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Patterns of Change Continuous Monitoring: Transforming Industry, Trade, and Society In scientific research, continuous-monitoring processes sometimes discover "transient objects" that the researchers weren't looking for but that lead to new insights and discoveries. In the world of business, advances in sensor, wireless, and computing technologies are creating opportunities for companies to implement continuous-monitoring systems to enhance industrial, manufacturing, and retail processes and to understand R&D efforts, product performance, and customer satisfaction better. In addition to improving the efficiency of traditional business processes, continuous monitoring will likely produce surprises as previously unknown dimensions of process dynamics come to light thanks to constant surveillance. The business world stands to reap substantial rewards by stepping away from the tight schedule and narrow focus of its current data-collection and analysis processes and broadening its perspective to include the unexpected. Page 2. Items Worth Noting Smart Skins for Cell Phones Those designer faceplates on cell phones will soon help in delivering customized content. Page 8. Marriage Contrasts Governments in the United States and those in Europe have markedly distinct policy approaches to marriage. Page 9. Supercopies What happens when counterfeit goods are better than the originals? Page 12. The Next Chinese Export The next Chinese export may be innovation, thanks to the country's current efforts in growing or obtaining the capabilities for performing R&D, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Page 12. |
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