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Addressing Information Overload: Accelerate Innovation With a Single Source of Truth

Perficient Digital Transformation

In the previous addition of this series, we discussed how enterprise search can enable you to locate the subject matter expert you are looking for through a search results sidebar. This sidebar includes contact information related to the search term for quick and easy access. In this part, we will explore the fourth way to address information overload with AI-powered search: accelerate innovation with a single source of truth.

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How to Manage Virtual Teams

NoonDalton

According to the Workforce 2020 survey, over 83% of executives had plans to increase their use of intermittent employees or consultants over the next three years. With the global pandemic forcing many companies to go virtual, and the resulting emphasis on telecommuting, leaders have to adapt and learn how to manage virtual teams. . The majority of those who have worked remotely can attest that while it has its advantages.

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St. Patrick's Day Is An Enchanted Time

The Global Small Business Blog

©2014 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. “St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time. It’s a day to begin transforming Winter’s dreams into Summer’s magic.” – Adrienne Cook.

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Forrester’s Q1 2022 Sales Operations Pulse Survey Results

Forrester Digital Transformation

The average computer monitor, with 1080p resolution, has a grand total of 2,073,600 pixels. Sure, you can still see the image if you’re missing a few thousand pixels, but the clarity isn’t as sharp. Each pixel matters. Similarly, each data point matters in order to give you the complete picture of a market or a […].

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Everything You Need to Know About eCommerce Merchandising

Groove Technology

The landscape of eCommerce merchandising is shifting. While merchants in the early 2000’s concentrated exclusively on bringing offline merchandising concepts online, today’s leading eCommerce firms are combining those initial ideas with customer data and artificial intelligence to improve user experiences. They’re inferring intent from user behavior, using machine learning to optimize their product rankings, and personalizing their websites at the user level.

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The mainstreaming of additive manufacturing

McKinsey and Company

After 40 years of development, what will it take for additive manufacturing to become more than a niche technology?

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We Need To Understand The Emotions That Drive Customers To Make Sustainable Choices

Forrester Digital Transformation

(coauthored by Mélissa Chaudet) Many consumers want to act sustainably but struggle to do so, for both intrinsic (lack of motivation) and extrinsic (price, convenience) reasons. Embracing sustainability requires organizations to understand the emotions that drive customers to make sustainable choices and to contextualize sustainability in the customer journey to help customers bridge the gap […].

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Answers to the top 10 questions concerning IT Staff Augmentation

Groove Technology

Staff augmentation is quickly becoming one of the greatest and most prevalent ways to hire a quick and effective workforce. As more organizations become aware of the expanding trend of employee augmentation, it raises a slew of questions ranging from fundamental to technological. Whether it’s fast-growing startups, software development firms, or well-known enterprises looking to expand their capacity through staff augmentation, the list combines ten questions and answers that can be useful

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The five zeros reshaping stores

McKinsey and Company

Consumers now demand much more than value and convenience—and tolerate fewer shortfalls.

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Wishing You All the Joy Your Heart Can Hold On St. Patrick's Day 2022

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. "Wishing you a pot o'gold and all the joy your heart can hold – Unknown.

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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B2B Rebranding Is On The Rise

Forrester Digital Transformation

One of the most consequential and long-lasting decisions a marketing leader can make is to change the organization’s brand. A brand’s messaging, positioning, and visual identity permeate all aspects of the company’s go-to-market activities and usually endure for many years. We frequently engage with clients on rebrands, helping them sort through the business justification and […].

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Online Onboarding Training Platform For A Tourism Company

Groove Technology

Customer. The customer, a tourism company based in Vietnam, provides professional tourism services. Challenge. The customer asked Groove Technology to build a training system for their new staff, which would be more necessary in the COVID-19 pandemic. They didn’t have an in-house technical team, so they wanted to outsource a full team from Groove Technology to help them.

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Dynamic Filtering Using Parameters in Power BI

Perficient Digital Transformation

Data is the lifeblood of modern businesses, and we’re generating more of it than ever. For making well-informed business decisions, it is crucial to fetch relevant information from the data and present it in a lucid manner. Microsoft’s Power BI suite is designed to quickly turn your data into useful information. Microsoft Power BI is data and analytics reporting tool that helps organizations bring together disparate data sets into reporting dashboards.

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Are You Committing The Lacy Act?

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/EcoPic What is the Lacy Act ? The Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.), first enacted in 1900 and significantly amended in 1981, is the United States' oldest wildlife protection statute. The Act combats trafficking in illegally taken wildlife, fish, or plants. And this guy – an Oregon man named Darren Drake – is in big trouble. He has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally importing and exporting hundreds of live scorpions from and to contacts in Germany without obtaining an import-e

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Challenges and Solutions in High-Volume, High-Stakes Hiring

Facing a hiring surge that feels like conducting a complex orchestra? Our guide is your roadmap to harmonious high-volume hiring. In it, you’ll learn: Strategies to maintain quality while hiring at scale The real math behind agency vs. in-house recruiting Secrets to a stellar candidate experience during hiring spikes Resource optimization techniques for stretched TA teams Don't let resource constraints or market pressures derail your hiring goals.

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Customer Service In 2022: The Times They Are A-Changin’

Forrester Digital Transformation

It’s been two years (!) since the pandemic began, and customer service organizations have managed the impossible: moving thousands of agents home practically overnight and rapidly deploying new digital channels, all while supporting millions of COVID-19-stressed customers. Our world has changed, and customer expectations have changed with it. Customer service leaders must shake off decades […].

