Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Gains Momentum

“Our latest survey shows that enterprise intelligence technology solutions such as data management, analytics, machine learning and AI technologies are considered significantly (24%) or very helpful (33%) by manufacturers in EMEA when it comes to achieving business resiliency.”

via IDC

Modernize and Transform to Accelerate Digital Growth

“Right now, companies must focus on modernizing their core digital capabilities to seamlessly sell, engage and support customers on digital channels. This is table-stakes. And there are very good services firms able to help clients accelerate this modernization”

via Forrester

Digital Transformation: The Five Standout Elements

“The COVID-19 pandemic is a full-stop on business as usual and a launching pad for organizations to become virtual, digital-centric, and agile — and to do it all at a lightning-fast speed.” – That realization is coming not a moment too soon.

via McKinsey

Lessons Learned from The Most Innovative Companies

“Committed innovators” have the winning hand, the report says, with almost 60% reporting an increased proportion of sales from products and services launched within the past three years, compared to just 30% of “skeptics”.

via World Economic Forum

Digital Transformation: Why Agile is the Path to Progress

“Digital transformation was never optional. But most firms treated it that way, applying digital technology in dribs and drabs — until COVID-19 shuttered economies and forever altered the patterns of life and work and commerce.”

via Forrester

Digital Innovation: The Upside and Downside of Agile

Do Agile methodologies promote innovation? Results of a field experiment with Google show that increasing the frequency and goal orientation of stand-up meetings reinforces integration and value but reduces specialization and novelty in outcomes.

via Harvard Business School

CIO Foresight: How the Leaders Ensure Digital Growth

Savvy CIOs are focused on the longer-term needs of the business — such as digital and technology enablement, cloud migration, and agile adoption. “We know from past crises that companies that thoughtfully invest fare best during and after downturns.”

via McKinsey

Pragmatic ‘Change Leadership’ for a Post-Pandemic Economy

“The best CEOs see the coronavirus crisis as a dress rehearsal for a new normal: a world of climate change, accelerated digital disruption, radical shifts in national alignments and more.”

via Bain & Company

Digital Innovation Factory Model Gains Momentum

“IDC predicts that by 2025, over two-thirds of the G2000 will have become high-performance, large scale producers of software-based digital innovation.  Most of this production of digital innovation will be focused on creating new value for customers, though some may augment internal digital workstreams.”

via IDC

Agile ERP: How to Become a Top Performer

Agile organizations have a 70% chance of being in the top quartile of organizational health, the best indicator of long-term performance. Moreover, such companies simultaneously achieve greater customer centricity, faster time to market, higher revenue growth, lower costs, and a more engaged workforce.

via McKinsey