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INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY (IC) FORUM AWARDS for 2004 http://www.intelligentcommunity.org/html/ICawards2004.html
Indicators for selection of ICs and Ics in 2002 and 2001 are listed in
KM, Jan. 2003, p. 1. Comments were made about Ennis, Ireland ( http://www.ennis.ie/
); Florida High Tech Corridor
CEO
of the YEAR
There’s no question that Smith, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of FedEx, is running in front of a huge parade. FedEx, the company that Smith founded as a start-up in 1971, is now a $25 billion giant, soon to become even bigger because of its acquisition of Kinko’s. FedEx is at the heart of how the American manufacturing base is globalizing, allowing all manner of parts and products to arrive from mostly Asian destination in a just-in-time way. “In the high-tech and high-value-added sectors in particular, but also in the lower-value-added sectors, the location of production is almost irrelevant,” Smith says. Holstein,
William J. (June 2004). Leader of the Pack. Chief Executive,
No 199, 28-34.
WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL (WITI)
WITI is the premiere global organization helping tech-savvy women attain
their professional goals. With a global network of smart talented
women and a market reach exceeding two million, WITI has established powerful
strategic alliances and programs to provide connections, resources and
opportunities within a supportive environment of women committed to helping
each other. WITI’s mission is to empower women worldwide to achieve
unimagined possibilities and transformations through technology, leadership
and economic prosperity.
WORLD
VIEW
For many companies, future growth requires adopting a singular, global view of nearly every aspect of the business: the workforce, supply chain, operations, and sales. That means a global approach to business technology, whether it’s supporting a network infrastructure spanning dozens of countries or coaching development teams from Brussels to Bangalore. Companies are: Johnson
Controls
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com
Global
Forces (May 31, 2004). InformationWeek, 991, 40-50. http://www.informationweek.com
THE
GARTNER RESEARCH TEAM
David McCoy and 12 of his fellow Gartner analysts address topics from their
research:
ARTICLES and a CASE STUDY ABOUT CHINA Galuszka,
Peter (June 2004). Brains Behind The Brawn. Chief Executive,
No 199, 36-38.
Infoworld, May 24, 2004, contains a list of 12 IT Innovators behind breakthrough technologies. FREE TRADE AREAS A Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was reached in May between Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua and the U.S. Paralleling CAFTA is a competition for the headquarters of the Free Trade Area of the America’s (FTAA) that will become the world’s biggest trade area. Candidates for the FTAA headquarters are Atlanta, Miami, Panama City, and Port-of-Spain. Trinidad and Tobago has the support of 15 of the FTAA’s 34 nations, all of them English-speaking Caribbean countries. Reveron,
Derek. (May 2004). Bloc Heads. Latin Trade, 12(5), 24.
COSTA
RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, and
NICARAGUA
Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Director
of Central Intelligence
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
DEMAND DRIVEN SUPPLY CHAINS The productivity boom that has carried the economy through the 2001 recession continues like a perpetual motion machine into the official recovery. It owes much of its life to the demand driven production model that made manufacturing and distribution increasingly lean over the last decade. For consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers, pricing pressures and the profitability imperative continue to drive decreasing inventory, labor costs, and lead times as well as increased visibility, productivity, and profitability via sophisticated software tools. For most CPG companies, the outsourcing decision is long settled – a critical mass of manufacturers have moved to low-cost overseas manufacturing, making outsourcing a competitive necessity in this marketplace. (Article contains excellent content with resources) Navas,
Deb (May 2004). Consumer Packaged Goods: Leaner and Meaner.
Supply Chain
Checkpoint
Systems
http://www.checkpointsystem.com
SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS ADDRESS IDENTITY CRISIS Doing supply chain business in the post-9-11 era means dealing with several seemingly paradoxical forces: the need to share data, the need to guard against threats, and the need to protect privacy. Increasingly far-flung trading partners need real time data communication in order to meet the ever-shortening patience of the market-place. At the same time, the Internet, the venue that makes this essential communication possible, is increasingly ravished by worms, spam, and other debilitating threats. In addition, emerging privacy laws place limits of use of identifiable information about the people involved in those transactions. General Motors is anxious to use federated identity with its complex supply chain, but it decided to start with a less mission-critical partner, the thrid party that manages its self-service human resources application. When GM’s 339,000 employees log on to their internal home pages and click on the HR link. The project was ... through this HR portal .... At the Digital ID World conference last fall in Denver, chief technology officer Tony Scott described the unexpected issues it raised. (Article contains a discussion of issues). Terry,
Lisa (May 2004). Supply Chain Partners Address Identity Crisis.
Supply Chain Systems,
HISPANIC
BUSINESS 500
The largest Hispanic companies in the United States have successfully switched
from survival mode to growth planning. A corporate shift from defense
to offense can prove tricky, but the management teams of the Hispanic Business
500 have made the transition. For 2003, the 500 largest firms in
the country reported record revenues of $26.3 billion, an increase of 13.9
percent from the previous year. It marks the directory’s best year-to-year
growth since 2000, and a dramatic comeback from the 1.7 percent loss seen
in 2002. Rank order of productivity by sector based on 2003 revenue
per employee: 1st, automotive; 2nd, wholesale; 3rd, construction; 4th,
finance; 5th, manufacturing; 6th, retail; 7th, service; and 8th, transportation.
