Features

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
21 May 2013 - 11:11
George F. Brown Jr.

Vital contributions key suppliers make aren’t always known until it’s too late and switching can leave you out of pocket in the long-term

Sales & Operations Planning: More than forecasting
21 May 2013 - 10:53
Exact Software

S&OP is a hot topic for wholesale companies. As a concept it’s significantly more powerful than the traditional excel-based forecasting many MKB businesses use to support the supply chain. Here we discuss what it is, and how its sophistication can drive performance beyond that achievable with spreadsheet planning

Remote control
14 May 2013 - 08:58
Charlie Mayes

Home Working Cut at Yahoo – flexible work backlash or just a storm in a teacup?

Listen to the machine
7 May 2013 - 13:25
Thomas R Cutler

The quest for Total Production Efficiency takes a major step forward through the combination of the MTConnect Standard with Big Data, and the new vimana software platform from System Insights

What the future holds for the field service industry
1 May 2013 - 10:33
Mark Forrest

Customer satisfaction is increasingly being seen as a top priority in the fight to attract and retain customers

The evolving role of the CFO
23 Apr 2013 - 14:25
David Chancellor

Chief Financial Officers are playing an increasingly important part in the executive decision-making process as business leaders today want someone who can be their ‘right hand man’

Global business news

Google X recruits wind energy pioneer
23 May 2013 - 15:17

Search giant Google has revealed it has acquired Makani Power

Making waves in the energy sector
22 May 2013 - 14:19

UK ministers have given their approval to plans to construct the world’s largest commercial wave farm

Drug firms announce multi-billion dollar tie-up
21 May 2013 - 10:18

Actavis, the US drugs maker, is to buy Dublin-based Warner Chilcott in a deal worth $8.5 billion

Yahoo venturing into the blogosphere
20 May 2013 - 10:16

Yahoo is to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion

UK figures drive car sales higher
17 May 2013 - 14:05

For the first time in a year and a half, new car sales in Europe rose in the month of April

Executive Insight

Ismail Dockrat
CEO, Denel Aerostructures

Ismail thinks social media is overrated, and prefers novels to business books.

Lincoln Dahl
Managing director, African Energy

Lincoln distrusts media hype and IPOs, but believes in creating opportunities for others.

Mark Plamondon
President of the Ambatovy Project

Mark Plamondon talks about reputation, motivation, and Jimi Hendrix.

Business Blogs

On stream

Coming soon to a platform near you; streaming music from Google and very nearly everyone else.

Robert Passikoff
21 May 2013 - 17:11
Build your dream team

Educate, motivate, stimulate, evaluate, and terminate.

John Tschohl
16 May 2013 - 18:54
Errors, Ignorance, and Self-Interest

These are common unintended consequences of implementing change management. George F Brown Jr identifies these pitfalls and explains how to avoid them.

George F. Brown Jr.
9 May 2013 - 15:10
The importance of emotional brand measures

There was a time mid-last century when the brand engagement ratio that drove sales was more rational than emotional. But as brands are now finding out, it just doesn’t work that way anymore.

Robert Passikoff
25 Apr 2013 - 17:42
It’s been done before

But how do you find the right success stories to learn from...

George F. Brown Jr.
12 Apr 2013 - 15:22