Let’s Talk Water, Part 2
June 30, 2011
In the first segment of this 3-part series, I discussed some of the reasons that there is likely to be a shortage of fresh water in the decades ahead and some of
Enterra Insights
Month: June 2011
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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Let’s Talk Water, Part 1
June 29, 2011
With all of the recent flooding in the United States, shortages of water may seem like a strange subject with which to be concerned. As we all know, however, like other resources,
Supply Chain Opacity: Looking through a Glass Darkly
June 28, 2011
David Manners, a blogger who focuses on the semiconductor industry, asks, “Why is the Supply Chain so Opaque?” [Mannerisms, 28 April 2011] He made that query following the devastating earthquake/tsunami disaster that
Assessing Supply Chain Risk Events
June 27, 2011
Before jumping into today’s topic, I hope you will pardon a little horn-blowing. I was recently contacted by Tracy Myers of PMPCertificationTraining.org and told that this blog had made the group’s list
Emerging Market Consumers, Part 2
June 24, 2011
In yesterday’s post, I discussed the growing amount of wealth that is being generated in emerging market countries. I also pointed out that most of that wealth is going to be generated
Emerging Market Consumers, Part 1
June 23, 2011
In several past posts, I’ve made the assertion that economic progress generally precedes political transformation. The logic for that is fairly straight forward. When a population moves out of poverty and into
The Age of Mobile Payments is Upon Us
June 22, 2011
Mobile phone customers in developing countries have for years used that technology as a way to make financial transactions. I first started writing on that subject back in 2007 (see my post
More Discussion about Sales and Operations Planning
June 21, 2011
As I noted in a recent post [Is S&OP a Guiding Light or a New Religion?], there is an ongoing debate about the role of sales and operations planning (S&OP) in the
Kimberly-Clark and Reducing Supply Chain Complexity
June 20, 2011
Dan Gilmore, Editor-in-Chief of Supply Chain Digest, writes that he once heard a PepsiCo supply chain executive declare, “Complexity is like a cancer that destroys supply chain efficiency.” [“Supply Chain Complexity Crisis,”
Shapeshifters: The Coming Age of Smart Materials
June 17, 2011
You might be asking yourself what a post about shapeshifting materials has to do with the business topics about which I normally write. If you watch the videos I’ve included in this
