Three Horizons That Will Help You Embrace Digital Transformation
What happens if you don’t embark on the digital transformation journey? Can you apply the Three Horizons of Innovation to digital transformation? And what role does intelligent ERP play in this...
View ArticleWhat Is The API Economy (And Why It Matters)
You’ve likely heard of the API economy – it’s a concept that has grown in recent years to become a vital part of the technology landscape. But what exactly does the term mean, and what impact could it...
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Professional Services Firms Learn To “Listen” To Clients And Employees To...
Competing in a high-growth market is both an exciting opportunity and a source of surprises for midsize professional services firms. After spending years developing a deep bench of the best talent,...
View ArticleFive Ways To Protect Your Business From Cybercrime
These days, businesses have less reason to fear burglars and thugs than anonymous cybercriminals. While thieves can steal merchandise or damage property, cybercriminals are much more insidious, and the...
View ArticleFour Ways Data Analytics Can Make Or Break A Small Or Midsize Business
What does data analytics mean to your business? Is it that thing you do because your competitors are doing it? Or is it driving real value for your business? In today’s digital and data-driven world,...
View ArticleI Can See Clearly Now: Integrated Business Planning In The Cloud For Midsize...
I was in the airport last week when somewhere in the background I could hear a song I hadn’t heard in years: I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash. I’ve been humming it for days. Here’s what Johnny Nash...
View ArticleHow Automated Expense Management Frees Finance To Focus On What Matters Most
Manual and spreadsheet-driven processes are costly and inefficient at any scale, not just for big businesses. In fact, given the resource constraints of small and midsize businesses (SMBs), it’s likely...
View ArticleMidsize Discrete Manufacturers Raise The Stakes On Industry Evolution
Discrete manufacturers are no strangers to change. But lately, even “change” is beginning to feel different. Customers are constantly raising the bar beyond the historical level of “good enough.”...
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The Secret Weapon Of Choice For Future-Ready Midsize Discrete Manufacturers
Every new prediction for the coming decade brings greater appreciation for how far discrete manufacturers have come. After surviving one of the worst recessions in world history, most industry players...
View ArticleWhy SMBs Should Upgrade Their ERP To Transform Their Business
When your business is small or growing slowly, you can get away with a mix of disparate Software as a Service (SaaS) tools, spreadsheets, and collaboration over email to manage the business while...
View ArticleTips For Protecting Your Data From Cyberattacks
Cyberattacks are becoming increasingly common. Organizations and individuals are understandably concerned about their digital security. Research estimates that hackers try to break into a computer...
View ArticleIs It Time To Rethink Your Supplier Relationships?
No matter what product you produce or service you sell, you rely heavily on your suppliers to provide the raw or indirect materials and services so you can go to market on time and on budget. But when...
View ArticleVaynerchuk to SMBs: Spend Time Getting To Know The TikTok Video App
Gary Vaynerchuk, the entrepreneur turned social media evangelist, recommends that companies of all sizes who want to leverage the next big social media platform should familiarize themselves with the...
View ArticleTop Resolutions For A New Decade Of Opportunity For Midsize Businesses
Part 1 of the “2020 Strategies and Insights for Midsize Companies” series Nothing beats the anticipation felt at the beginning of a new decade. From reflecting on the past to predicting what will come,...
View ArticleTop Work Trends For 2020 And Beyond
Part 2 of the “2020 Strategies and Insights for Midsize Companies” series Although I don’t practice law anymore (I came to my senses long ago, thank you very much!), I started out back in the day...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs: Use These Five Strategies To Reduce Your Risk Of Bankruptcy
Some people say bankruptcy isn’t the end of the world, and for most business owners, that’s true. Business owners routinely bounce back from bankruptcy and find ways to reestablish their business...
View ArticleThe Secret To Winning In A Rising Golden Age For Midsize Businesses
Part 3 of the “2020 Strategies and Insights for Midsize Companies” series Among the world’s small and midsize companies, millions of multi-generational family businesses underpin many economies. They...
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How To Choose The Best Idea After A Good Brainstorming Session
Everyone has situations where you have to come up with a set of ideas that will solve a specific problem. The question becomes how to decide which ideas to pick from all the ones you come up with....
View ArticleWait and See: Four Ways To Keep The Customer Experience Going When...
Part 4 of the “2020 Strategies and Insights for Midsize Companies” series “Wait and see.” That phrase can be like a huge, red stop light for businesses of all sizes when uncertainty looms. No matter if...
View ArticleDigital Innovation Dynamics On Organizational Adoption: The Case Of Cloud...
Understanding the dynamics of innovative technologies is a continuing challenge for many organizations. One of these new technologies, cloud computing, offers a cost-effective mechanism for small and...
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Five Big Technologies Will Blow Up Your Small Business In The Next Five Years
Part 5 of the “2020 Strategies and Insights for Midsize Companies” series The smartest business owners I know are always looking ahead. They’re making decisions now that they know will affect their...
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Three Predictions For Midsize Companies In 2020
At the start of every New Year, most people love to do two things: write resolutions (that are usually broken in the first two weeks) and make predictions on everything from sports to politics to...
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New Decade, New Playbook: The Shifting Dynamics Of Business Growth For...
It used to take decades for small companies to grow into viable and highly competitive large enterprises. Not anymore. Businesses that make digital transformation a priority open themselves to business...
View ArticleHow To Use Social Media To Grow Your Business
In today’s digital world, customers are researching businesses and products online, which makes digital marketing crucial in your strategy. Digital marketing is a go-to method for grabbing the...
