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Cognitive Computing: Getting Clear on Definitions

Supply Chain Shaman

The decision support technologies that we use today–price management, trade promotion management, network design, supply chain planning, transportation planning, supplier risk management–are on the cusp of redefinition through new forms of analytics. Evolution of Analytics in Supply Chain Management. Predictive Analytics.

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Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a Groundhog emerges fro m the burrow, then the forecast of an early spring is predicted. If it is sunny, and the groundhog sees his shadow, then the groundhog retreats back into the hole and the prediction is for winter weather to persist for six more weeks. Supply Chain 2030.

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Trends 2021: Consumer Packaged Goods

Enterra Insights

Numbers from data analytics firm Earnest Research, which tracks credit and debit card transactions, show that since March [2020], U.S. The Census Bureau predicts that the majority of children will be nonwhite by 2023.”[5] … By 2030, one in four Western Europeans will be elderly, as will one in five North Americans.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

Analytical innovation and digital transformation drove step-change capabilities within the office and marketing. There is the need for an analytics strategy that can power outside-in, real-time processes using structured AND unstructured data. Build a scrappy, cross-functional team to test and learn using new forms of analytics.

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Value-Based Purchasing in Healthcare Explained

Precoro

The Affordable Care Act (2010) introduced some mandatory value-based purchasing programs for hospitals that accept Medicare. where Medicare is concerned, CMS has set a goal to have 100% of all Medicare beneficiaries in a value-based program by 2030. Even though fee-for-service remains the dominant healthcare payment model in the U.S.,

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

In fact, BMW has adopted any number of digital production technologies, such as data analytics, smart logistics and 3D printing. And on the packaging side, the company set a goal of recycling a used bottle or can for every one it sells by 2030, Gartner notes. Printer-friendly version. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings.

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Trends 2019: Let the Prediction Season Begin

Enterra Insights

If you are looking for wisdom from the past, you might consider the 6th Century BC Chinese poet, Lao Tzu, who wrote, “Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.” Prognosticators often look to emerging or ongoing megatrends to help them refine their predictions.