Features

21 May 2013 - 11:11

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

21 May 2013 - 10:53

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

14 May 2013 - 08:58

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

7 May 2013 - 13:25

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

1 May 2013 - 10:33

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

23 Apr 2013 - 14:25

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

23 May 2013 - 15:17

Search giant Google has revealed it has acquired Makani Power

22 May 2013 - 14:19

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

21 May 2013 - 10:18

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

20 May 2013 - 10:16

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

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

CEO, Denel Aerostructures

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

Managing director, African Energy

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

President of the Ambatovy Project

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

Business Blogs

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

21 May 2013 - 17:11

Educate, motivate, stimulate, evaluate, and terminate.

16 May 2013 - 18:54

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

9 May 2013 - 15:10

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.

25 Apr 2013 - 17:42

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

12 Apr 2013 - 15:22