A Case Study on the Need for Cloud Computing Strategies
As a new parent, my favorite part of the day was coming home from work to hear my wife say Daddy’s home and see my son sitting in his high chair flashing a smile. One evening that familiar greeting was...
View ArticleJim Bedford Joins West Monroe as a Director of Healthcare – Life Sciences
West Monroe is excited to announce that Jim Bedford has joined the firm as a Director. In his new role he will be responsible for building the firm’s Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices &...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Functional Preview
“The New SharePoint,” SharePoint 2013, promises to raise your expectations as a collaborative workplace tool. The WMP Enterprise Content Management Team will create weekly blog installments profiling...
View ArticleEnabling “Light Touch” Quality Management
Pharmaceutical companies are headed in a new direction in the non-blockbuster era. As a result, pharma leaders are in a unique position. This New World has resulted in widely dispersed and disparate...
View ArticleA Message from Dean Fischer, CEO
To our clients and friends, It’s hard to believe another year is already coming to a close. This was a particularly noteworthy year for West Monroe Partners, as we celebrated our tenth anniversary....
View ArticleA Shifting Pharmaceutical Industry
How is the Pharmaceutical Industry Shifting? There’s no doubt that the declining number of blockbuster drugs on the market has caused a dramatic change in how pharmaceutical companies operate. As the...
View ArticleImproving Technology Transfer through Collaboration – How Life Science and...
If you read our recent post on “A Shifting Pharmaceutical Industry”, you know that the emerging ‘niche buster’ model is pushing organizations to become more flexible, nimble and collaborative as the...
View ArticleCo-sourcing: What is it? Is it real? Is it worth doing?
George S Day wrote a Harvard Business Review article about measuring risk of innovation called “Is it real? Can we win? Is it worth doing?” It’s a great article about how companies can measure risk...
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They say variety is the spice of life – but does the same hold true for Big...
Last week Chicago was one of 29 host cities around the world for Big Data Week, a week-long series of workshops on big data and analytics. I had the privilege of giving a ten minute “rapid-fire” talk...
View ArticleUnderstanding the trade-offs of various software selection project approaches
Depending on my client’s priorities and appetite as it relates to timeline, budget and risk in the selection process, I recommend one of the following five approaches to software selection for the most...
View ArticleThe latest technology that’s changing the World: Printing
Printing technology is nothing new and no this isn’t a blog about 15th century Europe, but printing continues to change our world in profound ways. Printing has been a mainstay of the Information...
View ArticleBest Practices Negotiating Enterprise Software
The last phase of the software selection process, negotiations, is often the most overlooked, especially from the perspective of the IT organization. But once you have analyzed a vendor’s initial...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Groundhog Day Syndrome in Software Demonstrations
As your organization’s project manager in a software selection, you’ve been working hard for the last month or two gathering requirements, reviewing RFPs, and managing the team’s expectations. The time...
View ArticleBrave New World: The Push for IT Competency in the Healthcare Sector
As the U.S. government continues to reel over Edward Snowden’s media disclosures, many businesses in the healthcare sector are similarly concerned with the costs of mishandling client data. Beyond the...
View ArticleWhy healthcare organizations should be thinking about tomorrow today
Payers today face evolving and unclear industry regulation and an increasingly competitive landscape. Inevitably, the Affordable Care Act presents a handful of problems to healthcare insurers:...
View ArticlePharma Industry Transformation: Welcome aboard
The pharmaceutical industry is undergoing significant change. A decline in blockbuster drugs, eroding profit margins and changing customer preferences and demands present challenges, but also...
View ArticleThe What and Why of Natural Capital
In your first week of Econ 101 you were probably introduced to the idea of capital. To a firm, capital represents the physical equipment or inputs that are used in the production of a good or service;...
View ArticleQuebec Law 41: Prepare yourself!
The National Assembly of Quebec unanimously approved Act 41 – an amendment to the Pharmacy Act – to empower pharmacists to contribute more and improve the overall healthcare system. Under Act 41,...
View Article2013 Customer Insights & Experience Diagnostic Survey Results
Many firms believe they are customer-centric and focused on improving their customer experience, but what measurements do they have in place to be sure? Industry benchmarks and best practices vary, and...
View ArticleFinding the Creative Spark
The Chicago Tech Summit was a one-day conference as part of Chicago Ideas Week that focused on sharing leading trends in entrepreneurship, web, design, data and innovation. The day was spent with...
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