WBSRocks: Business Growth with Enterprise Software and Digital Transformation
WBSRocks podcast features in-depth conversations on customer experience, digital transformation, supply chain, eCommerce, industry 4.0, and enterprise software categories such as CRM, ERP, or analytics suites. The purpose of the show is to help CFOs, COOs, CEOs, and business owners with their daily commercial, operational, or financial challenges by taking a deep dive into business cases and processes, technology strategy and architecture, transformation initiatives, and business models. The show also offers an independent analysis of technology trends, various enterprise software vendors and solutions, and their mergers and acquisitions. Subscribe today to stay on top of digital transformation trends!
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 767
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
WBSP106: Grow Your Business by Understanding the Differences Between Best-of-Breed and Full-Suite Business Transformation Options, a Live Interview w/ a Panel of Experts
There are several systems and choices available to support the needs of your functions and business processes. Best-of-breed options offer much deeper functionality and system designed …
WBSP105: Grow Your Business by Understanding Product Filter Design and Its Implications on Customer Experience, a Live Interview w/ a Panel of Experts
Amazon is perhaps the most visited site for e-commerce, and its product filters will probably be the most used feature on its site. Product filters help you find the products you are lo…
WBSP104: Grow Your Business by Increasing the Overall Equipment Effectiveness of Your Equipment w/ Martin Davis
If your teams report problems in the production line and the capacity, their answer is often additional machines or people. Unfortunately, solving each problem with an additional body o…
WBSP103: Grow Your Business by Understanding and Mitigating Operational Security Risks w/ Denrich Sananda
With IIOT devices on the shop floor capable of altering the state of machines through exposed endpoints for hackers, operational security is vital for manufacturers or distributors. Whi…
WBSP102: Grow Your Business by Learning Key Process Nuances From Aerospace Suppliers w/ Mark Evans
Have you heard the news where a large aerospace manufacturer won a large contract for several planes? While it's exciting news, it could be equally challenging for suppliers who are par…
WBSP101: Grow Your Business by Understanding The Nuances of Software Contracts w/ a Panel of Experts
The software and technology world is evolving daily, and so are the software contracts. As pricing becomes easier to start using software for small-to-medium-sized businesses, the incre…
WBSP100: Grow Your Business by Learning the Nuances of Building a Digital Team w/ Six Amazing Women in Digital Transformation
When I was planning for this episode, I had a conversation with a friend that I could never forget. She was planning to resign from her company. So I inquired why she was planning to re…
WBSP099: Grow Your Business by Choosing the Right People As the Change Agent w/ Laura Goodrich
Irrespective of whether you are an owner who would like changes in your organization or a leader trying to convince the owners or boards for transformational changes, the journey of cha…
WBSP098: Grow Your Business by Learning Key Nuances From the Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry w/ Julie Hopkins
An average manufacturing facility may have ten operations to produce a part. The process of creating a chip goes through at least 500 steps. Some of these processes use significantly ex…
WBSP97: Grow Your Business by Understanding Digital Journey Through Growth Inflection Points, a Live Interview w/ a Panel of Experts
Planning through growth inflection points is difficult. You have to figure out how to find revenue. And then, if you are not able to fulfill the demand, the growth may fire back. Planni…
WBSP96: Grow Your Business by Understanding the Implications of SKU Numbering Scheme on Business Processes, a Live Interview w/ a Panel of Experts
Stock keeping unit (SKU) could be a dummy number, and you might feel how important a number could be. Well, your SKU is a binding thread that ties all your business processes that inter…
WBSP095: Grow Your Business by Improving Cross-Functional Collaboration Through 3D CAD Models w/ Jennifer Herron
Most manufacturers struggle with cross-functional collaboration, especially when it comes to engineering handoff because it requires going beyond the engineering perspective. Engineers …
WBSP094: Grow Your Business by Making the Buyer Journey Congruent w/ Steve Rice
Paid advertising could make a massive difference to your pipeline and bottom line if done right. It could also help you optimize your organic search campaigns as you would have access t…
WBSP093: Grow Your Business by Optimizing the Shop Floor Functions and Improving Data Sharing w/ Mike Yost
Manufacturers have traditionally been problem solvers. While the problem-solving mindset helps create amazing products, the same skill fires back in designing the processes. This proble…
WBSP092: Grow Your Business by Learning To Negotiate With FMCG Buyers w/ Mark Schenkius
If you are trying to penetrate an account, the involvement of their procurement department is the last thing you want to see as they are hard negotiators on price. Selling to FMCG buyer…
WBSP091: Grow Your Business by Understanding Supply Chain Shortages in the Chemical Distribution Industry and Their Impact w/ Gina Tabasso
Manufacturers carry thousands of products, and each of them requires several materials with their own dependencies. This chain can go on and could feel cyclical. That's how complex is o…
WBSP090: Grow Your Business by Managing Workload at Distribution Centers w/ Deema Adada
There is a lot that goes into planning for a warehouse. Some warehouses are complex, while others may not be as complex depending upon the shipment types and the influx of shipments. If…
WBSP089: Grow Your Business by Performing Agile Demand Planning w/ Dyci Sfregola
Demand planning is a double-edged sword, and it's tough to predict. Demand planning requires you to plan enough and then be nimble and agile while tweaking the demand as the market cond…
WBSP088:Grow Your Business by Learning Key Nuances From the Medical Device Industry w/ Tom Rodden
Complying with regulatory bodies is more than just producing the documentation when they ask for it. If the regulatory body is as stringent as FDA, they look for several red flags, incl…
WBSP087: Grow Your Business by Learning the Supply Chain Nuances of the Apparel Industry w/ Crissa Klein
Remember when you bought five shirts last time and ended up returning all? Let's face it. Consumer behavior is unpredictable. It is especially challenging for the apparel industry, wher…