Social pressures, declining research-and-development
productivity and the soaring costs of developing, launching and
marketing drugs are just a few of the challenges facing the life
sciences industry – all at a time when shareholders' expectations
are increasing.
To enhance cost-containment strategies and improve
responses to market conditions, life sciences companies worldwide
are broadening their outsourcing of key enterprise-wide processes,
such as HR, finance, procurement and customer care. We expect
the focus on reducing costs to continue as the industry manages
the near-term trough and attempts to build a future based on product
innovation and cost-effective, streamlined operations.
Technology and the growing pressure to increase shareholder value are driving globalization, consolidation and convergence in the banking and financial services industries, while a slow economy has again made cost reduction a priority. Newly empowered customers expect customized, easily accessible services. And investor demand for integrated wealth-management services continues to drive convergence among firms in banking and financial services.
There is one thing successful firms can do to stay ahead of market shifts and customer demands: anticipate. When you understand what's coming next, you can do more than just keep pace – you set the pace and create the momentum for business transformation. Get started with one of these solutions:
Additional products of specific interest to Banking & Finance include:
Banking
Process Models: Provide the tools banks need to transform their
business and gain a competitive advantage.
Banking
Integration Models: Develop a common enterprise-wide language
for the description of services.
Data
Management Solution for Banking: Ensures the completeness, availability
and quality of data to create a single customer view for closed-loop
(information-driven) customer management.
Lotus
Workplace for Business Controls and Reporting: Helps provide
a common platform for companies to easily document, evaluate
and report the status of controls management across multiple
initiatives in your company.
Leading-edge logistics and supply chain management technologies are reshaping relationships among manufacturers and retailers to better meet the needs of the consumer. Successful firms in the manufacturing and consumer products must learn to reshape their sales, marketing, accounting and logistics processes. As a result, we provide a range of solutions including:
For retailers, success requires using multiple channels to reach consumers, then giving customers what they want, when and where they want it. We also work with clients to make their supply chains transparent; using the Internet, they can share product and marketing information with suppliers and customers.
These DATASKILL solutions can put a retailer on the path toward success with customers and throughout their supply chain:
Retailers can also benefit dramatically from deploying these solutions through DATASKILL:
Industry
Models for Retail: Industry Models for Retail help integrate
data from various business units to build a single, unified
view of the customer.
WebSphere
MQ Everyplace Retail Edition:
Designed to meet the needs of retailers who need to capture
and exploit customer information and sales transactions from
retail systems.
Telecommunications firms face a host of challenges, from changing regulations, to financial pressures, to changing customer needs, to industry restructuring and consolidation. But these challenges also represent opportunities for those companies who realize that in order to grow, they must move beyond merely providing new products and services, and participate in redefining the market. A clear vision and the resolve and resources to execute strategies will distinguish industry leaders from industry laggards.
Telecommunications companies can transform their business by implementing solutions such as:
In addition to these solutions, DATASKILL provides firms in the telecommunications industry with:
Industry
Models for Telecommunications: Help integrate data from various
business units to build a single, unified view of the customer.
Telecommunications
Data Warehouse: Provides a combination of data that you
can easily access across your organization. Analyze customer
behavioral information, such as churn, profitability and spending
patterns. Identify opportunities to improve customer relationships
leading to increased customer satisfaction and retention.
Lotus
Workplace for Business Controls and Reporting: Helps provide
a common platform for companies to easily document, evaluate
and report the status of controls management across multiple
initiatives in your company.
:
Designed to meet the needs of retailers who need to capture
and exploit customer information and sales transactions from
retail systems. 