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Achieving Long Term Transformational Success with PLM in Life Sciences, Part 1 [Kalypso]

Innovation Excellence

At one client, my colleague, Graciella Beyers, and I, identified dozens of unique processes that were executed each time a new product was developed and released to the market. Although this particular client was actually more mature in terms of automated processes, they still faced inefficiencies in managing their processes.

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The Business Lessons of the Belmont Stakes

Harvard Business Review

Well, we can quantify that with something called a Beyer Speed Figure , a measure of a horse's performance adjusted for track conditions. In the stock market, for instance, you need bulls and bears, long- and short-term investors, technicians and those who rely on fundamentals. A success rate of less that 15% is not encouraging.

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The Business Lessons of the Belmont Stakes

Harvard Business Review

Well, we can quantify that with something called a Beyer Speed Figure , a measure of a horse's performance adjusted for track conditions. In the stock market, for instance, you need bulls and bears, long- and short-term investors, technicians and those who rely on fundamentals. A success rate of less that 15% is not encouraging.

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