Business structure has changed. Today’s business is a growing network of relationships between employees, customers, suppliers, and partners. And this network is becoming more complex and dynamic. CEOs are asking questions about the agility oftheir organizations across this dynamic business network and these questions require a response from IT.
Are you ready to tackle Business Process Management (BPM) for your enterprise? Do you want to improve efficiency, enhance agility, and also be more profitable? If so, you’ve come to the right place. BPM is an approach toward managing how an organization operates so it better meets the needs of clients. BPM enables organizations to
Business becomes increasingly complex with each passing day: regulatory reform and compliance requirements, market and customer demands, shorter product lifecycles and pressure to integrate disparate systems. As a result, organizations are looking to technology-enabled capabilities to increase their ability to adapt and respond dynamically, to complex, changing environments. That’s why many are investing in business
The current economy has driven many companies to look for ways to take cost out of their products and make their products more appealing with more feature rich, intelligent products. This is driving manufactorers to improve their system engineering processes to enable them to develop products consisting of mechanical components, electronics and embedded software. This
Delivering complex systems requires that you develop optimal designs on time, within budget and with the right level of quality. But even the best detailed design cannot compensate for poor system architecture. Systems engineering isn’t just a technical activity in the product lifecycle—it determines the commercial viability of the entire project. It’s also a demanding
Product development leaders are fervently seeking more innovation, and software is playing an increasingly central role in that innovation. As the pace of product innovation increases, the need for better ways to harness and integrate software innovation in the overall product development life cycle drives product development professionals to challenge traditional approaches to software delivery.
Smarter products. You hear them mentioned in trade journals, in boardrooms and in the press releases of your competitors. What are smarter products? How do you make them? And how do you make them better and faster than your competition? The purpose of this paper is to explore smarter products and discover some best practices
The automotive industry is facing its largest crisis in decades. The fal-tering global economy has reduced the demand for and production ofnew vehicles, requiring automotive manufacturers and suppliers to cutcosts by improving efficiency. To meet consumer demands for morecost-effective, greener, safer vehicles and ensure future growth, newvehicle technologies must be developed and employed.
In December 2010, IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying the IBM® InfoSphere™ Master Data Management (MDM) solution. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of IBM InfoSphere MDM on
Digital has been widely embraced by consumers and by many parts of the enterprise. But the adoption of digital channels — Web sites, mobile apps, online sales and customer service, and other smart touches — has often occurred in a piecemeal way. That has resulted in three potential mishaps: 1) inconsistent brand experiences; 2) poorly