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Overview"This is a business book that shows the reader how to look at their businessissues and gain an advantage over their competitors by embracing IBM's OnDemand strategy. On Demand is really just a new way of looking at what ishappening in today's markets due to computer technology and fasterinformation delivery. Companies are leaping over competition by embracingthe technology changes and dealing with their customers and suppliers not in alinear fashion but as a ""value space"". It is no longer a supply chain. Chainimplies linearity. Instaneous need fulfillment is the answer. Those supplierswho can deliver will gain share and this book talks about the internal personnelissues, management issues and business culture issues necessary to make ithappen.On Demand is now gaining strength and acceptance in the market. You can seeit in the amazing push to grid computing that we are seeing now, theoutsourcing phenomenon, and other issues. It is IBM's theme for theforeseeable future." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dave Taylor , Linda S. SanfordPublisher: Pearson Education (US) Imprint: Prentice Hall Dimensions: Width: 23.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 15.80cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9780131482081ISBN 10: 0131482084 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 22 December 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. About the Authors. 1. Grow To Build Profits, Not Just Revenues. 2. Commodity Markets Defined. 3. It's ALL About Components. 4. Creating Business Components. 5. Integrate Your Business Components End-to-End. 6. Expand Your Growth Space. 7. Liberate Your Cost Structures. 8. From Vision to Results: The Leadership Agenda. 9. Achieving Measurable Productivity Improvements. 10. Practical Implementation of the Component Business Model. 11. Gaining the Collaboration Edge: Building the Creative Company for the Creative Economy. Endnotes. Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationLinda S. Sanford is a Senior Vice President of IBM's internal On Demand Transformation and Information Technology initiatives. Ms. Sanford leads the team responsible for working across IBM to transform core business processes, create an IT infrastructure to support them, and help create a culture that recognizes the value of on demand leadership. She formerly led IBM's Storage Systems Group and global sales force, which manages relationships with IBM's largest customers worldwide. As General Manager of IBM's S/390 Division, she guided one of the most comprehensive product transformations the computer industry has ever seen, reinventing the IBM mainframe. One of IBM's highest-ranking women, Ms. Sanford is a member of the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame and the National Association of Engineers. She was named one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Business by Fortune magazine, one of the Top Ten Innovators in the Technology Industry by Information Week, and one of the Ten Most Influential Women in Technology by Working Woman. Ms. Sanford serves on the Board of Directors of ITT Industries, St. John's University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the Partnership for New York City, and is chair of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. Dave Taylor is a life-long entrepreneur who has been involved with both business and the Internet since 1980. He has founded, grown, and sold four Internet-related startups, and written 17 books, including Growing Your Business with Google, the best-selling Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, and the international best seller Creating Cool Web Sites. As adjunct professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the University of Phoenix, Taylor teaches both business and technical classes. He chaired Web Marketing 2000 and has presented at Comdex, Networld, Internet World, Macworld, and many other leading events. A(c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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