article thumbnail

What most CIOs get wrong about strategic IT plans

CIO

In my younger and more sarcastic days I used to needle my friend the budgeting manager, who was also responsible for reviewing capital project proposals to ensure their projected ROI exceeded the hurdle rate. Tactics are how military forces win battles, and, therefore, campaigns. What,” I asked him, “is the ROI for budgeting?”

IT 623
article thumbnail

10 most powerful ERP vendors today

CIO

Looking ahead, we have powerful growth drivers in place — Business AI, cross-selling across our cloud portfolio, and winning new customers particularly in the midmarket. Most of Epicor’s customers are midsize companies in automotive, building supply, distribution, manufacturing, and retail verticals.

Finance 719
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Lose With AI

CIO

Cognitive capital” refers to the stock of knowledge, skills, and abilities that individuals use to create economic value. How organizations ‘recreate the world’ Cognitive capital is a subset of intellectual capital. But metaphors and slogans are actually the tell behind their winning ways.

Capital 325
article thumbnail

New US CIO appointments, March 2022

CIO

Altar’d State is a rapidly growing multi-brand women’s fashion retailer with 122 Altar’d State stores, 23 Arula boutiques, and five Vow’d boutiques in 38 U.S. Mohammad is EVP and Chief Information and Technology Officer of CarMax, the largest retailer and third largest wholesaler of used cars in the U.S. Altar’d State.

Matrix 776
article thumbnail

7 Retail Predictions for the 2019 Holiday Season

Domo

Before Domo, I worked at Target for 13 years and in the retail industry for 16 years. Between what I learned over that period, and what I’ve taken away from events such as NRF Big Show , I’ve arrived at seven predictions for retail’s busiest time of year. So, both parties win.

Retail 52
article thumbnail

CI&TO Abhi Dhar on embracing challenges and growing IT leaders

CIO

That’s capitalism. And when you’re raising a million and a half in seed capital, and you’re trying to build this contraption, it’s still the same thing, just at scale. Why would I go to a financial services corporation when I’m a retail guy — I don’t know anything about financial services. There was an easier path!

Startups 325
article thumbnail

Engage3: A Year in Review

Engage3

2021 has been a crazy year in the world of Retail pricing. Engage3 now supports 5 of the 10 largest retailers in the world, 6 of the 10 largest retailers in North America and 4 of the top 5 Convenience stores. We helped retailers like Vitacost, a Kroger e-commerce division, improve their Price Image by +1.8%, grow sales by 6.2%

Retail 105