Enterra Insights

Month: July 2012

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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Chasing China’s Consumers

“I keep stumbling across unswerving predictions that the future belongs to China,” writes Philip Stephens. [“The great middle class power grab,” Financial Times, 26 April 2012] Stephens isn’t referring to China’s growing

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Innovators of the Future

I don’t believe that any particular group of people or type of person has a stranglehold on innovation. Innovators can come from all races, genders, religions, countries, economic circumstances, and cultures. Even

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S&OP: The Way Ahead

During a panel discussion he moderated earlier this year, Bob Ferrari asked panel members the following questions: “Many companies are now embracing sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes as a key mechanism

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Language and Business

“Would it surprise you to learn,” writes Mel Eatherington, “that a third of all workers fall short of employers’ expectations in written communication skills? That’s exactly what the College Board discovered when

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U.S. Railroads on the Move

I don’t believe I’ve previously written a post specifically about the U.S. railroad industry. Increasingly, however, the railroad industry is playing a larger role in supply chain discussions. The most attention that

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