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SMART INC January
2003 to December 2003
 December
2003
Take
2004
Most IT vendors have significantly increased their thrust on the
personal user. So we've portrayed a select few smart professionals who
are not only champions of their causes, but have also been early tech
adopters in their respective fields. Plus our selection of 2003's hottest
products that we think will set the trends for 2004.
 November
2003
10 Surefire
Strategies For Technology Management
When in doubt, cut IT. That seems to be the mantra today for businesses
looking for areas to cut costs. Not that it's bad to reduce flab, but
as Colgate Palmolive and others demonstrate, care must be taken to ensure
that money savings do not translate into lost efficiencies. Here's a pick
of 10 best practices to make your enterprise lean and nimble.
 October
2003
Power
You Can Measure
Yes, you can measure the gains from IT. Here's a peek into the spreadsheets
of Indian CXOs—in organisations as dispersed as a busy stock exchange
in Mumbai, and a college for training India's armed forces in the art
and science of modern hi-tech warfare in Mhow.
 September
2003
CONNECTED
WORLD
Technology has shrunk the globe. Read about how
SBI, LIC, ITC and Narayana Hrudayala are
using communications technologies innovatively to
make it happen.
 July 2003
Fizzically
There
Soft drink major Pepsi reckons cost- competitiveness is the smartest
route to success. That's why the company plans to unleash a state-of-the-art
supply chain management system in India. A first look at a project that
can supercharge the company's operations.
 June 2003
The ERP
Isn't Enough
Did the ERP-maker sell you the Rs 3-crore package as the panacea
for all your enterprise ills? Did he promise a smooth integration of all
your customers, suppliers or employees into your IT infrastructure? Did
the consultant promise a six-month implementation and no cost overrun?
Did he talk about an easy shift in culture and processes all over the
enterprise? Sorry. A standalone ERP package cannot do these and many more.
Are you ready for add-ons?
 May 2003
Do You
Have What I Need?
Every time you go shopping, technology is helping retailers answer
your questions more accurately. How retailers are driving their business
processes with IT in their quest for profitable growth.
 April
2003
Is IT
Eating Up Your Money?
We are past the age where you bought an ERP solution because your
neighbour had one. Now there's a more hard-headed way of looking at the
returns you must get from investing in technology. Here's how to go about
it.
 March
2003
Is HLL's
Supply Chain Flawed?
If Project Leap works, Hindustan Lever will have the right product
available at the right place in the right quantities and at the right
time. But even after two years of zealous implementation, distributors
are wary of using the front-end software, most stock-order information
is not available online, and the top-secret project is no secret anymore.
What does it all mean for India's strongest distribution network?
 February
2003
10 Technologies
To Live By
Smart Inc's guide to 10 technologies that firms cannot survive without.
 January
2003
India's
Most IT-Savvy CEO
To successfully take your company down the technology road, you needn't
know IT. But you certainly need a vision of the transformative power of
IT, and the drive to push through often painful changes to achieve that
success. We polled the Indian technology industry to find out which CEO
has that vision. HDFC Bank's Aditya Puri topped the charts.
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