Advance Your Business with Advanced Analytics
October 3, 2018
The era of Big Data is in full swing. The term “big data” has both its supporters and detractors; but, like it or not, when people hear the term, they understand a
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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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Making Fallow Data Fields Productive
October 2, 2018
Farmers would go broke if their fields remained fallow year after year. Yet many businesses have fallow fields of data waiting to be plowed and harrowed by advanced analytics. Samantha Ann Schwartz
Targeted Marketing in the Era of Stricter Regulations
October 1, 2018
Thanks to stricter regulations, such as those included in the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), marketers are having to reevaluate the efficacy of targeting marketing tactics. John Hernandez, CEO of
Agriculture, Logistics, and Advance Technologies
September 28, 2018
Current projections have the global population surpassing 9 billion people by mid-century. Feeding all those people will be a major challenge and we have very few years available to find answers. There
Supply Chain Transformation is a Journey not a Destination
September 27, 2018
Supply chains have been around since people realized they had things worth trading. As new technologies emerged, supply chains transformed to take advantage of these technologies. As a result, transformation has been
Industry 4.0: Evolution or Revolution?
September 26, 2018
The term “Industry 4.0” was coined to describe the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Anant Kale (@anantkale), Co-Founder and CEO of AppZen, explains, “The first industrial revolution mechanized production using steam power, the second
Building Fairness into Machine Learning
September 25, 2018
Numerous articles have been written discussing how bias can creep into machine learning (ML) solutions. Bias is never a good thing; especially when it affects peoples’ lives. The good news, according to
The Internet of Things and Supply Chain Transformation
September 24, 2018
Recent reports indicate Internet of Things (IoT) technology adoption is slowing down due to security concerns. As I noted in a previous article, caution is warranted.[1] Concerns about IoT security have been
Machine Learning: Going Mainstream But Not There Yet
September 21, 2018
A couple of years ago, business consultant Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) predicted machine learning would soon go mainstream. He wrote, “First there was big data — extremely large data sets that made
Artificial or Augmented Intelligence?
September 20, 2018
There remains a great deal of fear-mongering about artificial intelligence (AI) and some concerns are very real (e.g., autonomous weapons). For the most part, however, we are a long way from achieving
