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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: Global & Information Technology, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Adam – This is an interesting question because I can see both points. From my perspective Coca-Cola uses bottling companies which are essentially franchises that make the product per spec and requirements of Coca-Cola. Coke is also providing the syrup, infrastructure, marketing and essentially everything about the product and company with the…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: Global & Information Technology, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Adam – I like your thoughts around IT as opposed to consumer goods. However, there are many global brands that have been around for a very long time and could actually be considered just as well known as IT organizations. The big one that first comes to my mind is Coke. Wherever you are in the world I don’t think you will find a single human…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Andrew – I think if I could identify a single place where I would never want the flexibility of BYOD that would be the military. I want those secrets safe without any ability for them to be leaked by faulty software or naive employees installing malware on their machines. This is exactly why companies are having trouble with allowing BYOD…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Within the last 3 years i’ve worked at 3 different companies that all had drastically different perspectives on BYOD. The first company was a fortune 500 financial services where that concept had no ability in the workplace. Cloud was a new concept to them and putting their data on your personal device was a completely foreign and never going to…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: The Cloud, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Rachel – I’m very curious but what cloud based ERP are they implementing? I’m a bit of an expert in the area of Workday and UltiPro and have substantial experience with Successfactors and Peoplefluent. One thing that you said and I don’t agree with is that cloud based solutions tend to be more customizable than the on-premise solutions. If you…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: The Cloud, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
While Cloud is a relatively fancy term, it’s concepts and ideas are fairly simple. Since most people took the approach of explaining simply what cloud is I want to take a slightly different approach and talk about multi-tenancy cloud. We are all aware that the cloud is a term for something that resides not locally on your computer, but both the…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: Business Models, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Akobeis – I’m very surprised by those numbers as my understanding from public resources JD Power is that BMW while one of the highest retention rates only has a 59% retention rate in 2012. Are those statistics founded on the fact that if you get a new customer that somewhere along their life they will buy another BMW vehicle, not necessarily that…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: Business Models, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Andrew – It’s shocked the cost of not actually retaining your employees so I agree with you. Imagine being able to capture all of the value of losing one of your resources, from training someone new, learning time that is wasted materials, lost contracts and bids until they become sufficient at the role. Not to mention customers that they may…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: Business Models, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Currently I work for PwC in a Technology Advisory capacity. When I look at my specific group and start to identify our key partners we certaintly have 3 of the elements of partnerships.
1. Strategic alliances between non-competitors. As a firm we have identified strategic partners that we work with their products from a development and…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I’m going to take a slightly different approach to this question as i’ve spent the last few years in a management consulting role that specialized in the HR Technology space. When I look at with a firm has over-invested or under-invested in their technology it’s often that they are doing a little bit of both, and substantially putting money in…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Nicholas, I see this happen all the time where organizations implement software, but fail to fully realize the advantages because of lack of training, education or hiring of the staff required to complete the project. Often what I see when I get into these projects is that the firm that was willing to not spend the money on the actual go-live or…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: IT Investments, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Nirav – I am not in agreement with you when you say that the key to IT investment is investing in key items which drive your business forward. There are often infrastructure items that don’t move you to the next level or correct an issue, but need to be done for a regulatory, compliance, legal or ethical reason. Think about the changes in IT…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen – Critical Unfunded Project, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Chris – My thought was that this project is actually midway through and in my eyes should have been automatically funded regardless of prioritization. Most companies have contractual obligations and it would probably not be in their best interest to stop an SAP implementation unless good reason, and funding isn’t one of those. Ultimately, this…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen – Critical Unfunded Project, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I’m certainly not surprised that the SAP multiyear project for global supply chain management didn’t make the list for VWoA. For some perspective for those that don’t know SAP while certainly a fantastic system it has a track record of having long drawn out implementations that takes years to complete and almost always far exceed the budget.…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen Process Assessment, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
John – I think you summed it up in a simple statement… “Change is never easy”. This really goes to emphasize the importance of change management in any initiative, and without it you are going to be pushed back with individuals that feel they are not really part of the process.
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen Process Assessment, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Dan I think we must have both grown up in organizations that lack the strategic development of technology that truly isn’t going to save us money nor will it profit the business. I think about basic infrastructure that may have an impact on your ability to attract, retain or develop talent and sometimes you invest because it’s necessary. How…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen Process Assessment, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
When assessing the new prioritization process to the former process while far from perfect the new has repaired some of the previous challenges. For starters It’s in-depth and transparent, it’s no longer about minimalizing groups and it’s a much more inclusive approach that includes multiple groups that now were responsible for deciding on which…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Reading Question: Can you trust Yelp ratings?, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Paul,
Like you I really do like yelp, and really for the most part I find the reviews to be accurate. I’ve thought about if they would partner with the credit card companies and compare the reviews to those that actually made a purchase at that location and provide those with a higher level ranking. I believe any of the systems provide a huge…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by March 27, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Nirav – I’m glad you brought up the surge pricing. Last week I was in Dallas and had to go about 3 miles from my hotel to meet colleagues for dinner. I went to use UberX and it brought up 2.1x surge pricing and it actually annoyed me, but I utilized the service anyways. Now on my way back the same 3 mile stretch I saw there was a taxi outside…[Read more]
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Michael Jacobson commented on the post, Case Question: When Hackers Turn to Blackmail, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Like Nirav I also get these emails all the time and would probably have done the same thing to ignore it. You can’t investigate every single random claim or threat, but you need to be able to quickly evaluate a viable threat from a standard canned email. I think there was probably enough specific information for him to atleast bring it up to his…[Read more]
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