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Article: CPG’s New Normal: Three Focus Areas for Smart Connected Operations

Consumer packaged goods manufacturers and brands face a new normal as the world slowly starts to re-open. Here's how smart connected operations (SCO) can minimize disruptions. 

Article: Preparing for High Tech’s New Normal: Short Term Actions with a Long-Term View

As the high tech industry prepares for a post-crisis world, the opportunity is not only to understand the new ecosystem but to shape it. Here's how near-term tactics and long-term planning can help companies adapt and thrive.

Article: The Future of Supply Chains: Tactics to Prepare for a New Normal

Today’s environment has created a unique and unprecedented set of challenges for supply chains across the globe. What can manufacturers do to turn these challenges into opportunities, and prepare for a more resilient future?

Article: Manufacturing Redefined: How to Accelerate Towards a Digital Future

The role of manufacturing is essential in a global crisis, but there are huge changes on the way for how manufacturers manage workplace safety, logistics, supply chains, inventory control, and warehouse operations. Here's how to survive today and accelerate towards a digital future.

Article: The Auto Industry’s NEW Business as Usual: Tactics to Reduce Risk and Prepare for the Future

While the recent economic shutdown likely caught many auto industry manufacturers off guard, it’s time to prepare for what is next. Here are some ways to minimize near-term risk and some tips for how to prepare now for a post-crisis world.

Article: The Big Hairy Challenge with Separating Innovation from the Core Business

Growth strategy thought leaders have long extolled the benefits of separating innovation from the efficiency-oriented core business and managing a dual system. Here's the challenge companies face with this approach, and some suggestions.

Article: Surviving in the New Normal: Digital Tactics for Oil & Gas Leaders

There’s no denying that the oil & gas industry is facing unprecedented challenges. The strategies of old may not work in the next new normal. What survival tactics will provide the competitive advantage to thrive in an uncertain future?

Article: Innovation Portfolio Rationalization in the Face of a Downturn

Rarely has the future been more uncertain, especially as demand for products slows and supply chain challenges persist. Now is the time to act fast, make the required strategy changes, and thoughtfully rationalize and rebalance your innovation portfolio.

Article: CPG’s New Business as Usual: Tactics to Prepare for the Future

Advice for consumer goods companies. As days go by and challenges mount, what actions will you take to adapt and survive in the near-term? Thinking ahead, how will your business look different? What can you do now to prepare for this future?

Article: Innovating Through a Crisis: The Urgent Need for Digital Product Creation

The COVID-19 crisis provides the opportunity to accelerate toward a fundamentally different model for retail product development - digital product creation. While it's tempting to postpone such efforts in the current climate, it's more important than ever to give them a higher priority.