Rank of HB in 2004:
Top 50 Hispanic Exporters, KM, Nov. 2003, p. 4; Economic Empowerment for Hispanics, KM, March 2004, p. 1; Hispanic Business’ 25 Elite Women, KM, May 2004, p. 2. BLACK
ENTERPRISE INDUSTRIAL/SERVICE 100
Whether the blame falls on the sluggish economy, take-no-prisoners competition,
or poor business management, a majority of CEOs who run the largest black-owned
industrial/service
1. World Wide Technology, Inc. Information
tech
http://www.wwt.com
Analysis of 13 corporations in Black Enterprise 100 in 2002 were included in the August 2002 issue of Knowledge Management (KM) for distribution at a Summer Institute of the Higher Education Leadership doctoral program at Nova Southeastern University. August issues of KM and an E-Commerce presentation were distributed to participants in the annual meeting of the National Black Chamber of Commerce in 2002. Access both documents as stated on p. 8. ENTREPRENEURIAL TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Previous issues of Knowledge Management (KM) have highlighted macro
transitions from Globally Competitive Communities of the 1990s to
Electronically Networked Communities and Electronically Networked
Intelligent Enterprises with Virtual Communities Of Practice.
A framework for Global Business Policy and Strategy development consists of critique of (a) global and national events that guide business policy and shape strategy plus (b) analysis, envisioning future scenarios, and action plan development. A G8 Conference in 2003 yielded action plans including an “Agenda for U.S.-African Relations” (see KM, Aug, 2003, p. 5). A 2004 G8 Conference included leaders from six African nations. An Africa - U.S. Business Development Summit was held in June, 2003. What progress has been made since then and how could we prepare for the Africa-U.S. Summit in 2005? Asia contains some of the most dynamic economies in the world. Analysis of economic and technological variables is essential. The Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA) and the Hispano-American Association of Research Centres and Telecommunication Companies (AHCIET) announced the winners of the Latin American Awards for Digital Cities 2004 for 26 applicants from 9 countries participating in the online contest. Three distinctive entry categories and two special awards were granted:
Metropolitan City, more than 750,000 inhabitants – Bogota, Columbia
http://www.icamericas.net
Once the undisputed leader in Web usage, the United States has slipped to sixth place in terms of E-readiness in a ranking of 50 developed countries. E-readiness measures a nation’s milieu to determine how open it is to Internet opportunities (Economist Intelligence Unit). 2004
Rank
Country
2004 Rank
Country
Globally Competitive Electronically Networked Intelligent Communities require a next generation leader with higher levels of cognitive competencies and technical skills than were required in the early emergence of the digital era. Frameworks are needed to guide enterprise growth and cluster development of economy sectors. What events that guide policy and strategy at a global and national level are essential to critique regularly? How can business and economic development entities collaborate on analysis of variables for envisioning future scenarios and then create action plans based on business strategies of shared interest? How can business content be integrated into curriculum and synchronized with needs of the economy of which it is a part? GLOBAL
BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGY
2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007
2007-2008
Events
Guiding Policy and Strategy
Analysis,
Visions, Action Plans
Visions Co-creation
Action Plan Development
Globally Competitive Electronically Networked Intelligent Communities, driven by communication and information technology, are changing commerce and economic development. Intelligent Communities and Virtual Communities Of Practice (VCOPs) are themes in KM. VCOPs, a focus by collaborator of basic research, now exist for business strategies like market analysis, e-commerce, logistics plus multi-modal distribution, sourcing, supply chain management, and communication and information technologies, etc. (KM, May 2003, p. 5 and Sept 2003, p. 2).
An April KM contained “Build Your Buick Century” to illustrate implications
for demand/ supply chain management. Consumers can request specifications
for “Interior Features” such as air conditioning, audio systems, power
door locks, steering wheel, trunk door release, and others. And,
consumers can request specs for “Exterior Features” and exciting “Mechanical
Features.” Imagine the challenge to all auto manufacturing to transform
corporations to remain competitive. Imagine business, engineering,
and technician program tranformation modernization challenges. Readers
were asked to think on developmentally appropriate learning units for children
or youth.
Developmentally
appropriate learning experiences could be created by using Trek Bicycles,
Razor Scooters, Zooma Electric Scooters, and consumer products.
Human Resources Development (HRD) and Organizational Development (OD) challenges
will be discussed. Research Questions will be discussed with examples
of conceptual frameworks. Conceptual frameworks have been used extensively
in the healthcare professionals and have been used for dissertations like
one on career planning by Dr. Kathryn Green available at the Web site below.
Concept Maps will be used. “Concept Maps are graphical representations
of knowledge that are comprised of concepts and their relationships among
them” (Long, Philip D. 2004).
Concept Maps and conceptual frameworks are especially helpful in business
certificates about concepts like Business Intelligence & KM, Demand
Chain Management, Logistics, etc.
Communications News published a Conferencing Buyers Guide in the June 2004 issue. The first portion lists products by categories like Audioconferencing, Desktop Systems, Services, Vidoeconferencing Systems, Web Conferencing, etc. The second section is a Company Guide and contact information including Web addresses. Access http://www.comnews.com KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (KM) and OTHER RESOURCES KM
can be accessed and mined: http://www.members.cox.net/greenka6/wgnewweb/wgmenu.html
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