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Amazon.com, Wal-Mart and other companies have been banking on the strategy that drone deliveries of products will eventually become an everyday part of life. The last significant hurdle to getting started has been getting FAA approval for the flights of pilotless aircraft. Some progress was made last month, when the FAA introduced new regulations for commercial drones, but the regulations stopped well short of giving the go ahead for actual flights.
That may all be about to change… Read More
Structured Strategic Planning is likely the most over-looked activity in managing change within an organization. The target of this activity is to provide executive-level guidance, an understanding of key risk areas and the maximization of project implementation benefits by reinforcing business and IT alignment. It is also designed to introduce risk management, strategic deployment options and organizational design alternatives early in the project planning process. All culminating in a strategic road-map to move forward with high-impact business process and system deployments. ... Read More
Structured Strategic Planning - courtesy of PD McFarren Consulting, llc (www.pdmcfarrenconsulting.com)
Consumer Absorption – Adapt or just Adopt?
In his book The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil argued for extending Moore's Law to describe exponential growth of technological progress. In it he predicts that paradigm shifts in technology problem solving will lead to "technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history." ... Read More
The Race to Retail Dominance Escalates
Similar to the fierce competition being exhibited in the pool at the Rio Olympics, two of the largest retailers in the world (Walmart and Amazon) are closely monitoring each other’s progress and appear to be doubling down on their investments in logistics and supply chain cost management. .... Read More
