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Lean Manufacturing: Success Starts With Visibility and Alignment
For more than 50 years, Lean manufacturing has been the most widely adopted methodology (regardless of company size) to reduce cost, increase productivity, and ultimately gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Andy Grove and the Rise of the Computing Engine
With the passing of Intel’s Andy Grove, we reflect on his biggest accomplishment, which wasn’t in the technology, but rather a marketing move with the “Intel Inside” campaign.
What is Preventing Your Organization from Benefitting from Background Checks?
With about 75% of organizations utilizing background screenings to evaluate potential hires, you’d think that this ubiquitous process would be fast and easy across the board. But in a recent Aberdeen survey, companies overwhelmingly reported that they’re struggling with effectively implementing background checks. Here are 5 tips for doing it right.
“Social Selling” is Redundant: Selling Has Always Been Social
People talk about “social selling” like it’s some new thing. It’s not.
How to Ensure Proper SSH User Key Management
Secure Shell (SSH) provides access to our most critical infrastructure, and risk reduction and resilience are of the highest priority. Here are three best practices, or pillars, to build successful key management projects upon.
Stat of the Week: Modern Storage for a Modern Enterprise
In this new Stat of the Week, see how leading organizations are able to handle a rising flood of data — amongst other challenges — with a modern approach to storage.
Be in the Business of Quality Control for Your Data
By being in the business of quality control when it comes to your organization’s data, you’re virtually guaranteeing that bad data is a thing of the past.
Stat of the Week: Microlearning is the Mightiest Modern Learning Modality
We live in an era where access to information is instantaneous and effortless, buyers are more educated, the pace of business is accelerated, and employers place higher demands on employees to keep up with ongoing change. Microlearning is one way that employees are staying informed.
Set the Trend: Mobile Offerings in AP Invoice Management
Over the last five years, cellular and mobile technology has come a long way. It’s proven to be a transformative evolution not only in the way we communicate, but also how we view the world, shop, are marketed to, and of course, how business is executed.
The Lesson of Trump: Don’t Buy the Story. Be the Story.
Donald Trump has earned almost $2 billion in “free” media. There’s a lesson in that.
DNS Management: New Challenges, New Choices
Long thought of as the Yellow Pages for the Internet, DNS is now taking on a more prominent role, and is more important than ever for developers, engineers, and operations teams who build modern applications and websites.
Conversion Rate Optimization: Think Before You Benchmark
Focusing on conversion rate optimization (CRO) is a good idea. Benchmarking your efforts by looking at what competitors are doing is not a good idea.
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