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Guidelines For Hiring the Best Software Developers

The Human Factor

Whatever industrial sector your startup works in, there’s a good likelihood that technology has to be integrated firmly in your fundamental business strategy. This raises the difficulty of finding the top software engineers for a business given that many are bootstrapped and some are sponsored. Establishing requirements.

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Answering 3 Key Automotive Industry 4.0 Questions

Planview

Vehicle factory shutdowns due to a microchip shortage, an automotive CEO losing his job for software concerns, and millions of connected cars on the road. No doubt about it, Automotive Industry 4.0 Pinpoint investment opportunities that connect software development’s best practices to speed production.

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What is Lean Production? Frequently Asked Questions

Kainexus

Although Lean production originated in the manufacturing sector, it is now used by organizations of all industries and sizes. It is widely used in organizations as diverse as construction, education, software development, and healthcare.

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The Principles and Implementation of Lean Improvement

Kainexus

But, because that's easier said than done, forward-thinking business leaders have developed several structured improvement methodologies over the years. One of the most widespread is an approach that grew out of the Japanese automotive industry, Lean manufacturing.

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When Building a Culture For Innovation, Form Follows Function

Cris Beswick

While Sullivan’s original theory spoke to the world of physical construction, the universal truth it captured quickly transcended that initial domain. Decades later, the form-follows-function paradigm became deeply embedded across industrial design, software development, and systems engineering disciplines.

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Kaizen Program Management – The Fundamentals

Kainexus

For many years, the continuous improvement philosophy of Kaizen was most closely associated with industrial manufacturing and high technology. That’s because it was developed by the Japanese auto industry and then later adopted by technology companies like GE and Motorola.

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3 Types of Business Transformation for Surviving Rapid Change

Planview

Agile transformation reaches beyond Agile software development practices to include transitioning an entire organization to nimble practices and mindsets. It’s not just about adding agile software; it’s changing the mindset, creating cross-functional teams (and teams of teams), and continuously improving processes and workflows.

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