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How blockchain, CRM and trade finance are transforming supply chain management

2020-03-11 There’s an odd expression that is used when there is, perhaps, shocking news or a sudden realization. A person might say that “it hit them like a Mack truck.” Often times, this figurative phrase has a negative connotation, but in...

Birgit Blumberg
Birgit Blumberg

Six steps for effective human-centered design

2020-01-07 The world is evolving rapidly, and the pace of change is increasing. Organizations are under pressure to transform as their leaders, customers, citizens and other stakeholders demand more. They face many challenges—building long-term relationships with customers, delivering competitive products and...

Philip van Sickel - CGI Exprets -Emerging Technologies
Philip van Sickel

Outsourcing considerations for the lean agile enterprise

2019-08-13 Organizations considering a lean agile transformation at scale need to be prepared to rethink their outsourcing strategy to increase its effectiveness. raditional portfolio management is based on projects. Projects have a ramp up period to form the team, an execution...

John Nemoto

Migrating to the hybrid cloud with an eye on modernization

2019-06-06 Any shift to a new IT architecture can be difficult. Migrating to a hybrid cloud may be one of the most challenging moves, given the vast number of legacy processes and services that an enterprise must reconcile or reposition across...

Perttu Mikkonen
Perttu Mikkonen

Exploring the DevOps model through gamification

2019-05-22 With agile methods going mainstream―along with technological enablers like cloud, virtualization, containerization, integrated toolchains and service automation taking hold―DevOps has emerged as an end-to-end IT delivery approach that makes business change faster, more flexible and more reliable.

Craig Wallace - Vice-President, Strategic Offerings and Partnerships
Craig Wallace

Rethinking how things get done, part 4: Moving to an agile operating model

2019-05-01 To support the move to an insight-driven agile operating model, consider the concept of an enterprise digital twin. This involves identifying where you are today and where you want to be tomorrow, enabling you to visualize your enterprise in motion...

Craig Wallace - Vice-President, Strategic Offerings and Partnerships
Craig Wallace

Rethinking how things get done, part 3: Managing change as an everyday part of business

2019-03-20 This CGI blog discusses managing change as an everyday part of business.

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5 common pitfalls when implementing AI, and how to avoid them

2019-03-19 When it comes to AI implementation, the greatest challenges stem from organizational cultures, silo mentalities and old practices. This blog identifies five common AI implementation challenges, along with suggestions to overcome them.

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Refactoring the factory: How to get the most out of your application transformation program

2019-03-19 At the turn of the 20th century, automating factory processes at scale was considered emerging technology. And it was revolutionary: bringing goods and services that had once been out of reach for most of the population into the mainstream. Application...