Streamlining

These are challenging times. Growth is harder to come by, there's uncertainty throughout the global economy and profits are under pressure.

How then can companies respond? How can they continue to build and meet stakeholder aspirations?

Streamlining provides a key solution path. It's about using the new technology tools, especially the Internet but also wireless, and their growing applications, to gain step changes in performance.

Man y companies have become skeptical recently about e-business after the disappointments in 2000/2001. Technology spending is down and projects are being cancelled. But a handful of pioneers, like Oracle, Dell, Moen, BP, and Siemens have shown that it can deliver.

These companies have collectively saved $bns, improved profits and achieved lasting change in their business models. They now operate differently, with greater effect, and find they've built yet further competitive advantage versus rivals. They're smarter, quicker, more efficient, and cheaper.

This book tells the story of just what can be achieved, the lessons learned and, most importantly, how to start capturing the benefits for your own organisation. It demonstrates opportunities to boost profits both short and medium term. It showcases individual companies and how they do it. It sets a blueprint for corporate growth in this first decade of the twenty-first century.

1. Streamlining: an introduction
2. Overview of book
3. Meet seven pioneers
4. The Internet revolution in context
5. Getting started on e·a·i
6. Streamlining in procurement
7. Streamlining in supply chain
8. Streamlining through knowledge management
9. Streamlining in CRM
10. Wireless interactivity: Internet on the move
11. iTV
12. e-learning
13. Making it happen

To be frank, I want my money back!

This book doesn't contain anything a student fresh out of Strategy 101 couldn't think of him-/her-self. In fact, I am willing to bet that the student have more coherent and logical thoughts than what is presented here.

In short, this is pure trash.