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How to Leverage Technology

All businesses will need to leverage technology if they are to remain competitive in the marketplace. MW/DV BEs in particular will need to aggressively embrace it if they are to effectively compete. Here are some tips that will help you succeed in today's work environment:
• Learn as much and as quickly as you can about the emerging technologies through which business-to-business commerce will be conducted.
• Connect with others who already have experience in using "enabling technology" to enhance their business models.
• Include technology in your business solution proposals to customers and detail how it will make you a better supplier.
• Use current window of "B2B" (Business to Business) confusion as an opportunity to leap-frog over incumbent competitors.
• Use the Internet to reach beyond your traditional definition of customer sets.
• Don't let the "fear of technology" constrain your business vision; rather, use it to expand your value proposition beyond what you can do today.
• Ensure that whatever technology you use adds value to your bottom line, not just the pages of your Web site.
• ALWAYS include enabling technology in your strategic business plan and then EXECUTE the plan!

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