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From the very beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, the definition of time has changed radically. In our personal lives we all experienced a complete free fall from the fast-paced lives we considered normal. While for some it seems like a cramped life in a gated community, many also experience it as a time of consciousness and reflection. In business life, the luxury of time seems to have disappeared completely. Businesses that once took one to three years in planning and executing their digital strategy, now have shown an unprecedented ability to change rapidly. In this article, we provide you a glance on what effects of the coronavirus outbreak might be permanent, and on how to turn these effects into opportunities to shape the future of your business.
As of 2019, ORTEC works in collaboration with Amref Flying Doctors, owned by Amref Health Africa. Due to our collaboration, Amref can increase their impact on African healthcare by optimizing their business processes, making their projects quantifiable and the outcome of these projects visible. As part of the collaboration, some of ORTEC’s consultants recently visited Amref Ethiopia to work on two projects: one aimed at shaping strategies used in projects, and another to improve effectiveness and efficiency of their workforce. This article is a story by one of those consultants: Lotte van Hezewijk, Analytics Consultant.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining an increasingly steady foothold in society. Driven by the promise that it will help maximize the value of data, more and more organizations are implementing AI in their operations. When AI becomes too complex, though, applications seem to go entirely their own way. This has led to a call for ‘Explainable AI’: a way to understand and explain the outcomes of algorithms. In practice, however, this often turns out to be more difficult than expected.
An article powered by Daan Mocking, Data Scientist.
Take Five
A series of five deep-dive articles that come together in a dynamic overview, highlighting five elements part of a strategic data-infused topic.
It is hard to grasp what the total impact of the coronavirus outbreak will be. But already now we can state that the status quo is turned upside down. Things we took for granted seem to be not so trivial anymore. We are being challenged on our main life support systems such as healthcare, education, food and supplies. Those support systems are confronted with intense changes and high uncertainty of supply and demand.
The disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak are first and foremost impacting human life tremendously. They’re also having a growing impact on the global economy, imminently restructuring it. Main life support systems such as healthcare, education, food and supplies are facing the undeniable challenge to respond quickly to extreme changes in demand. Organizations are urged to adopt an agile and flexible way of working. Mitigating risks to peer through the fog of uncertainty has become the new reality. In this article, we’ve identified the three main threats to the business continuity of retail and ecommerce organizations caused by the coronavirus outbreak and share mitigating measures to minimize their impact.
Read how a personal experience led to the discovery of a smart way to reduce e-commerce fulfilment costs in every step of the supply chain.
By Dick Zijlstra, Director of Value Realization and Senior Account Manager at ORTEC
ORTEC is carefully monitoring the developments around the worldwide spread of the coronavirus. We consider it our number one priority to keep our employees, customers and relations safe and healthy.
We have taken and are taking (preventative) measures to minimize the effect of the coronavirus on the continuity of your and our business. You can find our latest update below.
In this series of articles, we have so far examined four elements that are crucial for a successful holistic digital strategy: (1) innovation (2) data (3) talent development and (4) culture. All these elements must be considered when formulating a holistic digital strategy, but the question remains: how do you organize a digital transformation in practice? In this final article, we will zoom in on that essential 5th aspect related to Change Management: Getting it done.
This article is part of the series Five Components of a Holistic Digital Strategy. ‘Change Management’ is the fifth and final component.
An article powered by Rianne Langenberg, Managing Consultant and
Hans Spaan, Director.
In one of my previous blogs 'E-commerce Profitability: is your daily carton selection process up to the challenge?' we investigated whether improving the shipping carton selection on a daily basis could have a measurable impact on bottom line profitability of the e-commerce operation. The answer is a resounding YES!
By Dick Zijlstra, Director of Value Realization and Senior Account Manager at ORTEC