Veterans Day 2014
November 11, 2014
In the United States, Veterans Day annually falls on November 11, the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in
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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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Targeted Marketing Requires Personalizing Your Content
November 10, 2014
“Amid the buzz about data marketing,” writes Matthew Parsons (@matt_parsons), “it’s all too easy to forget that customers are real people.” [“Big data gets personal: how to tailor the experience to suit
Innovation Requires the Right Team Asking the Right Questions
November 7, 2014
“What if?” asks Mike Myatt (@mikemyatt), a leadership advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and Boards. “What if you could reinvent your business? What if you could change the perception of your brand?
Food Security: Don’t Let Fears of Frankenfoods Put the World’s Poor at Risk
November 6, 2014
This week voters in Oregon and Colorado defeated measures that would have required food products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled. In Oregon, where the measure was defeated by
The Digital Path to Purchase Requires Mastery of Omnichannel Capabilities
November 5, 2014
“Very few companies – a mere five percent – believe they are ‘advanced’ when it comes to omnichannel capabilities,” a press release from SPS Commerce states, “and between 35 percent and 40
Machine Learning: A Short Primer
November 4, 2014
“[Machine learning is] an extremely happening area,” Debi Mishra (@debipmishra), principal engineering manager at Microsoft’s New England Research and Development Center in Cambridge said in a recent interview. “If you fast forward
Target Marketing to Millennials Requires Refined Segmentation
November 3, 2014
“As marketers,” writes Paige O’Neill (@paige_oneill), Chief Marketing Officer at SDL, “we know that consumers of all ages — especially young adults — are device-savvy and no longer thinking in terms of
Using Technology in STEM Education
October 31, 2014
David Havens (@eduhavens), an analyst at the NewSchools Venture Fund, reports, “Catalyzed by technology, education is undergoing major change.” [“Re-imaginED: The future of K12 Education,” NewSchools Venture Fund, 9 December 2013] He
Helping Connect People at the Bottom of the Pyramid
October 30, 2014
“No industry or household in the world will reach their future potential without access to broadband,” write Adie Tomer (@AdieTomer) and Rob Puentes (@rpuentes), “it is the electricity of the 21st century.”
Improving Supply Chain Resilience through Effective Risk Management
October 29, 2014
“Supply chain disruption is one of the leading causes of business volatility,” assert analysts from FM Global. That’s why the company released the FM Global Resilience Index, “the first data-driven tool and repository
