Enterra Insights

Month: December 2014

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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2015 Predictions: Manufacturing, Part 2

In Part 1 of this two-part series, I focused on the first five of ten predictions made by International Data Corporation (IDC) analysts concerning the future of manufacturing. [“IDC Reveals Worldwide Manufacturing

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2015 Predictions: Manufacturing, Part 1

James Dyson, the British inventor, designer, engineer, and entrepreneur most famous for his vacuums, once said, “Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It’s coming up with ideas, testing principles and

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Demystifying the Mysteries of Innovation

Innovation is one of those terms that you hear frequently but realize doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone. “When asked to define the legal definition for obscenity,” writes Jeff DeGraff (@JeffDeGraff),

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Christmas 2014

Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn CBE, a British journalist, writer, and columnist, once wrote, “From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.” She’s probably

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Attracting Girls to STEM Careers

Earlier this year Maura Falk (@MfgMaura), Associate Editor, Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operations, wrote, “My attention has been drawn to the issue of women in STEM careers a few times in the past couple

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2015 Predictions: Emerging Markets

Sustained global economic growth primarily depends on continued growth in emerging markets. New middle class consumers in those markets will hopefully spark that growth as they find themselves with a little more

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