Advance Ship Notices
March 17, 2011
The term “Advance Ship Notice” (ASN) is a bit of a misnomer since it implies that the document is sent in advance of a shipment — it’s not. Generally, however, it does
Enterra Insights
Month: March 2011
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
Categories
Supply Chain Collaboration
March 16, 2011
During a discussion with Supply Chain Digest editor Dan Gilmore, David Johnston of JDA Software and Atul Pandey of Infosys Technologies, asserted that supply chain visibility and collaboration “are critical drivers of
Globalization Trends and the World Economy
March 15, 2011
A little less than a year ago, analysts from the McKinsey Quarterly identified what they considered to be the five most important forces shaping the global economy [“Five forces reshaping the global
Intelligence and Disease
March 14, 2011
Katie Baker wrote, “Global differences in intelligence is a sensitive topic, long fraught with controversy and still tinged by the disgraceful taint of pseudosciences such as craniometry that strove to prove the
Entrepreneurism and the Family
March 11, 2011
In past posts on entrepreneurism, I have noted that entrepreneurs often look to family for investment capital to start a business before looking elsewhere. In the end, that’s all fine and good
The Emerging Global Middle Class
March 10, 2011
In January, the World Bank forecast that the global economy would “grow at a modest 3.3% in 2011.” More interestingly, the bank predicted that it will be developing countries that prove to
Entrepreneurs: Old and Young
March 9, 2011
Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Luke Johnson reports that the landscape for entrepreneurs has changed a lot since he first started creating businesses back in the 1980s [“Rules of the game have been
Innovation Inside and Out: Part 2 Inside the Corporate Setting
March 8, 2011
In Part 1 of this two-part series on innovation, I discussed an article by Patricia Cohen in which she reports on research that suggests that much more creative thinking is going on
Innovation Inside and Out: Part 1 Outside the Corporate Setting
March 7, 2011
Patricia Cohen writes, “Since the Austrian economist Joseph A. Schumpeter published ‘The Theory of Economic Development’ in 1934, economists and governments have assumed that the industrial and business sectors are where ideas
Entrepreneurism and Self-Education
March 4, 2011
Lucy Kellaway from the Financial Times recently reported that Tyra Banks was headed to Harvard Business School [“Aiming to be America’s Next Top Student,” 20 February 2011]. Kellaway notes that Banks is
