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.
Robert J. Bowman, from SupplyChainBrain, wonders aloud if sales and operations planning (S&OP) is setting itself up to be another enterprise resource planning (ERP) nightmare. [“What Is This Thing Called S&OP?” 25
Dan Gilmore, Editor-in-Chief of Supply Chain Digest, has stated that his favorite vision of the future supply chain is one “where, when a sweater is sold in Peoria, somewhere in New Zealand
Earlier this year, Dan Gilmore, Editor-in-Chief of Supply Chain Digest, was asked to give a speech in Columbus, OH (I’m assuming at The Ohio State University), about the supply chain. Before the
An employee of mine recently ordered replacement batteries online for the cordless phones in his home. He found a site that sold the batteries for $4.64 each, which sounded like a much
Supply chains come in all shapes and sizes. Supply chain complexity increases as it becomes larger or more geographically extended or more data intensive. Lora Cecere, a partner at Altimeter Group, recently
In a post entitled On the Bandwagon: Supply Chain Orchestration, among other discussed topics was Gartner’s Four-Stage Maturity Model. The model (shown in the figure below) defines maturity in terms of organizational
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
Bill McBeath, from ChainLink Research, asserts, “For many industries and companies, merely managing their own immediate suppliers is no longer sufficient. Someone has to step in and coordinate key activities across the
Less than a decade ago Jack Martin, a private agent who worked for insurance companies and banks to recover stolen and hijacked ships and cargoes, wrote, “Maritime piracy is a threat neither
In his famous book entitled Pilgrim’s Progress published in 1678, John Bunyan wrote about a swamp of despair that he described as “a very miry slough that was in the midst of
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