Infosys' expert believes that companies can achieve innovation by ensuring that product lifecycle management integrates the product
... development process and aligns it with the needs of customers. According to him, process, metrics and governance must drive innovation.
The manufacturing industry must focus on knowledge retention and sharing to deal with retirement of its knowledge workers, according to David P. Spencer, Vice President, Discrete Manufacturing, Infosys, in an article in Manufacturing Business Technology.
Infosys helps a global electronics company deliver products to customers through better visibility into its suppliers’ network and smart adoption of technology. AMR Research highlights how Infosys developed a collaboration methodology for inventory management, product fulfillment and replenishment for it.
Globalization has created a massive increase in the complexity of supply chains. Companies are vigorously revisiting their supply chain strategies to achieve the desired business objectives.
-Supply & Demand Chain Executive
The continuing competitiveness of global enterprises will depend on their ability to evolve their supply chains into highly flexible, globally scalable competitive forces. For this they will have to invest in processes and technologies that enhance three key characteristics - visibility, coordination and responsiveness - to shrink their supply chains.
"As a result of globalization, the supply chain is now a complex grid, which cannot be managed by monolithic applications operating in self-contained footprints and talking to each other in very structured ways. Speed and agility in areas like time to market and demand response are possible only if IT is up to the task".
-Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies