Smaller companies with growth goals often seek to leverage a consultant's experience working in different industries or with other companies in the same industry.
Each new product, process or function adds complexity that stresses the legacy system and strains the CIO's carefully constructed architecture, until...you spring a leak and have to shut down.
Every innovation, every business process improvement, comes with an IT complexity tax that must be paid by CIOs in time, money and sweat. Here are strategies to mitigate the increasing complexity of IT as it enables new business.
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Nancy Drew's got nothing on operational business intelligence (BI). This valuable sleuthing tool helps business teams identify and fix problems earlier in manufacturing and business processes.
The CIO of Quest Diagnostics studies technology trends, customer needs and market drivers to develop IT-enabled products and services that create competitive advantage.
IT leaders who excel at understanding their company's market can make strategic decisions about technology and business trends, say consultants from Egon Zehnder International