011: Diving Deeper into the Digital Enterprise — What Every Successful Company Needs Today

Published: July 31, 2019, 1:05 p.m.

Digital Enterprise Society is the authority on the transformation to a digital enterprise, impacting all areas of an organization. Tune in for discussion among industry leaders about operations and action needed to drive digitization principles forward for the future of product development and life cycles.

 

On this episode of the Digital Enterprise Society podcast Thom Singer and Craig Brown welcome Joseph Anderson, president of IpX to share his perspective on the importance of implementing more effective processes into more successful company and what PLM actually means from a systems perspective.  He shares ways to diagnose the need for a change in processes in any company and explains whether processes really stifle innovation in the workplace.  Joseph also gives an overview of what you can expect in terms of learning and networking at the upcoming IpX ConX19 conference in San Diego.

 

On today’s podcast you will learn:

 

The importance of investing in today’s digital enterprise

  • ● What happens to companies that haven’t invested in the PLM of today’s workforce.
  • ● Is there a gap between hourly and salary wage employees understanding of the importance of processes?
  • ● The value that comes from investing in your workforce. 
  • What does enterprise refer to?
  • ● More than the tools of IT budgets, enterprise refers to knowing your workforce.
  • ● The essential role of processes and identifying constraints.
  • ● Investing in training and efforts into the departments that are on the critical path.
  • Diagnosing the need for change in company processes
  • ● Assess the processes, data, and organizational structure in order to identify the true value of a company.
  • ● Identify strengths and weaknesses in order to find the true value of a company.
  • ● The benefit of doing a full business assessment with a plan for a more efficient future.
  • ● Why companies need to provide continual monitoring of processes.
  • How to best measure success in your company