Business Intelligence, Information Technology, Information Technology Strategy, Information Technology value, IT Roadmap, IT Strategy
Google alerts are Great! I found a great blog by Steven Romero at CA Technologies on the importance of IT Strategy. I have discussed IT strategy here based on the concept of aligning the IT Strategy with the Business Strategy. Steve discusses embedding IT into the...
Business Process, Information Technology, Information Technology Strategy, Information Technology value, IT Spending, Lean Business
Do you feel like the Information Technology (IT) bills never stop coming? It seems like there are always upgrades, maintenance costs, new software that must be purchased. The question becomes ‘What Value Do We Receive From That Investment?’ That is...
Business Process, General, Information Technology, Lean Accounting, Lean Business, Offshoring, Outsourcing
Outsourcing is seen as one of the best and quickest ways to reduce cost. The popular thought is that you outsource non-core business functions to companies and locations that can do it cheaper than your team can if it is kept in-house. While I agree that...
Business Process, Corporate Turnaround, General, Information Technology
There are always a certain amount of corporations that have found themselves in a situation of negative profitability and/or declining sales. If these cases are prolonged they are in need of a fundamental business change and infusion of cash in order to...
Business Process, Finance Department, Lean Accounting, Lean Business
I attended an APICS event last night and the presentation by Robert Fox focused on lean & Six Sigma and why we would want to implement them. Most of us associate ‘lean’ with manufacturing as the concepts which originated at Toyota were...