Modern manufacturing has succeeded in delivering levels of quality, safety and sheer variety that would have been inconceivable to the enterprise owner of even 20 years ago. The “flattening” of the ...

In my last article, I provided an overview of social CRM and walked through a core use case -- customer service (see How Social CRM Improves the Customer Service Lifecycle). In this post, I want to ...

The small business environment today is very dynamic and competitive, and new product development is a crucial process if you want to survive. For small enterprises to withstand competition from ...

Building a successful digital product can be complicated, but if you understand a couple of core concepts, then the digital product execution lifecycle will start to make sense. To begin, creating a ...

PTC, a computer software and services company, has released version 11.2 of FlexPLM, a product lifecycle management platform designed for the retail industry. The latest update adds new functionality ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Kevin Bailey Artificial ...

Historically, product innovation has focused on the majority, often leaving many behind. This created a continuous cycle where a select few would identify gaps in a market, develop a product based on ...

Product development programs meet two types of measurable goals – goals that relate to the product itself and goals that integrate product development with broader business goals. Product-related ...