Cloud Accounting: Top Four Questions Every CFO Should Ask
So you’re considering the cloud. You’ve heard about the benefits, reduced costs, and the absence of cumbersome hardware. Across the industrial landscape, the cloud is being called the business management and accounting vehicle of necessity. But resonating in your head is the old adage look before you leap, and you should.
Manufacturing Challenges: Sensing a Disruption in the (Labor) Force
Being a die-hard Star Wars fan, I totally appreciated the tongue-in-cheek “force” reference used by manufacturing technology industry veteran Greg Jones in an article he wrote.
Growth Strategy for Manufacturers: Marketing KPIs
About the Author: Bruce McDuffee’s been on the ground in manufacturing marketing and sales growth strategy for manufacturers for three decades. As global marketing director of an electronics manufacturing company, he tested and proved his strategies and tactics in the real world of global manufacturing. When Bruce speaks about marketing, manufacturers listen. His team is made up of manufacturers with more than 50 years of combined manufacturing sales and marketing experience. He knows what you’re up against. We’ve asked Bruce to share his tested and proven marketing strategies, tactics, and technology with other companies facing manufacturing challenges.
Manufacturing USA Annual Report: What it means for the Supply Chain
America’s manufacturing sector and its importance to the country’s economic well-being and national security cannot be overstated. While manufacturing makes up 8.5% of U.S employment and 11.7% of U.S. GDP (gross domestic product), our country’s manufacturers drive 35% of productivity growth, 60% of exports, and 70% of private-sector research and development (R&D). This is of big importance to not only to you and me — and the nation — but the global supply chain as well.
Manufacturing CIO Insights: Collecting and analyzing IoT data
Industrial Internet of Things
Since the early 2000s, Internet of Things (IoT) devices monitor equipment, automate processes, and improve worker safety — serious technology strategies for manufacturing CIOs. Moore’s Law, a computing term around since 1970 which submits that processor speeds (overall processing power for computers) doubles every two years, applies to IoT devices, too. Their use increases over time, but what happens to all of the data they collect?
Manufacturing Sales: 6 Reasons Prospects Aren’t Buying From You
There are six reasons why prospects don’t buy from you, but just one is enough to kill a sale. Preempt these objections and you’ll sell more. Is your sales team meeting its quota?
Made-in-the-USA Magna-Power Electronics awarded manufacturing accolade
Kudos to long-time customer Magna-Power Electronics is the recipient of the 2016 New Jersey Manufacturer of the Year Award, presented at the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc. (NJMEP)* Manufacturing Day Event on October 7, 2016.
Interview: The Price of Business & Management Technology
While in Houston, Tex., for a technology roadshow, I was invited to a radio interview with The Price of Business to talk about the latest in business management technologies and what they can do for a company’s bottom line. The show, which is the longest running business program in Houston, Texas, is on Bloomberg’s home (Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK) and is also broadcast on numerous national media sites.
Build or Buy? Adding Connected Worker Capabilities to Your Industrial Tech Stack
Ask any operations manager if they want to get more data about the day-to-day work done by their employees on the plant floor or remotely… Read more
IDC: Global Tax Compliance Driving Need for Cross-Border Technology
Tax law is complex and ever-changing. And the challenges are exponentially harder for businesses operating on a global scale. But understanding those challenges related to your tax compliance responsibilities — and the available technology strategies and solutions — can create unparalleled opportunities for businesses of all sizes.