Enterra Insights

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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Can Supply Chains Save the World?

“Five years ago,” writes Kevin O’Marah from Gartner, “we published a book called ‘Supply Chain Saves the World.’ The idea was that at least three existential problems facing humankind — environmental sustainability,

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Supply Chain Security

When the topic of supply chain security is raised, the two sources of insecurity that are mentioned most frequently in the press are terrorists and pirates. In two previous posts on this

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Supply Chain Flexibility and Transparency

Flexibility and transparency are two terms that are oft-mentioned during discussions about supply chains. In an interview with Daniel Schäfer, Martin Raab, head of supply chain management at Capgemini, asserted, “A lot

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Supply Chain S&OP Technology

In a post entitled S&OP: Supply Chain’s Foot in the Boardroom Door, I referred to an article by Karin L. Bursa, Vice President of Marketing at Logility, in which she discusses the

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Social Media and the Supply Chain

There has been a lot written about the coming age of social commerce (i.e., commerce driven by social media sites and applications). Jonathan Birchall reports that a number of prominent retailers, for

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Supply Chain Sustainability

The editorial staff at the Green Supply Chain reminds us, “For most companies, Green supply chain strategies are driven by the opportunities to save money much more than serving the environmental good.”

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Time to Get SaaSy

In past posts about supply chain trends, increased utilization of software as a service (SaaS) is one subject that threads its way through most of them. Gartner predicts that worldwide revenues from

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Selling Your Business

Entrepreneurs come in all flavors. Some entrepreneurs start a company with the intention of making it their life’s work. Others start businesses with the intention of making them profitable then selling them

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