What’s Next in Collabs?

Similarly, as the industry matures, it will continue to become easier for brands to get the most out of these important relationships. For example, Afluencer offers both free and premium plans for brands to get started, and provides tools to guide brands in their approach, regardless of budget. As with other marketing channels, what it all comes down to is determining a brand’s campaign goals and choosing the right path -- and the right people -- to make it happen.

How will influencer marketing continue to shift? In an industry that is notoriously difficult to predict (who would have thought a man skateboarding while drinking Ocean Spray would be the pandemic’s viral hit?), here are a few areas brands should pay attention to in the year ahead.

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A Smart Social Media Strategy

As buyers grow more skeptical of sales messaging and social media ads get more expensive, savvy retailers are embracing an affordable, surer path to consumer trust: influencer marketing.

Creators and influencers are viewed as relatable and aspirational. They are closer to customers than almost anyone, say Deloitte researchers, enabling brands to move, sway and sell at the speed of culture.

And companies are sponsoring influencers for a fraction of what they are paying for ads. Great deal? Let’s discuss.

How effective is influencer marketing, really? What are the risks, and how can retailers reduce them and boost their chances of success? We answer those questions in this resource, arming you with what you need to know to kickstart an influencer marketing experiment — your first steps toward a profitable program.

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What’s Next in Collabs?

Similarly, as the industry matures, it will continue to become easier for brands to get the most out of these important relationships. For example, Afluencer offers both free and premium plans for brands to get started, and provides tools to guide brands in their approach, regardless of budget. As with other marketing channels, what it all comes down to is determining a brand’s campaign goals and choosing the right path -- and the right people -- to make it happen.

How will influencer marketing continue to shift? In an industry that is notoriously difficult to predict (who would have thought a man skateboarding while drinking Ocean Spray would be the pandemic’s viral hit?), here are a few areas brands should pay attention to in the year ahead.

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Reducing Risk and Improving Synthesis Outcomes in Drug Discovery with SYNTHIA™ Retrosynthesis Software

Today’s synthesis planning for drug discovery relies on connecting the wisdom and practical expertise of an experienced organic chemist with the automation and advanced algorithms found in modern retrosynthesis software. This five-part series, sponsored by MilliporeSigma, will enable you to pioneer a pathway to more efficient, sustainable drug discovery. The articles featured here emphasize the importance of retrosynthesis software to help mitigate risk and augment your lab staff’s expertise, offer tips to implement‚ greener‘ chemistry, outline the steps to scale-up a synthesis reaction, and more.

Table Of Contents

  • Overcoming Key Challenges in Drug Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
  • Using High-Throughput Screening to Rapidly Identify Targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
  • Three Ways to Improve the Sustainability of Your Lab’s Chemical Synthesis . .9
  • How to Scale Up a New Synthesis Reaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
  • Computer-Aided Synthesis Reduces Complexity and Accelerates Novel Chemical Discoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Self-Awareness: The Key to Becoming a Complete Leader

Leaders lead, managers manage, supervisors supervise.

More Importantly, they lead others, manage others, and supervise others.

But when was the last time they supervised or managed themselves? Is that even an area of concern for them? Or have they grown so accustomed to observing others that they had forgotten that the fundamental trait of being an effective leader is to be aware of their own behaviors?

Are they aware of how their behaviors are affecting team cohesion, productivity, engagement and more importantly, organizational goals?

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How To Conduct 360° Leadership Feedback Survey Debriefs

There are a few key points to note when preparing to deliver a 360 debrief:

  • The goal is to identify a maximum of four development areas that will improve leadership capability.
  • Make your feedback relevant to the individual’s role responsibilities, especially strategy, people, innovation & organizational knowledge.
  • Continually reinforce that the 360 survey measures perceptions and what you are looking for is differences in the perceptions of the respondents.

We strongly recommend printing off the report and following our structured process as outlined in this guide.

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Semiconductor Cost Reduction Strategies

For emerging semiconductor chip companies, the primary goal is to get products sold and out of the door. However, as chip companies scale, everyone’s attention turns very quickly to lowering costs. It becomes critically important that Operations and Finance work together to achieve strategic goals and to manage costs effectively. To do that, some advance planning can have a significant impact.

