The 1989 cult movie “Back to the Future II” predicted that the year 2015 would bring with it a world of hover-boards, flying cars and self-lacing trainers, writes Carsten Bruhn, Executive Vice President, Commercial at Ricoh Europe. While few of the flashy gadgets foreseen by the film’s creators have come into existence, 1989 proved a landmark year from which the way we … [Read more...]
Slow Burn – Execs Feeling Pinch of Bureaucracy and the Challenge of Speed
European education leaders believe they need to change faster now than they have done over the last three years and almost all (98 per cent) say they are under pressure to adapt to rapid change. However, in new study called The Challenge of Speed, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Ricoh, Europe's educationalists report that they are energised about … [Read more...]
SMEs Leading Big Business In Race To Full Digitalisation
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Europe are moving much faster than their peers in larger organisations in the race to complete key digital transformation initiatives, according to research commissioned by Ricoh Europe. Almost two thirds of SMBs (64 per cent) expect to digitise their remaining physical documents within the next three years, compared to less than … [Read more...]
Generation 2018 – Rise of the iWorkers
The number of ‘intelligent workers’ (iWorkers) in European businesses is expected to rise sharply over the next five years, according to new research commissioned by Ricoh Europe. Research from McKinsey highlights that companies with higher concentrations of knowledge workers (above 35 per cent of the workforce) create, on average, returns per employee three times higher than … [Read more...]
Save 20% of European Revenue By Digitising Data, Says Ricoh
70 per cent of European business leaders believe that digitising hard copy documents would save between five and 20 per cent of their annual turnover. New research commissioned by Ricoh Europe illustrates the benefits to European businesses of tackling the ‘bigger data’ opportunity – the digitisation of business critical, hard copy documents for business decision-making. … [Read more...]