Author: Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book

Talk to Me: Outsourcing to Make Big Gains with Small Businesses

Talk is cheap, but meaningful dialogue is valuable. For utilities, speaking to each segment of the market in its own language can ... Read Article

The IBPP Revolution Meets – and Exceeds – Expectations

Introduction In an industry promising revolutionary advances nearly every day, one application has gone well beyond vision-speak: Internet bill presentment and payment(IBPP). ... Read Article

Choice!

There are many disturbing practices and beliefs prevalent in the traditional electric and gas energy industry, but few more disturbing than the ... Read Article

The Connected Home: The Open Services Gateway is Fulfilling the Promise of the Internet Lifestyle

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to automate some of your household chores, and leave home knowing that everything is safe and secure? With ... Read Article

The Entry of New Retailers and Their Search for Customers

Background The unbundling of the traditional energy company in the face of industry restructuring has exposed to competition areas traditionally overlooked by ... Read Article

Standardizing the Supply Chain After Enterprise Reorganization

Deregulation … mergers … spin-offs … The changes taking place in the energy industry, including the reality that competition will increase to ... Read Article

Strategic Transformation in the Energy Industry – A Blueprint for Competing in a Restructured and Networked Environment

Forces of Change in the Energy Industry The networked information economy and competition represent two of the greatest drivers of change in ... Read Article

Utilities and the Fourth Stage of E-Business

Cost savings through automation of business interactions has never been more appealing. Re-thinking our approach to inter-business transactions and re-applying existing and ... Read Article

Integrating IT: The Real Lessons Are Learned After The Merger

Introduction The past few years have brought about many sweeping and costly changes to the energy industry. Post-merger power companies in particular ... Read Article

E-Business Platforms in the Electricity Supply Industry

All over the world, the electricity supply industry is going through a period of unprecedented and momentous change. After a century of ... Read Article

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Streamlines Operations with SAP’s R/3 Enterprise

SAIC is a leader in systems design and integration, information security, IT outsourcing, and telecommunications networking and support, with more than 41,000 ... Read Article

Utilities and the Fourth Stage of E-Business

Cost savings through automation of business interactions has never been more appealing. Re-thinking our approach to inter-business transactions and re-applying existing and ... Read Article

The Virtual Logistics Department: Next Generation Logistics Exchanges

By integrating advanced tools and functionality, logistics exchanges can gain critical competitive differentiation. PDF download Context The emergence of the B2B exchange ... Read Article

E-Markets: Creating the Future of Business-to-Business Online

A Foundation for the Future Now consider the Internet, which creates unprecedented opportunities for companies to readily participate in, and even create, ... Read Article

How Standards Enhance Energy Competition

Birth of the GISB The creation of this new, cooperative organization not only made good business sense, but it also addressed concerns ... Read Article
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