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.
Retailers and manufacturers never like to see products returned; but, it happens. Evan Schuman contends, “One of the worst parts about managing retail businesses is dealing with unknown future returns.” [“Can Some
Earlier this year “more than 200 executives from leading consumer goods and retail organizations” came “together to focus on how, through a set of collaborative initiatives, the industry can continue to bring
Back in the fall of 2000, three researchers, Lawrence L. Garber, Jr., Eva M. Hyatt, and Richard G. Starr, Jr., conducted a study on “The Effects of Food Color on Perceived Flavor.”
SCE Magazine reports “that company executives are coming under increasing pressure from customers, shareholders and regulators, to better address the issue of supply chain risk.” [“Just How Resilient Is Your Supply Chain?”
Manufacturers and retailers know that packaging serves a number of functions. Good packaging protects the products they contain, attracts the eye of potential buyers, and optimizes retail shelf space. More and more,
In the first segment of this two-part series on predictive analytics, I discussed the potential of analytics for providing a better ROI for marketers as well as how to select the right
Seth Gottlieb believes that using predictive analytics to target customers “is going to feel invasive” as it becomes more common. However, he continues, he is “hoping that predictive analytics will help marketers
“After tsunamis, protests, wildfires, and riots — to name just a few recent major disruptions — few managers can be unaware of companies’ vulnerability to the vagaries of politics and extreme weather,”
“Supply chain management, as a practice in commercial operations,” writes Lora Cecere, “is now thirty years old.” [“Why?” Supply Chain Shaman, 19 June 2013] As she looks back over the past three
Sweeping statements are rarely true. That’s why a headline that declared “Today’s complex global supply chains are poised to be dismantled” caught my eye. The summary of the article, which was written
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