Digital Health mobile apps and connected medical devices are rapidly changing how patients learn, monitor, diagnose and treat disease. Even in these early days of the digital transformation of healthcare, connected medical devices and digital services are winning reimbursement as “digiceuticals” by payors and insurers. However, the critical need going forward is how to measure, compare and prove these new tools and digital biomarkers are safe, effective and valuable at scale, not just in the USA but globally, across geographies, cultures and health systems.
Automation from the Worker's Perspective: How Can New Technologies Make Jobs Better? Ben Armstrong Executive Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center
It’s easy to think that digital business success depends on becoming more mobile, social, and analytical. But that barely hints at how digital technologies are changing business. SMACIT (social, mobile, analytics, cloud, internet of things)—and more recent technology arrivals like artificial intelligence, robotics, and biometrics—are ridiculously affordable, easy to use, and powerful. Anyone can acquire and use these technologies—your customers, your employees, your partners, your competitors (and your future competitors). Consequently, you will never generate a competitive edge by simply adopting some digital technology. How will companies create competitive advantage digitally? Speed and integration—the antithesis of what most established companies are designed for. Thus to become more agile and integrated, companies must not only use digital technologies effectively, they must fundamentally redesign themselves. Drawing on examples such as Philips, LEGO, Schneider Electric, and BNY Mellon, we describe how big, old companies are designing themselves for digital success.
Technology Trends to enable Supply Chain digitalization Advanced Demand Analytics and its Impact on Business Performance Implementation: Global Retailer Requirements for Success
Moderator: Randall Field Speakers: - Sertac Karaman (17 minutes) "The path towards autonomous vehicles on our roads" - Sanjay Sarma (17 minutes) "Digitalization of the mobility value chain: opportunities and implications"
Over the past decade, new digital technologies have re-defined mobility in urban areas through new on-demand mobility services offered through a sharing economy model. This session will explore future opportunities associated with digital transformations of the mobility value chain and will assess the implications linked to these transformations from a strategic perspective. In particular, the technological foundations of in-vehicle digitalization will be explored for the case of autonomous vehicles, with a focus on assessing current technical implementations and potential technical solutions.
How do some companies thrive in an era of constant technological disruption, while others stumble? How can your company excel in using artificial intelligence, chatbots, and future technological innovations to delight your customers and dominate your competitors? Through seven years of research into digital transformation, we have identified five levers digital masters use to outperform their industry peers. They don’t just adopt technology; they build the capabilities to continuously drive technology-powered transformation. Using examples from several industries and countries, we will show you how to turn your company into a digital master.
Just paying employees well isn’t enough. For a business to succeed it must have operational procedures that allow for high productivity and empower employees to contribute to a company’s success. Professor Zeynep Ton will discuss the importance of a human-centered operations strategy and how operational innovation can increase the productivity and contributions of workers and create positive outcomes where customers become fans and your organization is set up for success.