Issue 12 - December 2005

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Notes from our CEO
Featured Story
Best of Web

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Featured Story

Accelerating Change Makes Global Sourcing A Competitive Consideration For Every Businesses

Transforming Your Business Is The Mandate For Today's Global Market

ORGANIZATIONS DRIVE GLOBAL SOURCING THROUGH COLLABORATION

Mid-market firms are just waking to the reality of global sourcing they face through 2007.  Global sourcing is a set of business strategies that enable enterprise transformation, support access to new markets, and use key geographic regions as sources of lower-cost products and services, but beyond simple cost-driven motives.  Currently, purchasing goods or services from sellers located anywhere in the world is deeply rooted only in larger organizations or agriculture, where commodities trade has been common.  Mid-market companies find global sourcing harder because of less access to information about options and risks, less expertise and inadequate tools to manage distant suppliers, and the previously high cost of support infrastructure, not distributed across the scale of the larger firms.  However, global business is the reality for firms of every size as competitive barriers fall.

Notes from our CEO

Happy Holidays,

As the year wraps up we wanted to share with you our thoughts on globalization. We see 2006 as a pivotal year for mid-size businesses. If you have 50-1000 employees, we recommend that you consider globalizing your supply chain, work force and marketplace. The need to have collaboration tools, remote accessibility, communications systems and reliable networks is more critical than ever. We have developed solutions for: Homebuilders, Consumer Products Companies, Retail-Hospitality-restaurants, Education, Manufactures-Distributors and Business-Professional Service providers. These solutions will allow your sales & marketing, operations, IT functions and office staff to be more productive allowing you to grow your revenues and reduce your costs in 2006. Please enjoy the holiday season and join us in 2006 for a great year.

Michael


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Best of Web

Communication

A "Green" Utility Chooses Blogging for Business
Blogs started as personal forums aimed at the Internet savvy, but they've long since entered the Web mainstream...
by Doug Henschen, Intelligent Enterprise

11 Ways to Ensure CRM Success
We asked consultants to list some common CRM mistakes, and to then advise readers on how to avoid them.
by Colin Beasty, CRM Magazine

Collaboration

What are the Top Trends for 2006?
It's never easy to predict the future. Our best guide is often the past.
by John McCormick, Baseline Magazine

Reinventing IT
What's in store for IT?
by Optimize Magazine

Commerce

Power to the Little People
E-business gives customers new leverage over corporate giants.
by Russ Banham, CFO Magazine

How Personal is Personalization?
Online retailers are selling more merchandise than ever this holiday season
By Christopher T. Heun, InternetWeek

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