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How Do Customers Prospect?

Partners in Excellence

. “We are looking to buy electronic components to use in a new consumer product we are developing. ” “We are expanding our factory capacity and need to add a new assembly line, can we talk about your products as a potential solution?” Related Posts: LinkedIn Networking Run Amuck!

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Being Human in the Time of Automation

Salesforce

It means that we need to explore opportunities for ourselves and our teams to humanize the future of work to complement and even enhance AI, automation, and productivity. The best way to differentiate yourself is through your humanity and creativity, not your productivity. But that doesn’t mean we’re all out of a job.

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10 Jobs Artificial Intelligence Will Replace (and 10 That Are Safe)

Hubspot

If you think job disruption by AI is limited to the assembly lines, think again: AI is doing a better job than humans at some aspects of sales and marketing, too. And although I breathed a sigh of relief that writing has only a 3.8% chance of being automated, it made me think about job roles that weren’t so lucky. 1) Telemarketers.

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Stop Doing Stupid Sh*t: 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Abandon in 2018

Hubspot

My blog articles live forever, so while old-line salespeople are cold calling, my content is converting like an assembly line in a factory. Overselling the product. Today, thankfully, overselling a product doesn’t fly. Treating your product demonstration as the end-all, be-all. You’ll immediately get caught.

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What Sales Can Learn From Lean Manufacturing — Part 2

Partners in Excellence

This post continues on the foundation of Toyota Production System’s 4 P’s, by diving into the 14 principles. Principle 11: Respect your extended network of partners and suppliers by challenging them and helping them improve. Principle 10: Develop exceptional people and teams who follow your company’s philosophy.

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#MyFirstSevenJobs John Pesec and Chris Palmisano

Partners in Excellence

5) Information systems intern: I built servers for the network, installed and configured networking equipment, took trouble tickets and help desk calls, and solved all kinds of computer problems. We were optimizing the flow of materials to and through assembly lines. The manager was blown away and hired me on the spot.

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The RevOps Guide to Revenue Growth on Cloud Marketplaces

G2

That changed in 1913 when Henry Ford invented the assembly line a composable way to streamline operations across his production chain. Before rush hour became a national pastime, cars were luxuries reserved for the rich. This turned his ambition of creating "a motor car for the great multitude" into reality.