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How to Conduct a Win/Loss Analysis in B2B Sales

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A win/loss analysis is the process of studying past business deals in order to generate valuable insights about your company’s selling practices. The insights garnered from this type of analysis can be instrumental in growing your business and increasing revenue. In fact, companies that conduct win/loss analyses consistently outperform those that don’t in the following areas ( source ): Customer retention rate: 60% vs. 48%.

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Space savings add up

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Storage solutions that maximize space don't just improve operations in the warehouse and distribution center. They can help you put more money to the bottom line too.

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What is Social BI and How Can it Enable Business Success?

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As self-serve business intelligence and data analytics has evolved, the concept of Social BI and business intelligence collaboration has become more prominent. Today’s trends in social networking and collaboration drive Social BI within the organization and, as this concept becomes more mainstream, business users and organizations reap the benefits of these collaborative efforts and of shared data analytics and data popularity.

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Asana vs. Jira: A Comparison of Features and Pricing in Project Management Solutions

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Asana and Jira are project management tools that help users manage team projects. Asana focuses on team communication, while Jira helps software development teams plan and track new software and product releases. Product Overviews The following are excerpts from our Asana and Jira reviews that summarize each solution: Asana: Asana is a project and task […].

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Your Guide to Personalized Marketing [Infographic]

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In the modern marketing landscape, personalized marketing has quickly become the gold standard. Here’s why: Prospects and customers have access to a wide variety of content online and as a result, companies must take extra steps to make sure their content is seen first. Personalized marketing content is inherently more engaging, more relatable, and ultimately, more successful than other types of content.

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Kion North America completes solar array at South Carolina HQ

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Sustainable energy system will meet 80 percent of forklift manufacturing facility's electricity needs, Kion says.

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Pentaho vs. Tableau: Features, Support and Pricing Comparison of Business Intelligence Software

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Pentaho and Tableau are self-service business intelligence (BI) products on the market that help companies better visualize and understand their data to maker better data-driven decisions. Product Overviews To summarize each product, here’s some information from our reviews of Pentaho and Tableau: Pentaho: Pentaho, now part of Hitachi Vantara Corp., distinguishes itself in its unique […].

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7 Best Practices for Successful Event Branding

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In an age where digital messaging heavily influences the way we communicate, it should come as no surprise that in-person professional events continue to be a mainstay marketing solution for companies. According to the 2018 Event Marketing Benchmarks Report that surveyed over 400 mid- to senior level event marketers, 95% of respondents state that live events provide attendees with a valuable opportunity to form in-person connections in an increasingly digital world ( source ).

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Unilever captures top spot in Gartner 'top 25' ranking for third straight year

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Anglo-Dutch giant gets top supply chain marks from peers, perfect corporate social responsibility score; Home Depot rejoins list; McDonalds named to elite 'Masters' class.

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Silver Sponsor ElegantJ BI Demonstrates Smarten Analytic at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, June 5-6, Mumbai, India

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ElegantJ BI, an innovative vendor in Business Intelligence, Augmented Analytics and Augmented Data Preparation, is pleased to announce its participation in the Gartner 2018 INDIA Data & Analytics Summit from 5 – 6th June 2018 in Mumbai, India. ElegantJ BI is proud to be a Silver Sponsor at this important event. ElegantJ BI CEO, Kartik Patel says, “We look forward to demonstrating our Smarten analytics software solution, and to seeing new and familiar faces, as we welcome analytic

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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Change or pay up: UPS aims to modify shipper behavior through new measures

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Company to impose new audit fee, raise surcharge levels on oversized shipments.

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Manhattan upgrades inventory planning and replenishment tool

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Software platform lets retailers position goods closer to customers in complex omnichannel environments, firm says.

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Plus One Robotics launches piece-picking robot for package sortation

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Startup lands $2.35 million investment led by Schematic Ventures, plans to hire 20 employees within a year.

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NOAA forecasters predict normal to above-normal 2018 hurricane season

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Chance of a less active Atlantic storm season just 25 percent, agency says.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Amazon to occupy fulfillment center in western Michigan

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$150 million facility to be one of 35 new U.S. centers through end of 2019.

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Savannah on track to break 4 million TEU barrier for first time

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Box volumes through April up 8.8 percent over last fiscal year; GPA orders 10 more gantry cranes.

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UPS launches inventory tracking tool for medical device manufacturers

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Cloud-based platform based on collaboration with WebOps and Baxter Planning, UPS says.

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Manhattan updates WMS software with warehouse execution module

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Enhancement to allow simultaneous waved and waveless processes.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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GE Transportation spins off rail unit in $11.1 billion merger with Wabtec

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Combination to end GE's long direct involvement with North American rail.

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Parcel sortation firm MHS acquires VanRiet, Dutch systems integrator

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VanRiet to add parcel capabilities to MHS portfolio.

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Old Dominion hikes tariff rates 4.9 percent

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Increase, second in 10 months, takes effect June 4.

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Truckstop, Chainalytics combine on database

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Partnership to blend spot, contract rate data in one place.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Old Dominion to add or relocate five service centers by end of June

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Expansion brings network to 230 centers.

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Kion names Hasan Dandashly as Dematic unit's president and CEO

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Executive comes from GE Energy unit.

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How to Boost Organic Traffic to Your B2B Blog

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Search engine optimization—or SEO—is an essential component of any online marketing strategy. After all, more and more users are turning to Google and other search engines to research companies and products. As a result, the visibility of your company’s website is critical to the success of your brand. And, it’s no secret– B2B blogging is a key contributor to a successful SEO strategy.

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7 Event Branding Best Practices

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In an age where digital messaging heavily influences the way we communicate, it should come as no surprise that in-person professional events continue to be a mainstay marketing solution for companies. According to the 2018 Event Marketing Benchmarks Report that surveyed over 400 mid- to senior level event marketers, 95% of respondents state that live events provide attendees with a valuable opportunity to form in-person connections in an increasingly digital world ( source ).

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A Practical Guide to Business Intelligence Governance

Speaker: Marius Moscovici, CEO Metric Insights & Mike Smitheman, VP Metric Insights

While the proper governance of data is clearly critical to the success of any business intelligence organization, focusing on data governance alone is a huge mistake. Organizations continually fail to generate ROI on their governance initiatives because they are too narrow in scope. To be effective, Business Intelligence (BI) governance must cover both data and visualizations.

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5 Ways Your Sales Reports Are Hurting Your Business

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Reporting allows sales professionals and managers to stay on top of their team’s performance, uncover key insights about customers and the sales cycle, and develop new strategies to increase the effectiveness of their entire sales organization. But, there’s a downside to sales reporting too. If you don’t take the right approach, your sales reports can be a waste of time– or worse, they can inspire poor decision-making and negatively impact many aspects of your business.

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