Enterra Insights

Month: June 2010

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. 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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Silos in the Supply Chain

One of the business challenges I have addressed since founding Enterra Solutions is the disruption in the flow of critical information (both internally and with other business stakeholders) caused by the existence

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Africa’s Growing Economic Fortunes

A recent study published by the McKinsey Global Institute indicates that “the rate of return on foreign investment is higher in Africa than in any other developing region” [“What’s driving Africa’s growth?”

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Carrefour’s Global Presence

Most people in the United States are familiar with Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, but few of them know anything about Carrefour, the world’s second largest retailer. Carrefour was founded in 1959

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The Mind — it is a-changin’

In three earlier posts [When does Connectivity Narrow Thinking?, Books Forever, and Is Google Rewiring our Brains?], I discussed how the availability of the Internet appears to have affected the way we

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Walmart Continues to Squeeze Suppliers

An article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek recently announced that Walmart “wants to grab control of deliveries from manufacturers” [“Why Wal-Mart Wants to Take the Driver’s Seat,” by Chris Burritt, Carol Wolf and Matthew

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The "China Price" Continues to Rise

Troubled Chinese labor relations have been a recent mainstay in the media. For anyone who has followed Chinese commerce, labor unrest shouldn’t come as a surprise. As the standard of living begins

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Reducing Retailer Compliance Penalties

Last month Enterra Solutions® hosted a webinar entitled “Retailer Compliance: Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the Penalties.” Highlights from that web event have now been published in the Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) Newsletter

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