Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

Opinion: Soon, Every Item in the Supply Chain Will Cost-Effectively Provide Valuable Information

December 21, 2017

Michael Orr, VP Sales and Partners at Sigfox, North America

Imagine being able to know not only where everything is exactly, but its condition, and what has happened to it along the way. The implications are enormous — temperature can be monitored and adjusted en route, unexpected delays can be determined and corrected, and deliveries to the wrong location can be found and quickly corrected. A much more efficient supply chain is on the way.

Ng Aims to Bring AI 'Electricity' to Manufacturing

December 20, 2017

The Washington Post

The artificial intelligence researcher who called AI the new electricity is now trying to make sure every company is plugged in.

In the 'Human Plus' Era, Digital Assistants Are Gaining Ground

December 20, 2017

Jess White, SupplyChainBrain

Are you making the fourth industrial revolution happen, or is the disruption happening to you?

Opinion: Cyberattacks Are Becoming Big Opportunities for Some Small Businesses

December 15, 2017

Gene Marks, small business consultant, Washington Post contributor

The past 12 months or so continued a multiyear streak of data breaches, identity thefts, phishing incidents, ransomware attacks and other malware intrusions that have cost organizations billions of dollars and damaged credibility throughout the world. That’s the bad news.

Worldwide Security Spending Will Reach $96Bn in 2018, Gartner Forecasts

December 13, 2017

Gartner

Gartner, Inc. forecasts worldwide enterprise security spending to total $96.3bn in 2018, an increase of 8 percent from 2017. Organizations are spending more on security as a result of regulations, shifting buyer mindset, awareness of emerging threats and the evolution to a digital business strategy.

DHL 'Innovation Day' Winners Introduce New Logistics Tech

December 12, 2017

Air Cargo World

At Deutsche Post-DHL’s 2017 "Innovation Day" at its Bonn, Germany, Innovation Center, the winners of a series of technology "challenges" introduced new products, including autonomous warehouse robots, an online platform for package drop-offs and an internet of things (IoT) approach to online shopping, among other new logistics offerings.

Opinion: Artificial Intelligence Still Isn't a Game Changer

December 8, 2017

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View

Not much time passes these days between so-called major advancements in artificial intelligence. Yet researchers are not much closer than they were decades ago to the big goal: actually replicating human intelligence. That’s the most surprising revelation by a team of eminent scholars who just released the first in what is meant to be a series of annual reports on the state of AI.

Maersk Lets Customers Track Containers With IoT

December 8, 2017

Supply Management

Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, is working to reshape supply chains through the internet of things.

Get Your Supply Chain Holiday-Ready — Before It’s Too Late

December 6, 2017

Industryweek

As the holiday season quickly approaches, it’s a good time to prepare. Unfortunately, with an ever-increasing amount of data, an increasingly complex and varied competitive landscape and demanding customers, the question is often: Where to begin?

Amazon's New Artificial Intelligence Features Are a Challenge to Silicon Valley

December 6, 2017

Fortune

Amazon.com last week announced a flurry of new machine learning features for its Amazon Web Services cloud computing business, raising its challenge to Silicon Valley’s biggest tech firms for the lead in artificial intelligence.

Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for big data, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) and their impact on supply chain management. Big data describes the large volume of data that inundates a business on a day-to-day basis and can be analyzed for strategic business insights. IoT is the means that collects and sends data from a range of “things” — anything from watches to fridges to cars — that are connected to the internet with sensors or computer chips. Learn how companies around the world are using big data, blockchain and IoT for supply chain optimization and competitive advantage.