collaborative

Have anyone ever been on the phone with a client after the job, where the client wants more information, needs a copy of the report, or just wants to spend some time discussing the implications of the report that the company generated for them?

Some people believe that the job of the seller is to communicate and offer value, or to differentiate their offering so buyers know how to choose one product over another. I've also heard it said that the products themselves create value.

Vendor Managed Inventory. Electronic Data Interchange. Online Inventory Management.

Just finishing up here for today. I've been wandering the Demo Pavilion area, chatting with the various vendors. There's a nice reception sponsored by Intercall and Microsoft Office LiveMeeting.

The Financial Times has an excellent report on why wikis are an effective collaborative tool for the workplace, quoting examples from three prominent companies ...

Times are, um, interesting: companies are either stripping down to the bare necessities or recreating their business models so they can be ready for the future in new ways. In your company, you may be creating new strategic initiatives or hiring/firing/reorganizing staff. You might be adopting CRM technology or extending your current technology into other departments. You're rebranding. You're repositioning products.