A successful strategy planning effort brings together diverse interests to focus on critical needs and propel an organization into action. Yet, many strategy sessions consume valuable hours only to reach conclusions that seem rather obvious: “Reduce overhead to drive down costs” or “Simplify process to shorten cycle time.”
What is the secret ingredient that determines this difference? The answer is discipline: From start to finish, disciplined use of time and resources, methodology, and a pragmatic execution supported with disciplined communication.
A good strategy incorporates short- and long-term needs, with the right balance …
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P&C Claims Automation Solution – A Competitive Advantage
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A successful strategy planning effort brings together diverse interests to focus on critical needs and propel an organization into action. Yet, many strategy sessions consume valuable hours only to reach conclusions that seem rather obvious: “Reduce overhead to drive down costs” or “Simplify process to shorten cycle time.”
What is the secret ingredient that determines this difference? The answer is discipline: From start to finish, disciplined use of time and resources, methodology, and a pragmatic execution supported with disciplined communication.
A good strategy incorporates short- and long-term needs, with the right balance …
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Many industries have successfully implemented processes whereby paper business records are scanned, the electronic version declared the official record, and then the original paper version destroyed. This posting is part one of a two part series that describes how a large group of pharmaceutical industry professionals developed a framework that may be applied to individual organizations as a first step in implementing this type of process in a legally defensible and compliant way. Don’t call in your destruction vendor until you understand the various parameters that need consideration and define …
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As discussed in Part 1 of this series (Taking Control with Information Analytics: The First Step), deploying an information analytics and remediation (IAR) system is a three-part task. The first part involves a systematic analysis and categorization of unstructured information. During that phase, there are two tasks: run programs to help clients see the full scope of their information chaos and then evaluate current internal processes. Once those are complete, it’s time for the next step.
Evaluating Resources and Creating a Pervasive Governance Plan
The first part of Step 2 involves more …
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This posting is Part Two of a two part series discussing the implementation of Scan, Declare, Destroy processes in a legally defensible and compliant manner. Part one provided the background and introduction to a framework developed by the Document and Records Management Special Area Interest Community (SAIC) of the Drug Information Association (DIA). In Part Two the framework parameters are presented in slightly more detail and considerations for implementation are provided to facilitate the right discussions in your organization.
Legal and Information Governance and Compliance Opens the Doors
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The concept of information analytics and remediation (IAR) sounds simple—evaluate data and put a system in place so is is properly classified, stored and destroyed as needed so your company complies with best practices and applicable governing regulations. But the process entails several phases. I’m writing a series of blog posts about the three steps that are involved to deploy a successful IAR program.
The first phase of IAR involves conducting a comprehensive assessment to help companies figure out where they are in their data management efforts. When I work with …
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“There’s an app for that.”
Apple’s popular slogan is entwined in our popular culture. It sums up very well the new expectations for accessing information.
To meet these new expectations, companies will need to rethink their application development strategies. The definition of applications is changing. It’s being changed by the web, it’s being changed by self-service business information (BI) platforms, and it’s being changed by mobile computing.
When we say something is an app, we are not talking about your traditional application. I would suggest we might want to start differentiating between what …
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When most of my clients think about deploying a software solution, they may not realize that technical solutions can help improve “human” aspects of an organization—not just be useful in automating processes. When expertise needs to be shared in order to enhance communication and performance in a company, knowledge communities offer a technical solution to a very human problem.
The problem being that one type of knowledge, explicit knowledge, is easy to share—that’s the information that’s easy to document and therefore easy to share. But tacit knowledge can stay locked up …
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Every company, regardless of size, needs to invest in the right initiatives and perform them efficiently. That typically requires a well thought out plan. A Strategy Roadmap incorporate industry best practices and help companies formulate an actionable strategic path customized to their organizations. This strategy roadmap is an integral part of project planning, but many companies don’t realize they need one or more and often struggle to create one.
A good strategy can incorporate either short- and long-term needs, or both, balancing immediate results with successes over time. Although I first …
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Most organizations today are storing information digitally, but they may not be ready to respond to litigation. If the right processes and technologies are not in place, a company can experience havoc in the event of an investigation or audit.
That is where eDiscovery (electronic discovery) comes in. eDiscovery is the exchange of electronic information pertaining to the discovery phase of litigation. During eDiscovery, a digital forensics analysis is conducted to acquire evidence. This is why it is essential to have an eDiscovery solution. An eDiscover implementation enables electronic data to …
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