Next Generation Procurement
According to Neil Deverill, a columnist for a magazine called Procurement Leaders, today’s procurement systems suffer from the same kind of industrial age silo thinking as a lot of other business sectors.
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.
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According to Neil Deverill, a columnist for a magazine called Procurement Leaders, today’s procurement systems suffer from the same kind of industrial age silo thinking as a lot of other business sectors.
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