Category: Best Practices

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. 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 Chains: Green and Sustainable, Part 2

In yesterday’s post, I noted that more and more companies are reaching the conclusion that sustainability equals profitability. Although they gain the public relations benefits associated with being a responsible corporate citizen,

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Supply Chains: Green and Sustainable, Part 1

Environmentalism remains an emotional issue. Skeptics consider environmentalists “tree huggers” who have no appreciation for life in the real world. On the other hand, many environmentalists consider corporate efforts to “go green”

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Breaking Down Silos

The deleterious effects of organizational silos have received a lot of press recently. Med Yones, an international expert specializing in global strategy, organization development, and innovation management, has remarked: “The larger the

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India’s Struggle to Develop, Part 2

This is the second post in a 3-part series on development in India. Yesterday’s post dealt with challenges that India faces in modernizing its infrastructure. This post focuses more on India’s economy.

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The Curse of Silo Thinking

One of the characteristics of industrial age enterprises is that they are organized around functional departments. This organizational structure results in both siloed information and siloed thinking. For nearly a hundred years,

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Counting Carbon

Most of the debate about climate change focuses on carbon emissions. With the debate remaining front and center on the global political stage, companies are becoming increasingly concerned about their carbon footprint.

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