Read this article about IBM, Finalist in the Best Achievement in Operational Excellence to deliver Business Transformation, selected by the independent judging panel, for the 2020 Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Industry Awards program.
BlueSeller is a scalable AI solution with the ability to analyze and process both structured and unstructured data. Deployed in 2017, BlueSeller helped IBM’s Sales organization achieve savings by eliminating over 20,000 workhours annually (26,000 in 2019). BlueSeller is creating an entirely new model, allowing sellers to self-serve, reducing their dependency on subject matter experts (SMEs) and drastically cutting the time required to address client questions. It provides a unified platform for information through an intelligent virtual agent built with cutting edge Natural Language Processing (NLP) and AI methodologies developed by IBM Watson. Other technologies include Watson Assistant (short tail answers), Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Text to Speech, Speech to Text, and Watson Discovery Services (long tail answers).
BlueSeller leverages IBM Watson's learning capability to get information across multiple sources via a single, easy-to-use interface. The configurable and expandable design allows many different areas of knowledge to be incorporated. Simultaneously, the intelligent orchestration layer is able to understand the context behind an inquiry and find the most relevant response by searching through various corpora.
The virtual agent drives value to our sales organization by quickly responding to questions with relevant information from trusted sources. BlueSeller is already embedded within various platforms leveraged by the IBM Sales and Operations teams. The tool is a one stop shop that allows the Sales team to be productive 24x7. It’s a global tool already deployed across all geographic regions and available in multiple languages.
Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Industry Awards 2020
About the Awards
The Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Awards have been established to showcase globally the most outstanding organizational achievements through the application of Operational Excellence programs. Click here to view the Press Release.
The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at The Business Transformation & Operational Excellence World Awards (BTOES) on Wednesday, March 25th, 2020, from 6.30pm in the Venetian Ballroom at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando Resort.
The Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Awards are open to all organizations, both private and public sector, across the globe, which have implemented Operational Excellence programs to deliver outstanding business results.
The Awards will be held in conjunction with the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence World Summit, BTOES 2020 in the beautiful Venetian Ballroom on March 25, 2020 at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando™️. Click to access the agenda, view the current speakers, and watch the highlights video from last year.
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The issues in this article are just one of topic areas that are going to be discussed at the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence World Summit & Industry
BTOES is the industry’s biggest and best, senior-level, cross-industry gathering of Business Transformation & Operational Excellence industry leaders and senior executives.
It also hosts the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Awards, which showcase globally the most outstanding organizational achievements through the application of Operational Excellence programs.
The summits hosts a number of private forums for C-Level & Global corporate-level leaders as well as business unit heads.
With over 150 speakers, over 100 sessions, 12 Keynotes, 9 Track Themes, 5 parallel tracks, 60+ track sessions, 50 roundtable discussions, 20 Interactive Workshops, 6 Thought Leader Panels, 5 Leaders Boardrooms, 5 co-located events, the Industry Awards Program, Site Visits, 20+ hours of social networking including 2 gala cocktail parties, dinners, numerous group activities, this is the ultimate event to benchmark, network and drive Operational Excellence to the next level.
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There is a strong focus on Cultural Transformation, Customer Delight, Sustaining an Operational Excellence program, Need for end-to-end Business Transformation, Keeping up with new technologies/impact of digitalization and Leadership Buy-in & Understanding. We dedicated two tracks to advanced technologies, such as AI, Machine Learning, RPA, Predictive Analytics, Blockchain, Cloud infrastructure etc.
The agenda is designed to encourage active meaningful conversations though all day enhanced networking and interaction opportunities, including
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All-day Refreshment & Themed Breaks
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1¼ Hour Hot Breakfast Networking Sessions
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1½ Hour Hot Plated Networking Lunches with Topic & Industry Sector focussed tables
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1½ Hour Roundtable Sessions by Topic & Industry Sector.
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Keynote & Themes Panel Sessions
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Hosted Welcome Receptions from 5.30pm
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Expanded more lavish Awards Program
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Newly launched Night Summit for attendees to meet after dinner
For more information or to discuss the summit in more detail please schedule a call below,