SumanthKumar Sreeramaiah (Kumar)

Information Technology has certainly enabled the emergence of global brands. With the evolution of the internet, there was many technological advancements all over the world. The world became flat, many countries/cities became easily accessible, as there was always a way to connect between various countries or cities. Google, Apple, Microsoft IBM,…[Read more]

Also I think by communicating to the employees of the projects funded and also letting the business units as why the project was not funded gives some kind of closure. He should also build a culture where each business units are encouraged to come up with a creative projects/proposals that are aligned to the company’s strategic goals and…[Read more]

I understand, there will always be other business units prioritizing or pushing for their projects to get funded. It never is a easy sell. I agree they should stick to the plan and may be try to be innovative in the future to prioritize projects that may have greater impact to the company both in short term and long term. You cant make everyone…[Read more]

Thanks Paul. I totally understand things happen. All good.
I always wonder as we advance in technology and innovations and so forth, there is so much you could do. Smart ATMs are a good example. I could not even believe you could put the cash in that box called ATM and it would count the exact cash or tender you the exact cash when you request…[Read more]

Very different approach in applying the systems thinking. Never thought the way you simply put in your post applying to an individual. Nice job!.
I agree that there are many benefits in looking things in a systems thinking perspective. For example we all have been through layoffs or downsizing or outsourcing etc, I always think is that the only…[Read more]

I agree that there will always be some business units/ELTs that wont be funded completely or under funded and are not happy about it. You can not make everyone happy with the kind of budget you have in hand. He should definitely not give in and a start making these special favors but rather search for those loose ends where some business units…[Read more]

Though the new system initially might have looked to cover all aspects of prioritizing a project based on the company’s strategy and the goals, critical projects such as supply flow being under funded, something seems to me a miss. Who know what other important projects such as this, might be stalled for now in order for the other projects to…[Read more]

The project was focused mainly on warehouse performance benefits that did not relate directly to the high priority company goals in many ways with the new project processing or ranking system. The loss of funding could mean a major setback in globalization initiatives in Germany. It had higher impact at the global level but on the local level…[Read more]

The business architecture that VWoA built as a blueprint was a robust process answering some of the key questions as why, how, who, what, where and when in setting the priorties of any project. It was expected to play an important role in formalizing prioritization process as it meant to categorize organizational activity including IT projects. It…[Read more]

I feel our company is under invested at times. Ours is a Biotech not an IT company, hence the notion that we don’t need to invest as much. Often times the systems we have are not so robust in nature. When things fail, we turn to IT for help. You call the help desk, no one answers your call or even if someone does, then that individual has no k…[Read more]

Paul its interesting to learn about the smart ATMs, cant wait to see or use one in MA. The competition is tough with other established major banks and credit unions trying to find their space in the consumer market. The choices are abundant and drives you crazy with so many banks around. I had a similar experience as Saqib, but this was with a car…[Read more]

I work for a Biotech company. Like the article suggest customers comprise the heart of any business model, but our customers are more of a patients or even healthy volunteers at times.

Our customers fit into several segments of a business model depending on the stages of where the potential compound is in the drug development process. Any…[Read more]

I believe the credit c ard companies are doing everything they can do to best protect the consumers but not so much by the retailers or the processing companies.Target’s incident is an alert to other retailers and the industry as a whole. Even though Target was alerted many times about a potential threat, due to nature of business and complacency…[Read more]

I agree that it would be difficult and expensive for the third party companies to insure. But if Airbnb can assure the guests/hosts with an insurance policy for a fixed period of time, then everyone will be happy. Additionally if Airbnb could insure the clients, then thats a huge statement to the potential customers and providers and . Airbnb has…[Read more]

I totally agree Eric, having a third party agency who is authorized by Airbnb or even Airbnb for that matter, if they can do the background checks and keep records of potential hosts or guests will provide that additional sense of security and comfort to both parties. Additionally if Airbnb or a third party agency whichever the case might be, is…[Read more]

I agree, they both didnt have any previous experiences nor were prepared to such incidents. The hospital didnt have any contingency plans to tackle a serious threat.
I was reading in the other thread, One idea to mitigate risks was to have a drill similar to a fire drill that most companies/institutions do in order to prepare their employees of…[Read more]

Bruce I agree, it will do more harm to the business than any gains. It will drive away potential customers and even providers at some point.
I like the idea of insurance but not at the huge expense of the host nor the guest. I like the idea of car rentals, when you rent a car, you have a choice to insure with the rental company with nominal fee…[Read more]

I wish we had Uber here in Boston. Its a everyday situation I see with the lack of services here. I do take fitchburg commuter train into Boston. On the outbound trains, often times passengers not knowingly board onto an express trains ending up in a different towns than what they intended to. As the trains leave Porter Sq, the next stop is South…[Read more]

Kevin, thanks for sharing the video, its an excellent idea. Human brains can only remember so much. We just cant keep up with the passwords. I like the idea of two step process.
On the similar lines, I used to have an account with HSBC bank a long time ago, they gave me a fob, which was a electronic secure id device, that looked like your car…[Read more]