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Struggling for Smart Manufacturing to Take Hold? 3 Things You Need to Know About Data and Analytics in 2023.
Done right, data alignment will slingshot your manufacturing business to the moon. Done wrong, it will keep you up at night. Supply chains are disrupted, eco-compliance is changing, and onshore manufacturing is back en vogue, along with labor shortages. There has never been a better time than now for smart manufacturing. A smart…
Read MoreBringing Clarity to Supply Chain Chaos
Supply chain shortages and slowdowns have dominated headlines for the past few years. While many of these issues started with the pandemic, the ripple effects have made supply chain disruption the new norm. In response, low-code platforms are playing a key role in helping build more nimble, adaptive supply chains across industries. Get the eBook…
Read More4 Strategic Manufacturing Process Improvements to Reduce Costs
Manufacturing companies face complex challenges in a competitive landscape. To meet these enormous challenges, manufacturers have long invested in continuous improvement methodologies like lean manufacturing. Also, increasing numbers of manufacturers are adapting and investing in Industry 4.0 technologies to tame the complexity by increasing automation, adopting smart machines, and enhancing smart factories. Technology upgrades and…
Read MoreHow to Become Outcome-Driven in Product Development. Part 4
Welcome to part 4 of our series on product development. If you haven’t checked out the previous sections of this series and would like to learn more about product discovery and how it impacts product excellence, you can view those sections here: Part 1 – Product Discovery Fundamentals Part 2 – Make Better Product Decisions…
Read MorePress Release: Spark Equation Partners with Couchbase
Chicago, IL, Spark Equation – today announced a new partnership with Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASE) an award-winning distributed NoSQL cloud database. Spark Equation will be using Couchbase to dynamically scale and develop new digital solutions for SMBs and enterprises and add additional speed and flexibility to their technology stack. This new partnership will provide firms…
Read MoreA Chat on System Innovation & Redesign in the Recruitment & Staffing Industry
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, Joshua Rivera, from Headway, has joined us to talk about the system update and architecture redesign they are implementing to make their recruitment and staffing platform more agile, scalable, flexible, and resilient. ” We have implemented a platform that is easier to navigate, that works faster for employees to record their…
Read MoreHow to Measure Product Success Using OKRs. Part 3
In our past two posts (check out part 1 and part 2 if you haven’t seen them yet), we’ve talked about the fundamentals of product discovery—how it needs to be continuous and customer-focused, with product development teams working in harmony to seek and incorporate customer feedback so they can deliver products they truly want, need…
Read MoreMake Better Product Decisions with Continuous Discovery. The Best Product Teams Cultivate These Mindsets. Part 2
As a product manager, you make product decisions every day. Some are big decisions, and some are small but they all contribute to the bigger picture. With continuous discovery, you infuse as many of those decisions with customer input as possible, and to do this, you’ll need to reduce the cycle time between customer touchpoints.…
Read MoreNext Generation of Staffing is Connected and Value-Centric
Talent management is a large and growing challenge at many organizations and talent management providers are racing to provide new offerings that can help business leaders and managers improve how they recruit, retain, develop, and oversee their workforce. Many HR organizations and those alike initially specialized in a single aspect of the talent management value…
Read MoreProduct Development Part 1: Product Discovery Fundamentals
Build products your customers love. There’s nothing like building a product and realizing your users have no need for it. With product discovery, you can ensure you’re building products your users actually need and love. There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all Peter…
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