Where our team of guest writers discuss what they think about the current trends and issues.
Never ending acquisitions, cost cutting targets and a major outsourcing project are just some of the challenges facing Alex Pilar, CIO of DHL Supply Chain. But, he tells Diana Milne, nothing will dent his passion for the job.
Whether its business travel, IT systems or everyday office supplies — in times of crisis companies take a much closer look at where they can save costs. IT directors in particular are under more pressure these days. They have always been forced to prove the value of their systems, and now the screw is being turned tighter than ever. Yet even in the current environment analysts agree there is one topic that simply won’t budge from the top of the corporate agenda: Business Process Management.
Wayne Beekman, co-owner of software development firm, Information Concepts Inc., reveals how companies can lower their operational costs by leveraging large cloud computing offerings from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft to deploy and run instantly scalable web applications.
Caused by the current economic situation, companies are forced to rationalize their processes for higher efficiency and to tap the full potential of modern information technology in order to increase their competiveness.
Wise business owners look beyond the current economic crisis and towards the next economic upswing, because every crisis contains opportunities. There is a reason the Chinese words for crisis and for opportunity share a character. Companies should take advantage of current weak economic conditions and prepare themselves as best they can for a turning point in the current economic cycle.