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Data Governance is real success story in analytics.

NC State SCRC

Companies have invested significant infrastructure to support the availability of data in various structured (databases, data feeds etc.) The term “Big Data” is pretty commonplace to describe this activity using data. How should companies get started on a data governance program?

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SCRC Innovation and Social Responsibility Supply Index: A Critical Input to “Drucker Management Top 250 List”

NC State SCRC

Research by NC State Poole College Professor Robert Handfield, director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative based Poole College, and Yung-Yun Huang, a recent graduate of North Carolina State University’s interdisciplinary doctoral program in operations research, supplied two of the 37 data inputs used in the Wall Street Journal’s inaugural “Management (..)

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3rd Annual State of Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Report Released

NC State SCRC

The results of the 2019 3 rd Annual “Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Study ” by the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC) at North Carolina State University, with the support of Ivalua, provides some important insights for organizations seeking to pursue digital transformation in their supply chain network.

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Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Society

Enterra Insights

Despite the doubters, scientists have used big data and sophisticated models to demonstrate how our environment is changing. In addition, autonomous trucks are being tested in platoons in North Carolina and autonomous ships are predicted to one day fill sea lanes delivering supplies. ” In our environment.

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Supply Chain Disruption and Digitization

Enterra Insights

They include: Real-time Big Data and advanced analytics; mobility; the Internet of Things (IoT); social media; additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing); and drones/autonomous vehicles. Real-time Big Data and advanced analytics. Real-time Big Data and advanced analytics. Big Data is now a fact of life.

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New report reveals gaps in data and tools for digital transformation

Alloy

Recent findings from North Carolina State University indicate that in most companies, Excel is still the go-to analytics tool and each employee spends 2.5 hours daily searching for relevant data. Takeaway #2: Clean, up-to-date data will not come looking for you It’s estimated data analysts typically spend 60%?—?80%

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Dealing with Supply Chain Uncertainty After Covid: Insights from the Experts

NC State SCRC

Finally, General Jim Trogdon, the former Secretary of Transportation in North Carolina, provided some interesting insights into transportations. It is unlikely, for instance, that their oil and gas supply chain will ever return to its former self, and that Europe will ever rely on them for these resources again.