Recent Posts by Julia Vagdati

If you’re a manufacturing executive who thinks digital disruption will change your business “someday,” consider this your wake-up call: Someday is today. Customer expectations are rising while current competitors and nimble new players turn up the heat. Smart CEOs are carving out new revenue streams from product management and maintenance subscription programs that use IoT data. COOs are transforming their organizations with hyper connectivity, leveraging cloud technology to...

The Precision Group U.A.E., is a pioneer and market leader in the manufacture of aluminum extrusion dies, tools, press tools, blow moulds and injection moulds, precision moulded plastic products and thermo-formed industrial packaging. The Group has two manufacturing companies in Dubai; Precision Dies & Tools Manufacturing Co. (L.L.C.) and Precision Plastic Products Co. (L.L.C.) and caters to over two dozen of the region's leading brands, with innovative packaging and...

Industrial manufacturers face unprecedented challenges; they must continue to increase operational efficiency, while managing a hyper-connected world where customer expectations are rising rapidly and changing constantly. At the same time, as the rate of technological adoption increases, time to market is reduced, innovation is enhanced, and new business models—such as product-as-a-service—are enabled. In today’s charged business atmosphere, industrial manufacturers need to...

When your supply chain is empowered with digital intelligence and an end-to-end operating model, there are no limits to what your business can achieve. Successful companies are capitalizing on the ever-accelerating pace of change in the market and creating breakthrough experiences for their customers. These organizations move beyond siloed, transactional processes and deliver end-to-end experiences across every customer and employee touch point to fulfill their customers’...

Successful companies are capitalizing on the ever-accelerating pace of change in the market and creating breakthrough experiences for their customers. These organizations move beyond siloed, transactional processes and deliver end-to-end experiences across every customer and employee touch point to fulfill their customers’ desires. Operational excellence requires connected business processes and connected intelligence across core business functions such as finance, human resou...

The digital age is changing industry dynamics at speeds and in ways unforeseen just a short time ago. New business models are evolving and new competitors are emerging forcing companies to move faster and be more innovative in order to compete effectively. Some of the significant challenges include: Inability to pivot from an inside-out supply-driven model (focused mainly on cost and efficiency of supply) to an outside-in demand-driven operating business model (starting with...

Tuesday, April 25th 2017 at 2pm Eastern Daylight Time Today’s market volatility is driving a need to transform business capabilities. In order for companies to gain competitive advantage, they need more agile and flexible end-to-end operating models. IT and business leadership must work collaboratively to ensure that transformation—using new digital technologies—reduces complexity, creates new opportunities, and leads to business value.  Please join Oracle’s EVP, Converged...

A discussion with Peter Ducci, VP of operational excellence at the Wonderful Company A few days ago, I had the opportunity to speak with the vice president of operational excellence at the Wonderful Company, Peter Ducci. I picked his brain on what’s going on in the maintenance world and how manufacturing companies are building new capabilities to transform their business. The Wonderful Company uses Oracle’s manufacturing software in their plants to manage and track production...

New technologies such as Cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT), automation, robotics, mobile, 3D printing and big data are changing the way organizations are doing business. By leveraging these new technologies, leading companies modernize their maintenance processes and gain competitive advantage. Maintenance has increasingly become a more strategic part of the end-to-end demand-driven Supply Chain and connecting maintenance to other enterprise systems can lead to greater...