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Summary of Reports

 3M

 Access Supply Chain

 Epicor

 IBM Global Business Services

 IFS

 Manhatten Associates

 QAD

 Sanderson

 Trinity

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Management Briefings

 Market Overview & Analysis: Conspectus’ latest research | Part 2

 Expert Opinion: Professor Alan Braithwaite of LCP Consulting

 View from the Top: Wolseley plc | Part 2

 All-Seeing Software: Simon Holloway of Bloor Research | Part 2

 Staying Power: Greg Cudahy, Thomas Jacobson and Tiago Salvador of Accenture | Part 2

 Pulling it All Together: John Pope, independent management consultant | Part 2

 Agile Working: Nigel Spooner of Logica | Part 2

 Stick to Your Knitting: Jeremy Batchelor and Ian Kirkpatrick

 Why Buy?: Denis O'Sullivan of NetworkedWorld | Part 2

 Treasure Hunt: Barry Payne, Chandresh Harjivan and Mark Deck of PRTM | Part 2

Companies can accelerate their product development using an approach known as technology scouting, report Barry Payne, Chandresh Harjivan and Mark Deck of PRTM.

Treasure hunt - Part 2 | Part 1

Many minds

Think ‘two minds are better than one’, and multiply it by hundreds or thousands. A few years ago, Eli Lilly launched InnoCentive as a way to connect with people outside the company who could help in developing drugs and speeding them to market.

Pressing scientific problems – ones Eli Lilly’s internal scientists had been unable to solve – were posted on InnoCentive’s website and anyone in the company’s network of experts could take a shot at cracking them. Eli Lilly also made InnoCentive available to other firms eager to access its network.

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