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E-Commerce Site For A Dinnerware Brand

Groove Technology

Customer. Our customer is a handcrafted dinnerware brand based in Australia. Their products are mainly inspired by the Italian culture and designed by well-known artists. Challenges. The brand came to Groove Technology when they had the plan to expand their business globally and they wanted to build an online store. In order to scale and satisfy their requirements rapidly and within budget, they required a user-friendly platform.

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Beyond gender: Promoting diversity in French companies

McKinsey and Company

French companies want executives with diverse national origins and socioeconomic backgrounds. But they have had uneven success in achieving this goal.

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Today in Global Small Business: Super Power Conflict Is Now Constricting Global Business

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Piotrurakau What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Super power conflict is now constricting global business. Pixar teamed up with Disney Hong Kong to find the words for Mei’s aunties in the new movie, Turning Red. Unplugging Russia from the rest of the world. Quote of the week: "A wise ruler, when he makes his laws, is bound to find himself in conflict with the world." – Han Fei Stopping Putin.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Top Trends Shaping Fraud Management In Asia Pacific

Forrester Digital Transformation

A fragmented regulatory environment and the rapid transition to digital commerce have spurred several enterprise fraud management (EFM) trends in Asia Pacific (APAC). Forrester sees that: Digital commerce drives promotion fraud. Flourishing digital commerce significantly changes consumer behavior, and companies are focusing their marketing spending on online campaigns and promotions.

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Lead With Intention: Recapping Women in Digital 2022

Perficient Digital Transformation

On International Women’s Day, we recently recognized and celebrated women around the world. In honor of this day, Perficient and Adobe collaborated to host the sixth annual Women in Digital panel. While this event typically coincides with Adobe Summit, we were delighted to host 170 people during the live virtual event. (If you weren’t able to make it, we highly recommend watching it on demand.).

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War in Ukraine: Lives and livelihoods, lost and disrupted

McKinsey and Company

As uncertainty weighs on decision making, scenarios can provide guidance.

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How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Peter Shaw The impact of the global pandemic on the global supply chain has been widely reported. But extreme weather, from floods to wildfires, is increasingly hammering ports, highways, and factories worldwide, and experts warn these climate-induced disruptions will only get worse. Learn more about why climate change is a long term problem.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

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HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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What Accenture’s Strong Q2 FY22 Results Mean For Technology Executives

Forrester Digital Transformation

No, this is not a plug for Accenture. Rather, it is an analysis of what Accenture’s Q2 FY22 results mean for today’s technology executive. Accenture CEO Julie Sweet and CFO KC McClure announced today that Accenture: Grew 28% across the board, with double-digit growth in every region, industry, and service line. Has 36 clients with […].

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[Webinar] Perficient’s Own Journey to Oracle ERP and HCM Cloud

Perficient Digital Transformation

Learn how Perficient’s Oracle ERP and HCM practice is transforming our own back office from Oracle E-Business Suite to Oracle Cloud. Executive leadership from both Finance and HR will join practice directors to discuss how we’re modernizing core business functions with Oracle Cloud to scale and grow. Cloud ERP: From a new chart of accounts and detailed analytics all the way up to boardroom-ready financial statements – live in just nine months!

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Navigating the current disruption in containerized logistics

McKinsey and Company

Container freight rates will remain elevated throughout most of 2022 while the containerized logistics disruption persists. This article presents future scenarios that could help shippers in planning and offers levers to navigate through the disruption to emerge stronger.

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Can’t Keep Track of Your Customers: Why an Omnichannel is the Solution

Raya Contact Center

Omnichannel platforms are highly talked about, but do you really need an omnichannel and why is it so important? It can be difficult to understand all the aspects when it comes to CRM platforms, but one thing stays true, it’s a must for your business. That’s why we’ve created this simplified infographic showing how and why omnichannel platforms are important to transform your customer experience.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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You Say You Want A Revolution? Announcing Our Latest Security Awareness And Training Forrester Wave™

Forrester Digital Transformation

The security awareness and training (SA&T) market has been stagnant for so long, with the last major disruption as far as I can tell being the introduction of phishing simulations about a decade or so ago. Since then, the industry seems to have seen a slow and steady evolution from ticking boxes to meet a […].

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CMS’s New ACO REACH Model Prioritizes Health Equity… But What’s Missing?

Perficient Digital Transformation

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and health equity have gained considerable attention in the healthcare community over recent years. It’s easy to recognize that the health of a person is more than their diagnoses, lab results, and broken bones. Health encompasses life outside of the doctor’s office, too. In fact, significant research efforts, funding, and payer and government initiatives have worked to learn how SDOH and health inequities shape individual and community health.

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How American Family Insurance is investing in the agency channel

McKinsey and Company

As insurers rethink agent relationships, American Family Insurance is looking ahead, investing in digital tools and solutions that help agencies stay on top of trends and changing customer needs.

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Why Aren’t You Hiring Internationally in 2022?

Globalization Partners

Talent acquisition has changed dramatically over the last two years. With remote work gaining popularity, companies no longer view it as a benefit, but a necessity — opening a new field of hiring possibilities. Now that borders are no longer barriers to securing the best talent, why aren’t you hiring internationally? Yes, it can be scary navigating international waters, and there are lots of requirements and regulations to deal with, but there are also many solutions designed to make the p

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Foundations of Diversity: Building an Inclusive Company From the Ground Up

Can you guess why top-tier companies place such a high emphasis on diversity? Because a successful business mirrors the world around it. Diverse companies create empowering environments and are 35% more likely to financially outperform their peers. This new guide offers strategic insights to build a vibrant, diverse, and innovative workforce. Learn to assess your current workforce, understand demographics, and identify barriers to inclusivity.