This week at the SHRM18 Annual Conference and Exposition, we will be showcasing how to empower employees in the modern workplace with Microsoft solutions for Human Resources. While I am excited to attend my first SHRM conference and meet with HR leaders from around the globe, I’m invigorated to see the Microsoft 365, Workplace Analytics, Read more
The U.S. unemployment rate is at its lowest in nearly two decades, there’s a shortage of skilled candidates in numerous fields, and job hunters are savvier and more selective about who they’ll work for. After years of having the job market stacked in their favor, talent acquisition leaders and hiring managers now face stiff competition Read more
The future of field service is here. Are you ready to take the next step? A piece of equipment experiences a problem, and the customer calls. You dispatch a technician who goes to the site and runs diagnostics. If you’re lucky, all the right parts are on the truck and it’s an easy fix. But Read more
Field service technicians may be the most overlooked marketing and sales resource you’ve got. After all, once you’ve successfully landed the account, who gets more face time with the customer than the tech responsible for installing and maintaining the customer’s solution? That’s why your chances for repeat business and referrals greatly depend on how the Read more
Have you ever signed up for a mailing list thinking it will help you stay up to date on a product or service, only to find the future content to be mostly irrelevant? According to CMO.com, 42 percent of buyers say they get annoyed when their content isn’t personalized. There’s a growing buyer expectations gap Read more
Microsoft is committed to the security and privacy of customer data—ours and yours. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), effective May 25, 2018, is another opportunity for us to demonstrate our commitment to protect and enable the privacy rights of individuals while helping to ensure our Dynamics customers are ready to meet their GDPR requirements Read more
Microsoft is thrilled to host Build this week in Seattle. Build is the ultimate Microsoft developer event, where the most innovative minds connect to get inspired and code the future. During our Spring launch event, we announced several new features and capabilities to the Business Applications portfolio, including many updates to the Power platform that Read more
Adaptability. It is the key to the success of any business. How a business adapts to the needs of its customers, market demands, its environment, as well as any cultural shifts. To effectively adapt, an organization needs to have systems in place that allow it to change its business processes in real-time and do so Read more
Servitization is likely a familiar term to many field service organizations as leading companies around the world, from aerospace to oil and gas exploration, move from a traditional product-centric delivery model to a more service-centric one. In a global, commoditized economy, successful companies understand the need to differentiate themselves through service delivery. In fact, according Read more
Field service organizations have historically run under a reactive, break-fix operating model, only able to respond to device failures after customers report a problem. Modern field service organizations need new ways to make sense of available information to enable their people and take early action to address customer needs. Intelligent, predictive systems driven by artificial Read more
Today we’re in Melbourne, Australia for our Microsoft Business Forward event where we’re sharing how leading Australian organizations are accelerating their digital transformation together with Microsoft. I’m excited to see how organizations across industries, including healthcare services groups to technology and communications providers to snack food companies, are all building systems of intelligence and digitizing Read more
Over the last decade, the retail industry has undergone a massive transformation. The proliferation of e-commerce expanded customer choice, the rise of social media changed how people gather product details, and the expansion of smartphones placed an unlimited supply of information at our fingertips. All of this means that customer expectations are changing—rapidly. Read more