MANUFACTURING STRATEGIES
the mainframe era writing code , real code where you punched cards and fed them into machines , so I ’ ve got a programmer background ,” she explains . “ Only big business could afford IT at that point in time – it was complex . Then I worked through the Client Server era where IT became pervasive but in a basic sense . Most businesses of all scales got what I call base IT : HR and finance systems … CRM systems … ERP systems … Now we ’ re living through a third platform world , and we can see fourth platform world on the horizon , where IT is really starting to drive business and its less about function and more about how you bring new products and services to market for your customers . I ’ m lucky to have lived through the years when it started and see what IT has become . If I reflect back on the last 15 years , I don ’ t even want to think about what ’ s going to happen in the next 15 years because the art of the possible is just becoming possible .”
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