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March 8th, 2008

Do Reports of “Real Use” Contribute to Technology Acceptance Lags?

Interesting report on use of “business intelligence” or BI in Manufacturing Business Technology. Not at all surprising is the statement that software/service vendors hype is not matched by real world use:
“The manner in which companies are using business intelligence (BI) technology does not exactly match the picture painted by vendors and other industry experts.”
Apart from […]

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March 7th, 2008

How Are You Reacting to the Skilled Labor Shortage?

CFO.com’s top 10 list of concerns of CFOs dealt with cost of labor and the skilled labor shortage. Interesting in that Europe and Asia list these as number one and two with “average importance scores” averaging in the 90s (see chart from article) while the US CFOs rank “skilled labor” at a lower impact level […]

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March 6th, 2008

Predicting Economic Conditions- Is It Possible?

CFO.com lists the “Top 10 Concerns of CFOs” world-wide (US, Europe and Asia) saying:
“With the costs of fuel and health care high on CFOs’ list of worries, many expect the once-indefatigable U.S. consumer to finally take a break.”
My personal reaction to reign in my spending late last year had to do with losing my job […]

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