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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain innovation is slowly simmering in the face of radical disruption. Examples include Hadoop, Kafka, and Apache Spark. . The many examples include streaming data, Internet of Things (IOT), new forms of analytics, software robots, wearables and robotics increasingly add value as computing power increases.

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Announcing Stord’s $2.4M Seed Round of Funding

Stord

said Chad Byers, co-founder and General Partner at Susa Ventures. “As STORD has innovated in the legacy warehousing and distribution industry by creating a platform that allows for flexible warehousing. It is another great example of founders solving big problems in cities beyond the coastal tech hubs” said J.D.

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Smart Cities won’t be Smart if They Ignore Logistics

Enterra Insights

For example, urban planners in Charlotte, NC, have “designated a 60-acre, 50-square block area as a place for modern, urban redesign, dubbed the North Tryon Vision Plan. ”[3] To answer that question, he interviewed Gerry Mead, executive director of innovation for Phillips Industries.

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Innovating to Create Your Future

Enterra Insights

For example, an organization can consider a range of economic, geopolitical, and technological issues, and create plans on how they might evolve into the future.”[4] ” Cognitive technologies can play a significant role in helping business leaders innovate. The confidence act with foresense. Footnotes. [1]

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Smart Cities Should Focus on Helping People

Enterra Insights

Cristiano Radaelli, Chief Innovation Officer at Planet Smart City, calls this approach “digital humanism.”[2] In order to change the trajectory of our world’s cities, we need to place more of an emphasis on innovative solutions that address generational problems and systemic inequalities. ” Making Cities Smart. .”

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Smart Cities Should Focus on Helping People

Enterra Insights

Cristiano Radaelli, Chief Innovation Officer at Planet Smart City, calls this approach “digital humanism.”[2] In order to change the trajectory of our world’s cities, we need to place more of an emphasis on innovative solutions that address generational problems and systemic inequalities. ” Making Cities Smart. .”

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Demand Driven: Can We Sidestep Religious Arguments?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, over the last five years, in consumer products the average company increased items by 38%. Kudos to Carol and her partner Chad for gaining market attention. I also believe that with recent technology innovation the vision is much, much more. Figure 1 depicts the long tail. Why is this important? I will stop here.