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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Big Data and Supply Chain Risk

Catherine Bulgar writes, “There’s a risk of trying to assess supply chain risk with too much data, but not enough relevant information.” [“Risk Tools,” Supply Chain Risk Insights, 9 April 2012] I

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The Social Supply Chain

During an interview with Dustin Mattison, George Ellis, a global supply chain executive at Tyco International, defined the social supply chain as “the application of social media technology across the entire breadth

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Keeping Innovation Alive

The light bulb is the quintessential icon for “bright ideas” that lead to innovative products. Andrew Hill recounts how one bright idea, the LED light, was nearly quashed by the company that

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Manufacturing and the Skills Gap

For several years now analysts have been predicting that some manufacturing now done abroad is going to return to U.S. soil. The reasons for these predictions have been fairly straight forward: international

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