Large consultancy firms are incubating new business models. Their aim is to compete for smaller projects at acceptable profits. It sounds alarming for the smaller consultancy firms. It in fact is. McKinsey Solutions, a smaller consultancy arm of McKinsey & Co. is selling its services to SMEs, essentially the target market of S&M consultancy firms. […]
The wholesale industry is divided into two main sectors, the durable and non-durable wholesale goods industry. SAP, a global company dealing in enterprise software, frames the main challenges of a wholesale supplier into three categories. Maintaining adequate inventory to meet demand Minimizing the cash dedicated in stock Maintaining a high service level To address the […]
A recent study by Queensland University of Technology researcher found that maintaining client-consultant relationship and time management are the most critical challenges faced by S&M consultancy firms. Consequently, marketing slips down the priority list of all partners. Six integrated marketing activities can bring your firm qualified leads, referrals & unsolicited inquires. Develop Marketing Goals & […]
Organizations, small and large alike, are focusing more and more on Enterprise Content Management initiatives to manage content chaos that pervades local drives, file shares, email systems and document stores. Every ECM initiative comes with its own set of challenges. In the following section we are trying to list down 6 such challenges Challenge […]
Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDX) is an industry standard that regulates the exchange of information between suppliers and customers in the petroleum industry. These include standards to regulate Purchase Orders, Invoices, Shipments and Catalogs among other things. Many companies in the O&G industry are also now choosing to get on e-commerce gateways like OilDex, ADP […]
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As the number of systems in organizations grow, keeping a consistent and integrated view of the entire organization is becoming increasingly challenging. The problem seems set to last as the number of vendors and product options grows and these become more and more specialized. If you aren’t sure if you need an integration solution, here are […]
Systems come into play that all generates lots of data which needs to be compiled to turn it into information. Here are a few signs that indicate that a business intelligence solution can be helpful
System Integration testing is a phase of most projects where a component is connected to other external systems and an enterprise view of a solution emerges that spans across modules, systems and people-organizations. This phase of most projects is notoriously difficult to complete on time and budget. This phase varies from the Integration Testing (IT) […]
The significance of human resource cannot be undermined. Hence, the recruitment process can be quite a challenge with respect to attracting the right talent, hiring and then managing it. Here are some pointers that provide an insight into the recruitment challenges faced in Pakistan. Sourcing Issues Once the need to fill a vacancy has been […]