What will you learn from this book
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Importance of Real-Time Information:
- Understanding why real-time information is crucial for decision-making and operations in the modern business environment.
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Technological Infrastructure:
- Exploring the necessary technological foundations for building a real-time enterprise, such as advanced data analytics, integration, and communication systems.
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Agility and Responsiveness:
- Learning how a real-time enterprise can be more agile and responsive to market changes, customer demands, and internal challenges.
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Data Governance and Quality:
- Emphasizing the significance of data governance and data quality in ensuring that real-time information is accurate and reliable.
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Integration Across Systems:
- Understanding the need for seamless integration of various systems and technologies to enable real-time data flow and communication.
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Decision-Making Processes:
- How real-time information influences decision-making processes at different organizational levels, from frontline operations to strategic planning.
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Customer Experience Enhancement:
- Exploring ways in which real-time capabilities can enhance the customer experience, from personalized interactions to rapid issue resolution.
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Supply Chain Optimization:
- Discussing how real-time data can optimize supply chain operations, including inventory management, order fulfillment, and logistics.
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Risk Management:
- Understanding how real-time monitoring and analytics contribute to proactive risk management strategies within the organization.
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Cultural Shift:
- Recognizing that becoming a real-time enterprise often requires a cultural shift within the organization, encouraging a mindset of adaptability and continuous improvement.
| Language | English |
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| ISBN-10 | 0471678295 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780471678298 |
| No of pages | 216 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
| Published Date | 21 Dec 2004 |
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This book is organized and laid out to provide information in quickly understandable chapters and in sections within chapters. Each chapter stands on its own and provides a usable body of information on an aspect of the real–time enterprise. Chapters includes diagrams, tables, and lists to illustrate and summarize key points and real–world case studies and executive interviews to provide further insight into the subject matter presented in the chapter. Readers of this book will: Gain a clear picture of how organizations can profit from use of real–time operations Appreciate the theory, technology, and business practices that underpin the real–time enterprise Learn a pragmatic and efficient approach for developing real–time systems in their own organizations The author, Michael Hugos, is the chief information officer of Network Services Company, a $7 billion dollar distribution organization.
He has over 20 years experience in applying technology to meet business challenges and he holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. His discussion of the real–time enterprise is a blend of both theoretical and practical perspectives based on his years of applying real–time concepts to actual business situations. He is also the author of Essentials of Supply Chain Management.