What Does Digital Mean for Your Business?
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“Mayroon akong naitabing sampung libong piso. Saan ko pwede palaguin ito?” Ang tanong na ito ay madalas na mababasa sa mga iba’t ibang online groups kung saan nagbibigay ng mga suhestyon kung papaano makamit ang financial freedom. Isa sa mga paraan ay ang pagiimpok o pagiipon. Ito ay ang pamamaraan ng pagtatabi ng pera para … Read morePaano mag-ipon ngayong 2023?
Ang mga hinaharap nating hamon ukol sa seguridad ng pagkain ay nangangahulugang napapanahon na ang pagtitipid. Marami sa atin ang hindi muna bumibili ng sibuyas dahil na rin sa mataas nitong presyo, at nagbabadya ring tumaasa ng mga ibang produkto kagaya ng itlog kung kaya’t habang maaga ay pag-isipan na ang mga paraan kung saan … Read morePanahon ng Pagtitipid
At the start of each year, we always read and hear about predictions and forecasts from pundits and analysts, such as “The 10 Marketing Predictions for 2023” or “Economic Forecasts for 2023” or “Top Technology Predictions for 2023.” In fact, there are several pubic fora where business and political leaders converge for an annual bout … Read morePrediction vs forecast
Just like the beginning of each year, the outset of 2023 is inundated with a motley of news, tweets, and prognostications about trends. “The 10 Marketing Trends of 2023 and Beyond” and “Stock Market Trends in 2023” are just some of the heralded headlines. Majority of us follow these trends, but a few create them. … Read moreAre you a trendsetter or trend-follower?
At the onset of the new year, companies are either refining their calendar year sales forecasts or about to start fiscal year sales forecasts. Many engage in three-year forecasting, some even extending to five years. Either way, these organizations spend tons of time and resources to create “accurate” forecasts. With the looming global recession, continued … Read moreAgile forecasting
With the continued Russia-Ukraine conflict, disruptions in supply chains, and spiraling inflation, 2023 promises to be tougher for most businesses, investors, and consumers globally. But opportunities abound in market volatility, technological shifts, and cross-border ecommerce growth. We have culled eight trends for businesses to watch heading into 2023. Trend 1: When it comes to … Read moreTrends in international trade & cross-border ecommerce
The Attention War was first brought to the fore in a 2012 Forbes article to signal the start of competition for the consumers’ attention when Facebook hit the 1-billion user base. Since then, social media and smartphones have been blamed for the declining attention span among people. While the claim that humans’ 8-second attention span … Read moreAttention — the core of customer experience
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., during a recent Arangkada forum, asked business leaders to invest in education and skills training, and research and development (R&D) given a looming global cost-of-living crisis and surging inflation. Specifically, he said that manufacturing sector development would greatly contribute to expanding the economy. The only way to accelerate local industry development … Read moreIndustry 4.0 readiness among MSMEs
Anyone can plan, but not all can deliver. In fact, the average failure rate of strategy execution based on empirical studies is 50%, and the highest observed is 90% according to a 2015 study by Candido and Santos in the Journal of Management & Organization. In another study by David Norton and Robert Kaplan as … Read moreAgile performance management
Suddenly, hyperscale and hyperscaler are popular terms in the lexicon of local business leaders and government officials. In fact, if you search in Google the terms “hyperscaler Philippines,” you can see more than 21,000 results mostly coming from the years 2021 and 2022. But globally, the terminologies have been widely used starting 2020 when the … Read moreThe rise of hyperscalers