Category: Trends

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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Trends 2021: Consumer Packaged Goods

One of the few bright spots during the COVID-19 pandemic has been the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector. Workers in this essential sector have heroically labored to ensure the goods consumers need

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Trends 2021: Technology Part Two, Gartner

Albert Einstein once stated, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” Undoubtedly, many people today continue to hold that opinion. Nevertheless, the advance of technology is unrelenting

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Trends 2021: Big Data

There is no denying we live in the Digital Age and that data is driving the economy. Back in 2014, Joris Toonders (@joristoonders), the entrepreneur behind Yonego, wrote, “Data in the 21st

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Trends 2021: Artificial Intelligence

When someone wants to explain how a particular technology is going impact humanity, they often compare it to the impact electricity had on society. Andrew Ng (@AndrewYNg), Co-Founder of Coursera, an adjunct

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Trends 2021: Megatrends, Part Two

Megatrends, according to Frost & Sullivan analysts, “are transformative, global forces that define the future world with their far reaching impacts on businesses, societies, economies, cultures, and personal lives.”[1] They identify twelve

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Trends 2021: Megatrends, Part One

Traditionally, the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year has been a season of predictions offered up by brave prognosticators. Recently, I’ve noticed pundits are more likely

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Trends and Predictions 2020: Retail

The big news in retail over the past two decades has been the rise of e-commerce which has resulted in the so-called retail apocalypse. Daphne Howland (@daphnehowland) reports any eulogies being written

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