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Steve Cochran (Global) - Applying Supply Chain Best Practices from Other Industries to Healthcare
Posted by Company GHX 05/16/2012
Driven by healthcare reform and economic pressures, healthcare executives are viewing the supply chain as a strategic asset to meet operational, clinical and financial goals. This has not always been the case. For years, the supply chain was seen as little more than an ancillary function. The supply... Read more
Robert Marcus (Global) - Why the Future is Mobile Presence (Part 1)
Posted by Company QuantumWave Capital 05/15/2012
What will power the next great cycle of mobile innovation? The core value inherent in the mobile internet, and the unifying element of many separate technologies, is a concept we call Mobile Presence. This is technically based, but not about technology or even commerce. Crucially, it is about experience,... Read more
Susan Rousseau (South Africa) - How Smart Companies Retain Top Talent
Posted by Company Insource.ICT 05/14/2012
Thomas J. Watson Junior said ‘I believe the real difference between success and failure in a corporation can be very often traced to the question of how well the organization brings out the great energies and talents of its people.’ Prolonged economic volatility has lulled many employers into believing... Read more
Roel Castelein (Global) - I Want my Tablet
Posted by Company EMC 05/11/2012
A “Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer” is an interactive book in which a little girl Nell, learns critical thinking through a complex role playing game and adaptive story telling. Lacking both parents and teachers, Nell learns and masters not just topics like computer science and math, but ‘independent... Read more
Gloria Christie (US) - US Contracts: Issues and Opportunities
Posted by Company The Christie Group 05/10/2012
Beginning in the 1990’s the US started trending toward shutting down internal government maintenance operations and shifting that work to subcontractors. When President Obama took office in 2008, he found that over the previous eight-year-period beginning in 2000, the government doubled the amount... Read more
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