Along with a talented financial executive from one of Tensoft’s fabless semiconductor customers, Tensoft CEO Bob Scarborough co-wrote a white paper tackling this topic several years ago. It was published in the Global Semiconductor Alliance’s “Forum” magazine in 2009, under the title “Semiconductor Cost Reduction Strategies.” Some recent discussions with customers and prospective customers re-affirmed the importance of this topic to both Operations and Finance teams.

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What’s So Unique About Semiconductor Manufacturing?

Unlike other manufacturing processes, semiconductor manufacturing is a hybrid of process manufacturing and discrete manufacturing. It adds value to the flow of materials throughout the process and can have multiple outcomes at various stages of production. In most cases, a standard ERP system does not meet the needs that result from this process.

This white paper provides an in-depth understanding of process manufacturing in semiconductor industry – from a systems perspective – with an example.

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How To Start a High-Impact Mentoring Program

Looking to start a mentoring program? That’s great. Mentoring is a proven approach to drive rich learning and development for both mentees and mentors. Mentoring also benefits the sponsoring organization.

Mentoring software provides a complete program environment that helps organizations start, manage, and measure all types of mentoring programs.

Read on to learn about five key steps to take when starting a successful mentoring program.

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5 Steps to Start a Mentoring Program for Women in the Workplace

Looking for an effective way to enable the women at your organization?

Whether you want to increase the number of women in leadership positions, enable more support from peers, or ensure that new employees feel welcome and included, mentoring can do the job!

But making mentoring programs work is not easy – it takes planning and dedication. To help, we’ve gathered our best mentoring program advice into a 5 step plan. You’ll learn how to:

  • Design a program to meet your specific goals.
  • Attract participants for your mentoring program.
  • Connect mentors and mentees.
  • And more!

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Understanding Amazon LPN (License Plate Number)

Amazon LPN, or License Plate Number, serves as a crucial tool within Amazon's fulfillment centers, providing a unique identifier for specific units or items. This digital label plays a vital role in efficient tracking and management of return orders within Amazon's extensive network.

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Implementing Automated Secrets Detection for Application Security

Dev & Ops teams from large organizations use thousands of secrets like API keys and other credentials in order to interconnect these components together. As a result, they now have access to more sensitive information than companies can keep track of.

The risk is that these secrets are now spreading everywhere. We call “secrets sprawl” the unwanted distribution of secrets in all the systems developers use. Secrets sprawl is even more difficult to control with growing development teams, sometimes spread over multiple geographies. Not even taking into consideration that developers are under hard pressure due to a growing number of technologies to master and shortened release cycles.

In this whitepaper, GitGuardian looks at the implications of secrets sprawl, and presents solutions for Application Security to further secure the SDLC by implementing automated secrets detection in their DevOps pipeline.

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Scalable Secure Remote Access Solutions for OEMs

Secure remote access to production assets, data and applications, along with the latest collaboration tools, provides plant and sites with the ability to apply the right skills and resources at the right time, independent of their physical location. OEMs are looking to reduce costs, add more value to their Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS) customers and differentiate themselves from their competitors. This paper outlines the means to enable secure remote access to plant or site-based applications and data and can be used as guidance for OEMs to collaborate with their customers when designing a secure remote access solution.

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Scalable Secure Remote Access Solutions for OEMs

Secure remote access to production assets, data and applications, along with the latest collaboration tools, provides plant and sites with the ability to apply the right skills and resources at the right time, independent of their physical location. OEMs are looking to reduce costs, add more value to their Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS) customers and differentiate themselves from their competitors. This paper outlines the means to enable secure remote access to plant or site-based applications and data and can be used as guidance for OEMs to collaborate with their customers when designing a secure remote access solution.

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Reinventing Supply Chains for an Uncertain Future

Today, businesses are looking for ways to respond quickly to current and potential future disruptions. The use of real-time data and advanced analytics to identify potential disruptions and understand their impact on the end-to-end supply chain is essential to being able to make informed decisions and respond quickly to mitigate risk.

This article will discuss key insights into today’s supply chain challenges and how to address them with a high degree of flexibility, allowing an organization to respond quickly to changing internal and external demands. We will examine pressing issues like demand volatility, business disruptions, inventory optimization struggles and talent gaps currently facing supply chains. The limitations of traditional linear strategies and outdated technologies will also be explored. Finally, we will present advanced solutions like artificial intelligence, blockchain, digital twin modeling and real-time data analytics that are revolutionizing supply chain planning.

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