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Procurement Analytics Hot Topic at Procurement Leaders West Coast Forum and ISM Carolinas

NC State SCRC

I had the opportunity to attend the Procurement Leaders in San Francisco forum two weeks ago, followed by attending the ISM Carolinas-Virginia meeting in Winston Salem last week. Procurement analytics was discussed at length at both sessions. Most are still focused on spend analytics.

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New Employee Perk – Superhuman Strength!

BlueYonder

This week: Lowe’s is testing robotic exoskeletons to arm its store workers with superhuman strength; data scientists are anticipated to be more in demand as companies increase investments in predictive analytics; and according to a recent study, creating an emotional connection is key to reaching millennial consumers.

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New Employee Perk – Superhuman Strength!

BlueYonder

This week: Lowe’s is testing robotic exoskeletons to arm its store workers with superhuman strength; data scientists are anticipated to be more in demand as companies increase investments in predictive analytics; and according to a recent study, creating an emotional connection is key to reaching millennial consumers.

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Who’s Catching the Holiday Shopping Fever?

Enterra Insights

Lisa Rowan reports, “The National Retail Federation expects holiday retail sales to total between $727.9 ” States with consumers at the other end of the spending scale include: West Virginia ($60); Vermont ($111); Montana ($328); Louisiana ($342); and New Mexico ($373). billion and $730.7 billion this year.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Marketing and Big Data

Enterra Insights

” Good analytic results begin with good data. The purpose of advertising, of course, is to encourage consumers to purchase goods and/or services. … If a person adds items to the shopping cart on your website but doesn’t complete the purchase, he or she can be targeted with ads encouraging them to make the purchase.”

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