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Eliot Axelrod
Mar 19, 20211 min read
Post 12 Transforming your business — Things move forward
Jim learned from his overseas manufacturer that production was not going smoothly. Adam and Susan were struggling with how to market and...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 17, 20211 min read
Post 14 - Transforming your business — Between a rock and hard place
Jim’s little venture had achieved its distribution goals, but now the bottom was dropping out of the retail marketplace. The news about...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 16, 20211 min read
Post 15 - The Turn of the Tide
Transforming your business — A new direction Although the little company had executed its plan to get distribution to retail, COVID19 had...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 15, 20211 min read
Post 16 -Transforming your business — Search for new offerings
The little company lost much of its retail sales due to COVID19 related closures and retail traffic reductions. The team scrambled to...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 14, 20211 min read
Post 17 — Transforming your business — Growing Pains
Jim and his team pivoted during COVID19 to generate more of their own sales. They had a great new sales engine thanks to their new...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 12, 20211 min read
Post 18 — Transforming your business, Packaging
Jim and his team had pivoted most of their sales effort from retail to on-line. They’d tested and formulated new direct to consumer...
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 11, 20211 min read
Post 19 Transforming your business - Knitting things together
Jim’s company had successfully tried out new online sales campaigns and the results were good! Fulfillment problems began as sales grew....
Eliot Axelrod
Mar 10, 20211 min read
Post 20 Transforming your business — Becoming Agile
The little company had weathered the COVID19 storm. Though Jim had originally planned to sell the bulk of his product through retail, the...
Eliot Axelrod
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Post 11 –Success is relative (Discount, Wait, Drop a product)
Jim hoped to discount and social media would increase unit sales and revenue. He believed it would strengthen his case for investment and...
arnoldkwong7
Nov 9, 20201 min read
Thriving during Chaos - A business fable
EkaLore is going to serialize a business case study about an entrepreneurial company that had launched a product for retail and...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 14, 20202 min read
Plant and Engineering IT Part 5
This series of blogs is a short reminder that Plant and Engineering can't just be turned on and off like a light switch. Unfortunately...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 13, 20201 min read
Plant and Engineering IT part 4 - Access and Security
In our last blog, we asked if your Robot could see straight. Today we're going to talk about some security and access control issues that...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 10, 20201 min read
Things easily missed - Non-Enterprise IT Spend
There are pockets of highly specialized IT that may surprise everyone. Software that is key to logistics, supply chain, marketing, sales,...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 10, 20201 min read
Plant and Engineering IT Part 3
"Can Your Robot See Straight" In our last post, we discussed key operational details Enterprise IT should make itself aware of concerning...
arnoldkwong7
Apr 6, 20202 min read
Actions to preserve Plant and Engineering IT Systems during RIFs
In past blogs we’ve talked about the need to scrutinize (and cut) IT spend within Enterprise IT and a few office functions (e.g. Sales...
arnoldkwong7
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Shield your enterprise from Legal Liability from lost or misplaced data
Part 1 of 2 Times of downsizing can create significant legal vulnerabilities. Downsizing does not relieve a company of its responsibility...
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