Vision to Value: IoT in the Consumer Products Industry
January 25, 2018
Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham
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The buzz: “To ensure ongoing product innovation and closer consumer relationships, consumer goods manufacturers must re-imagine their business and take advantage of new technologies” (digitally.cognizant.com). With the IoT market expected to top $500 million by 2023, SAP asked consumer products executives how IoT adoption can solve their business challenges. Those who understand IoT applicability reported the real value of IoT is in supply chain processes. The experts speak. Don Gordon, SAP: “Not fare well, but fare forward, voyagers” (T.S. Eliot). Mike Quindazzi, PwC: “Humans are the lowest-cost, 150-pound, nonlinear, all-purpose computer system which can be mass-produced by low-skilled labor” (NASA). Carol Mackenzie, SAP: “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena…if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls….” (T.Roosevelt). Join us for Vision to Value: IoT in the Consumer Products Industry.
Changing the Game in Consumer Industries, Presented by SAP
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Competition, consumer engagement and operational effectiveness are fundamentally changing at an accelerated pace in Consumer Industries. New competitors are redefining the landscape and consumers expect exceptional brand experiences, every time, via agile process that balance consumer needs with a company’s cost-to-serve. Personalized consumer experiences are paramount: they must be relevant, simple, seamless and secure. Retail, Wholesale Distribution, Life Sciences and Consumer Products companies must run, grow, connect, and transform in a digital world to engage customers and patients across their journey.
Bonnie D. Graham
Bonnie D. Graham produced and hosted her first live talk radio show in 1998 on AM1240–WGBB, Long Island, NY’s oldest terrestrial radio station. A few years later, she moved from terrestrial to Internet radio with her author interview show, “Up Close and Personal.” In 2011, working at the enterprise software leader SAP, she developed the concept for a weekly live global business thought leadership roundtable series on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel – and launched “Coffee Break with Game-Changers” on October 5, 2011. Over the next nine years, Bonnie D. created, produced and hosted 46 additional SAP series on the Business Channel, attracting millions of listeners around the world. Since becoming an independent broadcaster in 2019, she has developed and hosted live radio and podcast series on the Business Channel for eight additional organizations, as well as her own weekly series, “Read My Lips: Cool Conversations with Creatives with akaRadioRed,” on the Empowerment Channel. In 2023, her live-streaming “Technology Revolution: The Future of Now” series was ranked No. 6 on FeedSpot’s Top 70 Technology Podcasts to Listen to in 2023. What powers Bonnie D.’s passion for radio? She “loves speaking with smart people!”
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