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How SAP changed Carl Zeiss AG’s view of optical product manufacturing

CIO Business Intelligence

Imagine production steps, test results, and assembly component records documented with lots and lots of paper. It has allowed us to navigate the challenges of the ever-changing VUCA [volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity] market and position ourselves as a leader in innovation. Reams of it, in fact.

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COVID-19 Data Spreads like a Virus

Juice Analytics

Here’s snapshot of a recent search: As Harry Stevens, Washington Post reporter (responsible for that amazing “flatten the curve” story ) pointed out in the round table: “ the truth is that a million cases happened weeks before the official count passed that number and so we’re not reporting on reality, but we’re reporting on the numbers. ”

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Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) in the COVID-19 Era

bridgei2i

If nothing else, this anecdote offers valuable insight into the impact that uncertainty of any kind has on consumer behaviour; it triggers volatility. The immediate factor guiding consumer demand behaviour in CPG is Fear— fear of uncertainty, fear of losing incomes, fear of falling sick, fear of running out of essentials etc.