Recent Posts by Julia Vagdati

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...

The 9th Annual Oracle Manufacturing Summit is taking place at the Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience, Feb 13-15, 2017 in San Jose, CA. Join fellow customers, partners, and Oracle experts and consolidate months of meetings and research into just three days filled with Manufacturing sessions, case studies, technology options, best practices, expert implementation and process advice. Registration is well underway and if you haven't signed up yet, do so before the end of this...

This blog post was co-authored by Lionel Albert, Oracle's Senior Director EMEA, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Planning. Every year during the holidays, anxiety hits shoppers, retailers, and manufacturers alike about whether the season’s hottest products will face shortages. For manufacturers, at least, it doesn’t have to be this way.  Many manufacturers lack the end-to-end supply chain visibility and flexibility needed to plan for demand spikes, but you can improve your...

The largest gathering of Product Lifecycle Management and Supply Chain professionals is upon us once again. The Modern Supply Chain Experience brings together thought leaders, industry pioneers, analysts and thousands of your peers to share ideas on how to innovate your business. This must-attend event of the year will be located in the San Jose Convention Center, from February 13-16, 2017. Click HERE to watch this 35 sec video and start your journey to better PLM.  Here are...

This is an exciting time for manufacturing, with technology innovations revolutionizing the industry. Refining data into valuable business insights, new product offerings, and more profitable decisions, should be the focus of any enterprise. PI Orange County brings together PLM, Engineering, and IT experts to discuss approaches to innovation and the technologies being deployed, integrated and developed to achieve them. The goal is to facilitate innovation by empowering the...