Roundtable on Digital Strategies: Data

Membership in the Roundtable on Digital Strategies delivers an ongoing series of business dialogues at which CIOs and top-level executives of American and European corporations share new insight into the enabling role of information technology in meeting current business challenges. In focused discussions that cut across organizations and industries, Roundtable participants from noncompeting member corporations examine meaningful business issues they have in common. They come away from the day-long experience with new ideas and new approaches to specific challenges—the kind of creative assessment that arises only from diverse perspectives. More ›

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Managing Enterprise Risk

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
April 25, 2013 • London, England • Hosted by Misys

In this roundtable, participants discussed what the major risks for corporations are, how to view them and deal with them as an organization, anticipating, mitigating, and making tradeoffs in the context of value creation.  More ›

Topics: Data, Information Security, Operations, Risk

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Managing Enterprise Risk

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
May 24, 2012 • Beaverton, OR • Hosted by Nike

The Americas Chapter of the Roundtable on Digital Strategies met at Nike's Oregon campus to discuss operational, strategic and hazard risks. More ›

Topics: Data, Information Security, Operations, Risk

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Business Intelligence and Analytics

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
June 2, 2010 • Charlotte, NC • hosted by Time Warner Cable

The Roundtable on Digital Strategies met to consider the driving role of IT in Business Intelligence and Analytics in today's world so inundated with data. Topics included metrics, key analytics and using BI to drive results.  More ›

Topics: Customer, Data, Governance, Information Technology, Marketing, Organization

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Customer Experience and the Customer-Focused Organization

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
April 23, 2010 • Vevey, Switzerland • hosted by Nestlé

Members of the European Roundtable on Digital Strategies participated in a full day discussion to consider how, as we emerge from the economic downturn, companies currently face a new baseline, slower economic growth and increased uncertainty and risk. These circumstances call for continued cost-cutting yet simultaneous innovation and growth; a need for flexibility during a prolonged period of uncertainty; and a renewed focus on the customer experience and getting closer to the customer. Members will discuss the role of the CIO, digital strategies and technology to this end in the current marketplace. Nestlé hosted this Roundtable. More ›

Topics: Change, Customer, Data, Emerging Markets, Organization, Social Media

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Using and Stewarding Customer Data

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
October 4, 2007 • Hanover, NH • hosted by the Tuck School of Business

CIOs and other senior execs from 3M, Bechtel, BMW Group, BT Group, Cisco, Eaton, Hilti, and Johnson & Johnson were joined by academics from Tuck and the University of Cologne for this roundtable. More ›

Topics: Customer, Data, Governance, Information Security, Privacy

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Enabling a Customer-Focused Organization

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
September 9, 2003 • South Bend, IN • hosted by Whirlpool Corporation

What does it mean to be customer focused? How do you engender customer-centricity in a corporation? Understanding what it means to have a customer-focused organization and how to enable that focus was the topic of the fifth Thought Leadership Summit on Digital Strategies, hosted by Whirlpool Corporation in South Bend, IN. More ›

Topics: Collaboration, Customer, Data, Organization, Services

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Channel Management Strategies: Digital Partnering

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
August 6, 2002 • San Jose, CA • hosted by Cisco

This roundtable discussion focused on the promise of using digital technologies to redefine channel management strategies. Participants examined how manufacturing/producer firms and retailers/channel partners are reinventing their relationships by exploiting technologies that enhance collaboration, coordination, and rapid two-way exchange of mission critical information and debated best practices on the partnering, business processes, and information sharing aspects of relationships between manufacturers and the resellers of their products. More ›

Topics: Collaboration, Data, Marketing, Process, Strategy

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Real-Time Profit Optimization: Coordinating Demand and Supply Chain Management

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
January 14, 2002 • San Jose, CA • hosted by Cisco

Linking the innovations in supply-chain management with the technology-enabled capability to serve customers in a more targeted manner is key to driving profit optimization. This summit discussed the state-of-the-art, and the future, of demand chain and the supply chain interaction. It addressed the use of digital technologies to improve demand and supply chain coordination and make better use of market information. Discussions covered the promise of using networked technologies for managing and enhancing profit by quickly responding to changing markets - matching supply and demand through more accurate forecasting, improved use of market information, rapid product/service configuration and better coordination of pricing and the supply chain. More ›

Topics: Collaboration, Data, Information Technology, Outsourcing, Supply Chain