Enterra Insights

Month: November 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

Innovation and Corporate Culture

Annually, Booz & Company analysts issue a report about corporate innovation. This year’s study focuses on corporate culture. [“The Global Innovation 1000: Why Culture Is Key,” by Barry Jaruzelski, John Loehr, and

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Supply Chain Complexity

The Financial Times recently asked three commentators, including good friend, Lora Cecere, to answer the question: “Do complex supply chains make you too vulnerable?” [1 November 2011] The column begins by describing

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Business Heads for the Clouds

Rolfe Winkler writes, “After burying its head in the sand, Oracle is finally looking skyward. Better late than never for shareholders.” [“Oracle Embraces Cloudy Future,” Wall Street Journal, 25 October 2011] Winkler

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Regional, Local, and Sustainable Sourcing

Steve Hall, Deputy Editor of Procurement Leaders Magazine, provocatively writes, “Collaboration is, for some, mostly pointless – we’ve all got our own goals and collaboration is just a moment when those goals

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The "Big Data" Dialogues, Part 7

In yesterday’s post, one of the things I discussed was a study written by McKinsey consultants Brad Brown, Michael Chui, and James Manyika. [“Are you ready for the era of ‘big data?”

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The "Big Data" Dialogues, Part 6

Steve Lohr, technology columnist for the New York Times, writes: “The quest to find decision-making insights in the modern data flood is certainly an appealing notion. After all, there is so much

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