During the past month, several of you have shared with the world ways in which your company has survived and thrived by “Doing More With Less”. The quality of the submissions was high, and each response described a unique and valuable approach. This is the start of what I hope will become a resource for many companies in the future as they look to tap into the collective knowledge of the industry. I’m sure there are more great ideas out there, and I encourage you to keep them coming!
To those who participated … Thank you!
When I issued this challenge, I promised that the best ideas would be rewarded by Xuropa, a company dedicated to helping companies and their customers “do more with less”. And I am going to make good on that promise. Here are the winners, with short descriptions of their contest entries:
GRAND PRIZE - ONE FREE YEAR OF XUROPA - SIGASI
Philippe Faes of Sigasi - In the EDA sector, about 80% is turned over by the three market leaders, who have a tremendous world wide sales force. Does this market still allow new players to sell their products in different parts of the world? The only way to compete is not to compete: focus on the areas that large corporations are not good at. (read the full entry)
2ND PRIZE # 1 - TWO FREE MONTHS OF XUROPA - DENALI
Steve Leibson of Denali -The only ways to do more with less are for you and your organization to be more productive with existing resources or to find low-cost ways to tap into other people and resources that you don’t need to employ, own, or acquire. Standards organizations working on key elements relating to electronic systems design are a great, low-cost way to tap into the resources of other individuals, companies, and organizations. By using relatively small investments in time and resources, you can multiply your investment many fold. (read the full entry)
2ND PRIZE # 2 - TWO FREE MONTHS OF XUROPA - AGNISYS
Anupam Bakshi of Agnisys - In Hindi, there is a word for “doing more with less”, it is called “Jugar”. This article is a “How-to from the trenches” for running a company in today’s tough economy. We’ll give examples of how this strategy of “Jugar” has worked for us. (read the full entry)
2ND PRIZE # 3 - TWO FREE MONTHS OF XUROPA - JORVIG CONSULTING
Jeff Jorvig of Jorvig Consulting, Inc. - The one wake up call we should have all received over the last two years is that doing more with less will separate the winners from the losers. Working harder will provide some benefit in the short term, however it can’t be considered as “the” solution. Improving efficiency is the only means of long term survival in the current environment; there is no other way. (read the full entry)
HONORABLE MENTION - NUMETRICS
Ron Collett of Numetrics - It’s a common refrain, and I heard it this week at the IEEE VLSI Test Symposium in Santa Cruz: Moore’s Law is increasingly difficult to obey. We see evidence of this perception everywhere. (read the full entry)
HONORABLE MENTION - OPENSYSTEMS MEDIA
Pat Hopper of OpenSystems Media - Speaking of doing more with less, OpenSystems Media and the many of the leading EDA vendors are planning an EDA Virtual Summit entitled: EDA, The Next Big Thing. Topics covered include verification, SoC, Analog & RF and ESL. This online series of webcasts will be moderated by Don Dingee, Max Maxfield, HarryTheASICGuy, and Brian Bailey. What does this has to do with “doing more with less”? (read the full entry)
Once again, I thank the individuals and companies above for sharing their ideas.
And if you are one of those who did not participate, but would like to add your ideas to this collection, I’d like to hear from you as well. We’ll be holding similar competitions in the future, so it’s not too late to contribute. Go to the contest page and submit your idea and I will include it in the collection.
Keep those ideas coming!
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