View Article“I’ve Got A Guy In Toledo” Is Not A Strategy
Recently, I heard the following from Diane Swonk, Grant Thornton’s chief economist, on Marketplace: “Supply chains are being disrupted.” Your favorite sources – be they in Toledo or elsewhere – have...
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Three Things That High-Performing CEOs Of Midsize Businesses Do Differently
Running a midsize business requires more than just excellent execution against key financial performance indicators. In today’s fast-changing environment, it’s also about focusing on higher-value tasks...
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From The Top: How High-Performing Midsize Businesses Drive Digital Initiatives
Traditionally, IT organizations were the go-to experts for digital projects – and they are still critical partners. But transformation cannot happen with technology alone. People, processes, and...
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The Importance Of The Amazon Effect On Customer Centricity In Midsize Companies
Part 1 of the series, “Top Trends Impacting Midsize Businesses in the 2020s” Customer expectations often come down to one word: instant gratification. Thanks to industry disrupters such as Amazon,...
View ArticleBusiness Technology Platforms Give Midsize Companies A Competitive Edge
Part 2 of the series, “Top Trends Impacting Midsize Businesses in the 2020s” Technology advancements and marketplace changes are making it far easier for any business to make bold moves quickly. This...
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Intelligent Power Play: Midsize Businesses Capture More Than Half Of Consumer...
An interesting irony of today’s consumer products landscape is the surge of small and midsize companies capturing 49% of category growth. In an industry where 100 brand-focused companies traditionally...
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Contingency Planning: A Growing Company’s Blueprint For Business Disruption...
Part 3 of the series, “Top Trends Impacting Midsize Businesses in the 2020s” Rapid and violent disruption to supply chains, trade partnerships, technology stacks, and global markets is plunging midsize...
View ArticleFive Tips For Building Customer Loyalty In The Digital Era
Digital marketing is a double-edged sword in that it’s much cheaper and easier to kick-start a digital campaign than in the days of physical print runs and media buying. However, this lower bar of...
View ArticleIs The Cloud Right For You? The Short Answer
If you want flexibility, cost-efficiency, and offsite access, then there can be no doubt the cloud is for you. Pros and cons of cloud ERP As a significant proportion of the world’s workforce gets used...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to SAP Customers: Let’s Navigate Disruption Today And Plan For...
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series Whenever there is a crisis or something bad happens, I do three things. First, I try to comprehend the magnitude of the...
View ArticleHow High-Growth Midsize Companies Adapt To A World Of Widening Skill Gaps
Part 4 of the series, “Top Trends Impacting Midsize Businesses in the 2020s” The demand for new capabilities and expertise is growing and evolving faster than most humans’ ability to acquire them. As...
View ArticleData Management: The Science Of Insight And Scalability For Midsize Businesses
Part 5 of the series, “Top Trends Impacting Midsize Businesses in the 2020s” Confronted with significant disruption recently, most business owners are beginning to reassess how they can better prepare...
View ArticleHow Midsize Businesses Can Avoid The Cash-Flow Crunch – Today And Tomorrow
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series Finance leaders from midsize businesses are known for keeping a watchful eye on nuanced signals and indicators of potential...
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Financial Analytics Shed Light On The Long Shadow Of Disruption For Midsize...
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series Knowing that “business as usual” will never happen again, midsize companies are pulling together all their resources to...
View ArticleBeyond Today’s Crisis: HR Shifts The Culture Of Midsize Businesses To The...
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series Traditional ideas and assumptions about the value of remote work have always been in question. But all too often, pressing...
View ArticleWhat Midsize Companies Should Know About The Customer Experience In Times Of...
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series Midsize businesses are known for understanding what customers want and meeting them where they are – in good and bad times. But...
View ArticleSupply Chain Resiliency: A Model To Survive And Thrive For Midsize Businesses
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series When COVID-19 first struck China, approximately 70% of the world’s resources and products were knocked off the supply chain. Many...
View ArticleStrategies For Navigating An Economic Slowdown
We are all living in a once-in-a-lifetime situation. Entire countries and even continents are forced to stay at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Countries are looking forward to gradually opening up...
View ArticleWhy ERP Can Be The Secret To Fueling A Recovery For Midsize Companies
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series Disruption in general is enough to compel midsize companies to make significant changes to their business processes across...
View ArticleHow To Come Out Stronger And Ready To Thrive After A Major Disruption
We are seeing a lot of signals of tectonic shifts in the economy and the ripples that they will cause. We have a record number of publicly listed companies in the United States deciding to not give out...
View ArticleHow Will 5G Impact The Legal Industry?
If you’ve spent any length of time in the legal industry, you’ve heard partners and marketing managers joke about how law firms are notoriously slow to adopt new technology. Perhaps that’s because law...
View ArticleThree Ways Midsize Manufacturers Can Stay Viable In Unexpected Times
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series Industrial manufacturing companies are no strangers to disruption. In the last 18 months alone, they have faced everything from...
View ArticleFour Reasons Why Professional Services Can Emerge Stronger From Extensive...
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series Professional services firms set an important example for their clients – whether they provide financial planning and accounting,...
View ArticleMidsize Retailers Expand Their Communities In Response To Crisis
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series Disaster and crisis bring out the best in all of us. Whether we use our talents to help people, applaud the efforts of...
View ArticleHow To Lead A Midsize Business Through Times Of Risk And Unpredictability
Part of the “Navigating Disruption Today, Planning for Tomorrow” series One of the greatest challenges for midsize companies is responding to short-term risks and unanticipated market shifts while...
View ArticleSAP Insights Replaces Digitalist Magazine
On Monday, June 15, SAP launched SAP Insights (insights.sap.com) – a new website for senior executives and organizational leaders that provides unique and informed points of view that will grow...
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