Category: Supply Chain

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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Multi-Channel Commerce: The Rise of E-Commerce

Gopi Krishnan, head of Infosys’ Supply Chain Management practice within Enterprise Solutions, writes that his clients see an “increasing need to get onto the Multi-Channel Commerce (MCC) bandwagon.” [“Multi-Channel Commerce: Not viral

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Pallets and the Supply Chain

We’re all aware of the millions of pallets (or skips) in use around the world that help in the transportation of goods from one place to another. Despite their ubiquity, most people

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Supply Chain Optimization

Robert J. Bowman, managing editor of SupplyChainBrain, writes, “Before companies can apply state-of-the-art technology to that crucial exercise [of optimizing their supply chain], they need to redefine exactly what it is they

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Supply Chain Resiliency Still an Issue

The Business Continuity Institute, a UK-based organization that was established “to promote the art and science of business continuity management and to assist organisations in preparing for and surviving minor and large-scale

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Local Sourcing Gaining Ground

Last fall, IBM announced that it had partnered with six other companies (AT&T, Caterpillar, Bank of America, Citigroup, Pfizer, and UPS) in an initiative called Supplier Connection. The purpose of the initiative

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Supply Chain Complexity

The Financial Times recently asked three commentators, including good friend, Lora Cecere, to answer the question: “Do complex supply chains make you too vulnerable?” [1 November 2011] The column begins by describing

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Regional, Local, and Sustainable Sourcing

Steve Hall, Deputy Editor of Procurement Leaders Magazine, provocatively writes, “Collaboration is, for some, mostly pointless – we’ve all got our own goals and collaboration is just a moment when those goals

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