automation sprints—those smart, fast, and small efforts you use to boost productivity when a change to enterprise architecture isn’t the right step. Today’s automation changes the way IT budgets work too.

Strategy 28

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Large enterprises typically operate dozens of security products with growing headcount in all areas of their security organizations. The current state of affairs in corporate cybersecurity is similar to how most organizations used to approach much of their IT operations, prior to the advent of public cloud infrastructure.

Data 31

Data ROI System Education 31

Progressus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Even so, many project-driven organizations still operate with a bevy of spreadsheets in a siloed environment. Many project-driven organizations are finding that they can operate much more efficiently with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. Accelerate operational impact.

Software 52

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Harvard Business

JULY 21, 2016

The findings show that fewer than half of analytics programs met initial return-on-investment (ROI) goals. But poor ROI is only part of the story. In research spanning 20 years, we closely examined 36 companies in eight industries to find out why companies are struggling.

ROI 28

ROI Data Tools Insurance 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

But Slack is generally aimed at the enterprise market and doesn’t specialize in intimate relationships. ” Vanity metrics are methods of measuring ROI that make product-builders feel good (or make them look good to funders), but don’t ultimately lead to awesome products. Both launched in 2014.).

Media 36

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In the beginning of a disruptive innovation, the thing to measure is not ROI. Meanwhile, other retailers were still focused on year-over-year same-store sales, treating their e-commerce operations as a “digital store.” How easily can people share data across the enterprise? How rapidly is your ecosystem growing?

Strategy 43

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Each outbound communication is measured individually for immediate ROI. Today, creative marketers need to operate more like entrepreneurs, continuously adjusting to sustain “ product/market fit.” These members are 2.6 times more likely to stay with Kaiser Permanente two years later.

Marketing 49

Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 49

Comatch

JANUARY 25, 2023

However, before embarking on your digital transformation journey, it is a good idea to ask yourself the following questions: What could enterprise digital transformation mean for my business? What key processes need to be digitalized? How can we create value for our customers through digitalization?

How To 52

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

PepsiCo is a $65B food and beverage giant, with a dozen global brands, operating in 190 countries. Nearly every function from marketing to human resources and finance was replicated at each level: Enterprise functions and infrastructure. In three years the progress is impressive, especially in the healthcare sector.

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

By Brian Selby, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales Operations, Tableau Software. In my experience, it’s vital to build the right Sales Operations function with the charter and resources necessary to prepare and analyze data, synthesize the analysis into effective action plans, and drive change management across sales.

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Sales Data Enterprise Operations 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2017

In my experience with dozens of organizations implementing IoT solutions, those that achieved their expected ROI changed their traditional business approaches in one or more of the following ways: They Developed a Partner Ecosystem. But chasing the cool factor can lead to compromised ROI. The essence of IoT is interconnectivity.

ROI 28

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Harvard Business

MAY 29, 2018

Only when the service was successfully operating did Ford begin to expand it, adding dozens of new routes and growing its local fleet to more than 200 vehicles. “We are getting pull from enterprises,” Ford Mobility head Marcy Klevorn said recently on a media conference call.

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Transportation ROI Metrics Productivity 28