Category: Connectivity

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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Collaboration and Social Media

After publishing my last post on social media and the supply chain [More Thoughts on Social Media’s Impact on Supply Chains], I received a nice note from Ashly Li, whom I quoted

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Information Sharing and Collaboration

Supply chain analyst Trevor Miles insists, “Collaboration can bring tremendous value to outsourced supply chains, such as we see in electronics and apparel.” [“Visibility is a Start. Collaboration is the Goal.” The

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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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3D Printing and the Supply Chain

The editorial staff at Supply Chain Digest asks an interesting question: “How Soon will ‘Printed’ Parts Revolutionize Supply Chains – and the World?” [22 February 2011] I first posted a blog that

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Supply Chain Collaboration

During a discussion with Supply Chain Digest editor Dan Gilmore, David Johnston of JDA Software and Atul Pandey of Infosys Technologies, asserted that supply chain visibility and collaboration “are critical drivers of

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Making a Call from Mount Everest

Conservative business analyst Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., asserts, “Except for computers and the Internet, the idea that we’re experiencing rapid technological progress is a myth.” [“Technology = Salvation,” Wall Street Journal, 9

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