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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U.S. Manufacturing at a Tipping Point

Last summer supply chain analyst Bob Ferrari asked the question, “Can an Economy Succeed Without Vibrant Manufacturing and Supply Chain Capabilities?” [Supply Chain Matters, 22 August 2011] His answer to that question

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Big Data and Trend Watching

“The business of Big Data, which involves collecting large amounts of data and then searching it for patterns and new revelations,” writes Quentin Hardy, “is the result of cheap storage, abundant sensors

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Risk and Language

Although the U.S. economy is teetering on the edge of economic recovery, company shouldn’t forget the dangers that the past few years have gone through. “In good times,” wrote Harvard Business School’s

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Supply Chain Megatrends, Part 2

In yesterday’s post, I discussed the first six supply chain megatrends of the dozen identified by Dan Gilmore, editor-in-chief of Supply Chain Digest. [“Supply Chain Megatrends 2012,” 16 March 2012] Those megatrends

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Supply Chain Megatrends, Part 1

In two separate posts, Dan Gilmore, editor-in-chief of Supply Chain Digest, has listed a dozen “megatrends” that he believes will define supply chains in the years ahead. Gilmore presents six megatrends per

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The State of U.S. Logistics

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) issues an Annual State of Logistics Report and the latest report was issued earlier this month. The CSCMP report was supported by Penske Logistics

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