Impact of covid-19 on global supply chains & opportunities in a post-covid world
Transportation restrictions imposed by various governments all over the world, have severely disrupted global supply chains. Challenges in manufacturing, procurement, distribution, and retail are on the rise, leading to major problems in certain sectors. Adding to this, there are consumer related problems where hoarding of essential goods has put unnecessary pressure on the already-vulnerable supply chain. However, the current scenario of uncertainties might lead to businesses leveraging digital technologies, to rebuild the crumbled. Intelligent procurement, and supply chain management and simulation through intelligent automation and analytics, might show the light in delivering business value in the post-COVID world.
Jul 15, 2020
You are “digital-diffident’ when there is a serious hesitation and conservative outlook towards digitalization while looking for guarenteed success.
We may have noticed that the speed of digitalization has accelerated since the start of the…
One of the prominent challenges that IT admins face is to keep systems always patched against identified and emerging vulnerabilities. Before COVID-19, organizations had some sort of mechanism in place to test a patch before it is released or apply…
Amelia Mosquera-Pardo, HCL's Change and Adoption expert, shares key insights into how you can stay on top of your well-being while working from home
Organizations that have been focused on resolving just the incidents will now have to switch to a culture of continuous process improvement. Incident management as we see is largely a functionally oriented structure. Specialized resource groups (…
Jul 09, 2020
Retail banks have weathered the storm of the Covid-19 relatively well. However, the banking landscape, as the crisis abates, is likely to change dramatically over the coming months and years. The future of banks will be driven by their ability to…
Jul 08, 2020
Corona virus or CVOID-19 is going to be one of the deadliest disasters in the 21st century which has affected health of millions of people, ways of work and life and brought the economic calamity across the globe. This pandemic has impacted the…
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly become the largest crisis of the current generation, second perhaps only to climate change. Spread across 174 nations, the pandemic has led to world-changing consequences, disrupting every aspect of our lives,…
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Social distancing norms offers a remarkable opportunity for financial institutions to bolster their digital engagement journeys for products and services that have traditionally been exchanged via face-to-face interaction at the branches. There are…
Apr 29, 2020
A worldwide humanitarian crisis reshaped the world, the way we work, interact, and live, all in an instant. Read how Andy Packham, SVP and Head of HCL Microsoft Business Unit outlines resilience as the key to survival and enhancing the lives of…
Technology has seen several advances over the last decade, with developments in AI particularly showing promise of a more sustainable world. As we deal with the wide-ranging ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must look toward technology,…
In this blog, KK delineates the importance of AI in enabling a highly extendable workplace environment that allows organisations to quickly scale and dynamically adapt to changing business needs. He highlights the importance of strategies and…
May 07, 2020
The long term social, economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 virus are still evolving. The COVID-19 situation is complex and a considered and well managed response by retailers will have a major bearing on how well they ride the waves coming…
The rise in connected devices is great news for the autonomous vehicle. This data explosion also means more opportunities for rich insights to make our vehicles of the future more seamless, data-driven, and intuitive. However, for AVs to reach the…
As the world looks at the massive economic costs of the COVID19 crisis, technology can provide a pathway to recovery. With 5G, the possibilities of what can be done seem greater and it is more important now that we harness this technology to help…
May 11, 2020
In this blog, Sanjay talks about how HCL and Google Cloud can help organisations foster collaboration, retain productivity and deliver an equitable experience in these unprecedented times and beyond.
Since the emergence of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, the world has witnessed a rising rate of cyber-attacks. In fact, in just one month, the number of attacks against the WHO doubled, with more than 2,000 malicious websites being launched every day…
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