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Step 7: Managing through the rough spots
When we try something new in our personal lives we don’t expect to be great at it right away. In fact sometimes the failures along the way are part of the joy of learning. But in business we sometime…2 -
Step 5: Building the team
The irony with technology solutions is that more often than not, success or failure doesn’t come down just to the technology. If you’re buying a solution to make a material impact on your business, t…2 -
Step 4: Know How You’ll Measure Success
This may sound obvious but it’s actually the root of many issues in technology rollouts. You and the vendor have a broad based discussion about what problems their solution will address for you,and y…2 -
Step 3: Choosing the Solution and Partner Wisely
Picking the right solution in an emerging area can be tricky: multiple vendors all make the same claims, use the same buzzwords, and promise incredible results. For manufacturing leaders who aren’t n…1 -
Leading the Change: Why Adoption Fails and What to Do About It
Bob worked his way through the maze of round tables towards the door, cellphone in hand. Once in the hallway, with the music from the wedding band distant enough for him to hear himself talk, he answ…1 -
Step 1: Setting the Stage, why even take the leap with a new approach?
Change is hard and can feel risky. Oftentimes a plant can be meeting its targets, even with significant downtime and inefficiencies. So why rock the boat? As a famous business book said, the reason i…1
