Establishing a Balanced Scorecard for IT Performance in the Manufacturing Industry Is an Important Complement to IT Strategy

The IT balanced scorecard must go beyond the usual IT metrics. To be most effective, the IT balanced scorecard must demonstrate the value IT provides and reflect...

IT/OT: To Converge or Not To Converge?

The internet of things (IoT) allows many devices that traditionally operated in standalone mode to be connected, blurring the lines between operational technology (OT)...

Attract and Retain the Right Talent for Your Service Desk

As the competition for talent grows, organizations are devising new strategies to attract and retain qualified IT professionals. This case study discusses the challenges...

Intelligent Swarming: Using Animal Behavior to Change Our Approach to Service Support

Intelligent swarming takes a collaboration-based approach to service support, allowing mature service desks to break down silos once and for all, improve end-user...

The Great Divide: Overcoming the IT-OT Conflict

Built on conflict and misalignment, the relationship issues between information technology and operational technology teams in the manufacturing industry have a long...

The Artificial Intelligence Wave and Reshoring

Organizations need to explore the relationship between automation and reshoring. While there is no clear causative relationship today, your organization should monitor...

“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in (supply) chains”: The logistics blockchain

Retailers and international shippers are already using blockchain technology to track their supply chains. In using a decentralized network to verify digital...

Modern PLM Tools for Discrete Manufacturing

Product lifecycle management (PLM) done right creates a competitive advantage for manufacturing companies. This is a briefing on modern PLM tools on the market for...

Road to Innovation Through the Valley of Stabilization

A recent survey by Commvault says the majority of IT executives are not ready to lead innovation and only 29% of IT think they are ready. For many IT departments,...

Big Data Governance in the Connected Manufacturing World

Data governance in the world of big data needs to adapt to how the data is used and its lifecycle, not the other way around. If governance is imposed in a heavy-handed...
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