We all know “cats people” and “dogs people.” It’s not that one cannot be ‘OK’ with both cats and dogs, but secretly there is usually a preference towards one more than the other. Now let me introduce you to the “Lego people” and “Playmobil people.” In Playmobil, the building blocks are set in a certain shape and form. There is a limited amount of building […]

Sorting out what’s going on with payments isn’t always easy. There’s a lot of jargon, and when you add acronyms into the mix, it’s not surprising that many people struggle to understand! Wondering what it all means? Here’s a quick list to get you started – think of it as a “cheat sheet” that will help you handle payments better. An ACQUIRER is also known […]

The Digital Transformation Revolution presents a narrative of change; one where we shift from papers and human-driven labor to bytes and computer-driven labor. My narrative for this revolution is slightly different. The revolution is the faster pace of change itself and is primarily caused by the digital era we currently live in. This revolution is not the result of a single event or a specific […]

As a business owner, you want your operations to be seamless and profitable. You’ve hired the right people, got an ecommerce website up and running, and launched social media platforms. These are all important to make your company tick. But you’ve likely ignored one vital piece of the business: your inventory. Without products, you wouldn’t have a business to begin with. Still, 43 percent of […]

The dream of many investment management marketers is to efficiently use data to create content that drives engagement and generate insights that support strategic decision-making. While those are both possible in theory, often reality looks very different. Most firms struggle with data that is unwieldy, overwhelming and underutilized. In fact, only one-quarter of investment management marketers feel they have good data processes, according to a […]

AWS offers a range of EC2 instance types optimized for various purposes. It’s great that they provide so much variety, but of course, it means one more thing that you have to learn. We broke this down in a new video, which also compares EC2 purchasing options. Check it out here:   Or, read on for a look into each instance type. Remember that within […]

Most manufacturers know that channel incentive programs are an effective way to engage and connect with their sales representatives, distributors, dealers and more, in a way that ultimately benefits their bottom line. But managing these incentive programs is a whole different ball game. Managing rewards, tracking individual reps, keeping data secure and trying to implement a system that broadly benefits all your channel partners can […]

There are several aspects of e-commerce order fulfillment that can go wrong and many different problems you might experience while operating your business, including the following: Courier goes out of business, Courier is too busy to take on extra work, Key staff suffer an accident or illness, Documents are lost in transit… What happens if these do occur? What can you do to keep your […]

Searching for a distributor can feel like a daunting task, but it’s not as overwhelming as most may fear. The best way to streamline the selection process is to do your homework, so you can have a clear understanding of exactly what you’re getting yourself into from the very beginning. Before you finalize your decision, there are a lot of variables to consider. To make […]

Impact Mapping is a powerful technique that helps teams understand how to link the work that they do with results that their organizations would like them to achieve. We’ve been using this technique for a while in our Scaled Professional Scrum and Professional Scrum Product Owner courses, but I have had a growing discomfort with the approach that I couldn’t well articulate until we were […]