Consumer packaged goods (CPG) are items used daily by consumers that require routine replacement such as food, beverages, clothes, tobacco, makeup, and household products. While consumer demand for CPGs largely remains constant, this is also a highly competitive sector where consumers can easily switch their brand loyalty. Getting the right product to the right place…
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Indicators of Project Success
Defining the success of a project can be a difficult endeavor. This is because project success is subjective. One project might be deemed a success if it adheres to the planned timeline, another if it stays within its initial budget, and still another if it avoids scope creep. As projects are a major investment…
Software Team Productivity
The following piece is from the Director of Operations at Treehouse Technology Group, JD Roger Software team productivity is an inherently difficult thing to put metrics — at least, quantitative metrics — around. Lines of code, bug rates, etc., are not necessarily good indicators of how well or poorly your software team is doing, especially…
Why Craft Breweries Need Data Management Systems
In a time when Goliaths with massive market shares control almost every sector, there exists an extraordinary anomaly: craft breweries. In fact, between 2008 and 2016, the number of breweries expanded by a factor of six, and the number of brewery workers grew by 120 percent. With all this growth has come an overwhelming amount…
Guest Blog: How the Healthcare Industry Can Benefit from Automation
Treehouse Technology Group welcomes guest bloggers to contribute to our website. We’ve selected this piece from Mark Pawlowski, because at TTG we work with healthcare companies on their technology strategy, custom software development and systems integration. TTG provides both product and strategy consulting, in addition to technical implementation and project execution. ________ Guest post by By Mark…
How Blockchain can Revolutionize the Concert-Goer Experience
Much has been written about the decline of the music industry, particularly the fall of album sales. What used to be the bread and butter for musicians now only makes up a fraction of their earnings. According to a recent report by CitiGroup, the music industry generated $43 billion in sales last year, but artists…
Why the Healthcare Industry can Benefit from Automation
In January 2009, a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine looked at the benefits of automation in Texas hospitals. According to the report, increased automation of notes and records was associated with a 15-percent decrease in the odds of in-hospital death. In the decade since then, automation technology has only increased and today, automation…
How Blockchain Could Disrupt Banking
In 2016, the The International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication released the results of its annual member survey looking at the future of the global financial industry.According to the report, 62 percent of firms saw investment in technology as a top area of focus in 2016-2017. Specifically, the firms cited increased interest in blockchain…
Rapid Application Development in Healthcare
In 2014, Becker’s Hospital Review, a hospital business magazine, released a report exploring the various benefits of technology innovation in the healthcare industry. Overall, the report details how IT investment has an impact not only on an organization’s performance but also it’s bottom line. One of the hospitals mentioned in the report saw complications decrease…
IoT and Healthcare: Safely and Effectively Merging Devices in the Healthcare Data Universe
In 2017, Aruba Networks, an information technology and security company released a report looking at the impact Internet of Things (IoT) technology would have on the healthcare industry. According to Aruba Networks, the healthcare industry ranks third when it comes to IoT implementation. The company’s report found that 60 percent of healthcare organizations had already…