Enterra Insights

Month: November 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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Supply Chain Optimization

Robert J. Bowman, managing editor of SupplyChainBrain, writes, “Before companies can apply state-of-the-art technology to that crucial exercise [of optimizing their supply chain], they need to redefine exactly what it is they

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Supply Chain Resiliency Still an Issue

The Business Continuity Institute, a UK-based organization that was established “to promote the art and science of business continuity management and to assist organisations in preparing for and surviving minor and large-scale

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Learning to Innovate

Zoe McKay writes, “Some people are born innovators. Others can become innovators, providing they follow some simple guidelines. That’s the thesis of ‘The Innovator’s DNA,’ just published by Harvard Business Press, by

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Thanksgiving 2011

Today is the Thanksgiving Day holiday in the United States. Like the past several years, it finds many people in need living in an economy that gives them little reason to hope.

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Local Sourcing Gaining Ground

Last fall, IBM announced that it had partnered with six other companies (AT&T, Caterpillar, Bank of America, Citigroup, Pfizer, and UPS) in an initiative called Supplier Connection. The purpose of the initiative

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Big Business: Good or Bad?

I recently read two articles that express very different opinions about big business. The first article, written by entrepreneur and venture capitalist Luke Johnson, took a rather dim view of big business.

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