The average office worker spends over a third of their workweek managing email and scheduling meetings. But with Boomerang for Outlook, users can take back much of this time lost to email by reducing interruptions with Inbox Pause, writing more effective emails that need fewer follow-ups with Respondable, and having email arrive at better times with send later, recurring messages, and snooze. And with one-click booking, planning a meeting no longer requires a chain of correspondence to confirm a time.

Do you remember when manufacturers relied on large PowerPoint decks to run the planning and business performance review meetings? Unfortunately, those decks were largely ineffective in answering questions regarding the root causes of gaps, actions being taken to close the gaps, and financial trade-offs. Which led to delayed decisions. What executives really needed was real-time information to make critical business decisions. 

Last month, we announced that for the 11th consecutive year, Microsoft has been positioned as a leader in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.* And for the third consecutive year, Microsoft is positioned furthest to the right for completeness of vision within the Leaders quadrant.

Until now, providers have leveraged genomics primarily for oncology and treatment of rare diseases, limiting the benefits to a small population. However, with technological advancements rapidly driving down genome sequencing costs, genomics is poised to transform healthcare by delivering clinical insights at population scale.

Manufacturers have a mandate to limit waste whether it’s on the shop floor, in the supply chain, or just in general with resources throughout the organization. It’s a big struggle for manufacturers of all sizes and focus. The ones that figure out how to do this effectively stand to achieve a big payoff.