Industry-based Performance Management (IPM)

New models for the Fashion industry?

Submitted by Matteo Verdari on Wed, 16/11/2011 - 15:24
Crisis or opportunity for the Fashion industry?

After a period of particular contraction, the fashion industry is experiencing a good recovery, mainly driven by the US and the Far East markets. Worldwide experts agree on one point: we must wait until the end of 2011 to talk about real recovery of the fashion business and return to pre-crisis levels. In fact, in the last two years the business world of luxury had a relevant decrease. It's time to regain lost ground.

The Performance Management perspective

Submitted by Luca Quagini on Wed, 11/04/2012 - 10:54
Performance Management

Changes, speed of changes, expected objectives and change performance are the key issues that managers are facing and implementing within their guidelines in order to update their business operations and adjust to the new global economic scenario.

Telco: the emerging countries internet market

Submitted by Alessio Menale on Mon, 23/01/2012 - 10:59
Telco: the emerging countries internet market

Today one third of the world's population uses the Internet and 45% of users is under 25 years. The development of the web, as per a ITU (UN agency for telecommunications) research, certifies that Emerging Countries have excelled Developed Countries (62% of total).

Performance Management in the slowdown: it’s the right time for doing better!

Submitted by Luca Quagini on Tue, 29/11/2011 - 11:04
Performance Management in the slowdown: it’s the right time for doing better!

In times of great uncertainty, in tough times where markets sharply reveal the loss of confidence, not just the world of finance, but also manufacturing companies are forced to deal with rapid rethinking and restructuring of their business model.

The identification and implementation of the “right” strategies and programs are no longer driven by searching only the growth, but these are “simply” essential choices for the protection of their positioning.

Patent cliff: an opportunity to focus on R&D and Production Efficiency

Submitted by Massimiliano Silano on Mon, 21/11/2011 - 17:48
Patent cliff: an opportunity to focus on R&D and Production Efficiency

Pfizer due to Lipitor patient expiry in 2010 had a projected loss of sales of 7.8 billion dollars, Takeda a potential loss in 2011 of 3.1 billion dollars due to Actos expiration, Astra Zeneca 5.9 billion dollars in 2011 due to Nexium and all other Big Pharma has a major blockbuster expiration in the period between 2010 and 2012. IMS is stating that the Patent Cliff will has an effect on total sales on between 2010 and 2012  exceeding 80 billion dollars.

The future is increasingly mobile

Submitted by Alessio Menale on Fri, 18/11/2011 - 18:51
Il futuro è sempre più mobile

The recent publication - October 18, 2011 – of the AGCOM quarterly report on the telecommunications sector confirms a trend that is not new to most of the Telco market players: the progress of mobile services and connectivity.

More simulation rather than scheduling in the consumer sector’s plans

Submitted by Riccardo Beltrami on Thu, 17/11/2011 - 17:28
More simulation rather than scheduling in the consumer sector’s plans

The Consumer Products segment has been affected by the economic crisis wave to a lesser extent compared to other sectors. Results show an absolute increase in consumption, primarily driven by the growing demand from emerging economies and a substantial stability in Western markets. Focusing on the Western market, the situation of stability is the outcome of the new competition dynamics which have resulted in a substantial stability of the sector but also in a radical transformation of companies.

New Performance Paradigms for the Public Administration

Submitted by Salvatore Saraceno on Wed, 16/11/2011 - 12:53
Nuovi paradigmi di Performance per la Pubblica Amministrazione

"Public Administrations are not the same as private companies": I want to start from this assumption, underlining the differences between the public and private sectors while highlighting common features, that are essential for the creation of a joint "Value Proposition" between approach and methodology.

Crisis and new paradigms, "work in progress" in Financial Services

Submitted by Ornella Verze on Wed, 16/11/2011 - 12:26
Financial Services

The Italian situation in the Financial Services area is going through a particularly tough period, characterized by:

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