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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Has Supply Chain Innovation Stagnated?

Supply chain analyst Lora Cecere reports that over the past year supply chain executives have indicated to her that the importance of supply chains is increasing but that spending on improving supply

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Terrorism and the Supply Chain

The latest terrorist scare that involved packages found onboard cargo aircraft is a good reminder that evil people are still trying to disrupt our lives and the world’s economy. Fortunately, no one

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Sense and Respond Supply Chains

A number of supply chain analysts believe that, to remain competitive, companies will eventually have to transform their supply chains from being “focused on trying to predict demand to … customer-driven chains

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Rethinking Supply Chains

I’ve written a number of posts over the past few years about the importance of breaking down silos of activity and information that inevitably emerge in large organizations. Breaking down silos requires

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PRTM Identifies Five Supply Chain Challenges

A study by PRTM Management Consultants titled Lessons Learned from the Global Recession identifies five key challenges that manufacturing and service companies will face over the next several years [“PRTM study highlights

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China and the Rare Earths Conundrum

There have been a number of articles written over the past few months discussing China’s stranglehold on the rare earth market. For more background on this subject, read my post entitled The

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A Few Thoughts on Order Management

In blog she wrote while with AMR Research, Lora Cecere talked about the vision of Brad Blizzard, Senior Director of Logistics at Colgate [“Brad Has A Dream,” Connecting the Dots, 30 October

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