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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Supply Chain Risk Management

A Supply Chain Digest article earlier this year indicated that, when CEOs think about supply chains, “cost cutting and risk management are at top of the agenda” [“How CEOs are Thinking about

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Customer-centric Supply Chains

Companies need customers. I realize that is not a shocking revelation. Karl Albrecht once said, “If you’re not serving the customer, you’d better be serving someone who is.” For individuals involved in

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The Future of Rare Minerals

Last September, in a post entitled The Future of Electric Cars, I discussed how manufacturers of hybrid and electric vehicles were growing increasingly concerned about predicted shortages of rare metals [“As hybrid

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Resilient Supply Chains

In a recent blog post, Lora Cecere noted that too many companies have been pursuing supply chain efficiency instead of supply chain resilience [“We should have Listened to Mother Nature,” 26 March

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