The Taste of Umami
December 3, 2013
“Sweet, bitter, salty and sour are the four taste qualities upon which the human sense of taste is based,” Bernd Lindemann, Yoko Ogiwara, and Yuzo Ninomiya wrote nearly a dozen years ago.
Enterra Insights
Year: 2013
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.
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A Brief Big Data/Analytics 3.0 Primer
December 2, 2013
“We are now in the midst of a big data bubble where everything and anything seems to be touted as having some kind of big data tie-in,” writes Greg Satell. ” It’s
From Black Friday to the Boy on the Bike
November 29, 2013
Today you may be one of the millions of Americans who goes shopping. You may venture out to local stores where you will bump elbows with your neighbors, jostle for sales items
Happy Thanksgiving 2013
November 28, 2013
Traditionally, Thanksgiving Day has marked the beginning of the holiday shopping season — not any more. In many stores, Christmas decorations were going up and holiday products were going on sale after
Use of Digital Coupons is Growing
November 27, 2013
Earlier this year I posted an article entitled Americans Love Their Coupons. In that article, I quoted Emma Rosenblum who wrote, “[Americans have a] longstanding affection for those money-saving pieces of paper.”
Supermarkets and Digitalization, Part 2
November 26, 2013
In Part 1 of this two-part series on the digitalization of supermarkets, I discussed the increased use of mobile apps, digital coupons, and the “click and collect” model for grocery shopping. I
Supermarkets and Digitalization, Part 1
November 25, 2013
About a year and a half ago, Annie Gasparro and Timothy W. Martin wrote, “Americans still shop for groceries. They’re just not doing it so much at supermarkets.” To prove their point,
Innovation Variety: Doblin’s Ten Types of Innovation
November 22, 2013
Larry Keeley, Ryan Pikkel, Brian Quinn, and Helen Walters, innovation consultants at Doblin, created quite a stir when earlier this year they published a book entitled Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
November 21, 2013
“A new type of mobile app is departing from a long-standing practice in computing,” writes Tom Simonite. “Typically, computers have just dumbly waited for their human operators to ask for help. But
The Rise of the Chief Digital Officer
November 20, 2013
Two years ago, Tim Bourgeois wrote, “With spending on digital-related initiatives and activities accounting for 10% or more of all expenses at many companies — and forecast to increase at double-digit rates
