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Imagine yourself walking into Barnes & Noble or any other major book retailer. Perhaps you visit the store about once a month to browse a few books and grab a cup of coffee. You open the store doors and see in front of you one of the staff members sitting behind a counter.
November 30, 2008 | Authored By: Ron Cenfetelli
With twice the product in half the time™ being a generic goal for industry, what exactly is going wrong in today’s industrial environment? What stops or delays improvements in product delivery, despite embracing practices from Lean and Six Sigma? Why does it take years to get a new product out of the manufacturing plant? This Executive Update explores the “why” of these questions and deep-dives into the solution. 
December 20, 2018 | Authored By: Hubert Smits, Peter Borsella
It took the Year 2000 crisis to force the global community to finally understand the need for a global view of information technology and its interactions with bu
February 28, 1999 | Authored By: Howard Rubin
Outsourcing to Ireland has exploded during the last two decades, and some of the world's largest IT companies now have bases of operation in Ireland that provide products and support to their offices worldwide.
October 31, 2006 | Authored By: Neil Brennan
In this report, the author first briefly clarifies what she means by design thinking. This is to avoid confusion that otherwise may arise from the different meanings associated with the term. Subsequently, she provides a short introduction to the method itself, and then introduces two cases and their design thinking practice. Next, she presents a framework of findings and explain the different concepts of the framework and their interconnections through examples from the cases. To extend this, she provides some additional thoughts on the presented findings before finally wrapping it all up in an alternative visualization of some of the key learnings from this report.
December 22, 2015 | Authored By: Caroline Heerema