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Take stock for tough times
Comment Speed to market can often result in improved sales through competitive advantage. History suggests those retailers that continue to focus on innovation now will emerge as winners, says Ged Keogh-Peters. [24 Jul 2008]
Geography lessons for online retailers
Comment Whether those are customers, property, products or any other asset, knowing their location is usually essential for improving operational efficiency and gaining competitive advantage. Despite the broad reach of the internet, successful online... [09 Jan 2008]
Banking can execute change in real-time
Comment But if traditional processes start to break down and threaten competitive advantage, a bank can quickly be left behind. Having real-time management systems makes way for real-time data, enabling a real advantage over competitors. [02 Jan 2008]
European payment issues will top 2008 agenda
Comment The drive to achieve the goal of the Lisbon Agenda, the achievement of an open and competitive marketplace for financial services, has resulted in 117 separate measures. European banks may take advantage of this explosion and follow the US model... [20 Dec 2007]
The rise of the 'Brics'
Comment The cheap and cheerful offshoring story has already worn thin with Indian service companies and is unlikely to be adopted by other regions as a 'competitive advantage'. It actually stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China and was coined by the... [18 Dec 2007]
Where is outsourcing heading?
Comment Initially, standardisation will mean one level of competitive advantage is diminished. This model with specialised competence centres will take advantage of the specialisations of different outsourcing locations. [05 Dec 2007]
IT's not broken but still needs fixing
Comment Do process standards such as Itil enable competitive advantage because they help do the obvious things well and allows focus on more value-added IT capabilities? IT departments are nowhere near as chaotic and inefficient as many would have you... [14 Aug 2007]
Robin Dargue
CIO Profile IT is a core component for business growth and continuity across Diageo's 180 markets and Dargue's remit includes the challenge of implementing a wall-to-wall SAP platform across Diageo's diverse markets and geographies, as well as exploiting IT... [06 Jun 2007]
Supply chains go on-demand
Comment At the same time getting competitive advantage out of the supply chain is getting harder and harder. Supply chains can be the single most important competitive advantage in certain industries such as retail and manufacturing. [04 Apr 2007]
ITU 06 diary - BT's bacon sock, mobile medicine and 3G backlash
Comment Some questioned the wisdom of passing on 'competitive advantage' to rivals. In remote areas, Redmond theorised, those without access to doctors could take advantage of telemedicine by means of their phone handset. [07 Dec 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: BI to go mainstream?
Comment Can business intelligence give companies a competitive advantage? However the investment for organisations to standardise on Microsoft for enterprise BI is hugely dependent on their existing infrastructure - and although Microsoft BI capabilities... [01 Dec 2006]
Editor's Blog: Nicholas Carr and Trevor Baylis
Comment At an unrelated CIO dinner last night I heard, from our chief reporter, of an enlightened user who spoke of the lack of competitive advantage IT affords in his vertical. Darrell Stein, IT director at Marks & Spencer, said: "Technology doesn't give... [22 Nov 2006]
Leader: Could IT suffer a Carr crash?
Leader He argues the early adopter ends up paying far more than the followers and gets very little competitive advantage in return. Nicholas Carr has thrown fresh salt into the wounds of an IT industry that appears to still be smarting from his 2003... [05 Oct 2006]
Boardroom brief: Offshoring - how to get it right
Comment Globalisation has had a positive impact on the way businesses can source products, services and skills in order to gain competitive advantage, cut costs and drive top-line growth - but many boardrooms still don't have a centralised and consistent... [29 Aug 2006]
Opinion: Beware the multi-sourcing pitfalls
Comment Mark Kobayashi-Hillary is author of 'Outsourcing to India: The Offshore Advantage' and a director of the National Outsourcing Association This increases the scope for more competitive pricing for services provision - before selection and once... [21 Apr 2006]
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