automation

Finnish Stora Enso has undergone a colossal transformation: from a mere paper manufacturer to a sustainable specialist in renewable products. Its CFO, Seppo Parvi, has been overseeing this repositioning for nearly seven years. Today he is once again steering the €10 billion turnover conglomerate through turbulent waters. His recipe is remarkably simple: keep a constant eye on your cash flow and your working capital, and make sure your people are always on board.

La promesse du process mining est de permettre l’utilisation de larges volumes de données pour analyser et optimiser les processus. Ces outils sont-ils une clé pour créer de la valeur ?

The promise of process mining is using large volumes of data to analyse and optimise processes. Are these tools a key to value creation?

UiPath on Friday filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. No details of the target pricing or timing have been disclosed. Two months ago UiPath raised $750m in a round that valued it at $35bn. And last week it announced it had acquired Cloud Elements, to combine an enterprise-grade user interface (UI) and API-based automation capabilities in a single platform. 

UiPath has acquired API integration platform Cloud Elements. With this acquisition UiPath combines an enterprise-grade user interface (UI) and API-based automation capabilities in a single platform. Cloud Elements has a wide customer base, including companies like SAP, Capital One, DocuSign, iCIMS, FIS, Axway, PaySimple, TeamPay, Dun & Bradstreet, and Xerox.

Logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL is using AI to prepare employees for the future workplace and increase internal placements. VP group learning, talent and platforms Meredith Taghi tells Siân Harrington why skills are its new currency, why career marketplace is the new talent management and what lessons she has learned from implementing an AI tool.

The evolution towards an autonomous supply chain has already begun, and this transformation coincides and is driven by members of Generation Z (Gen Z), that have just started to enter the workforce, according to research by Gartner.

There is a lot of buzz around citizen developers. Most of the time it i presented as an easy process. But it is still change, which requires proper change management. In this video Sidney Madison Prescott, VP Global Intelligent Automation initiative at music streaming powerhouse Spotify, shares some of her insights on this phenomenon.

Eine aktuelle, global durchgeführte Umfrage hat untersucht, wie sich die neuen Arbeitsbedingungen insbesondere auf Führungskräfte verschiedener Altersgruppen auswirken und zeigt, dass Manager im Alter von 55+ bisher weniger Schwierigkeiten damit haben, als ihre Kollegen unter 35 Jahren – auch bekannt als Digital Natives. Woran liegt das?

Did you ever meet someone with real anxiety? It’s tough. There is no real reasoning behind it. Panic is at the door. I used to work at an airline, and a common fear is the fear to fly. It could be a combination of multiple anxieties, like fear of heights and claustrophobia. Or an irrational fear the plane will somehow malfunction and crash when you are on it. Just explaining that a plane is a safer way to travel than driving a car will not do the trick.