Category: Food and Drink

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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Food Security and Climate Change

At the end of a previous post entitled “Resilience in the Food Supply Chain,” I indicated that I would write a follow-on article discussing current risk management efforts in the food supply

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Old MacDonald had Big Data — EIEIO

“Big data. If you haven’t yet heard that term dropped in casual conversation with other farmers,” writes Jim Langcuster, “you likely will — soon.” [“‘Big data’ will change the way you farm,”

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Resilience in the Food Supply Chain

A couple of years ago, Daniel Dumke wrote, “The food supply chain satisfies one of the most basic Maslowian needs. Interruptions can quickly become [a] major crisis. Assessment and reactions to risks

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The Taste of Umami

“Sweet, bitter, salty and sour are the four taste qualities upon which the human sense of taste is based,” Bernd Lindemann, Yoko Ogiwara, and Yuzo Ninomiya wrote nearly a dozen years ago.

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Use of Digital Coupons is Growing

Earlier this year I posted an article entitled Americans Love Their Coupons. In that article, I quoted Emma Rosenblum who wrote, “[Americans have a] longstanding affection for those money-saving pieces of paper.”

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Our Quirky Sense of Taste

The cover story for the November issue of CGT Magazine discusses how McCormick’s FlavorPrint program is inspiring consumers. The article also mentions that Enterra Solutions® was one of McCormick’s partners that helped

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