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Dwight Davis
Independent Writer, Researcher, Consultant
Dwight Davis has reported on and analyzed computer and communications industry trends, technologies and strategies for more than 35 years.
Successful Digital Transformation Requires Data Transformation
The digitization of most business activities – combined with cutting-edge IT technologies – promise many benefits. But first, you need a solid data foundation.
Assessing the Value of Corporate Data
Data can deliver business value in many ways–from helping companies optimize operations to improving customer experience and loyalty. But the most valuable data also requires the most protection.
Smarter Decision-Making Via Augmented Analytics
When paired with human expertise, tools using AI and machine learning can help extract the maximum value from digital data resources.
Finding the True Path to Maximizing Data Value
To fully exploit the wealth of digital data now available, organizations must look well beyond their own corporate operations and data sources.
Navigating the Complex Supply Chain Management Landscape
Supply chain management (SCM) has become an increasingly strategic operation for many companies, often serving as a significant competitive differentiator. We spoke with Eric Wilson, General Manager of Supply Chain Solutions at...
Analytics, AI, and Cloud Power Modern Inventory Management
Every stage and function across a global supply chain is critical, given that a failure of any link in the chain can disrupt the overall process. That said, inventory management is arguably among the most consequential of supply...
Moving from Demand Planning to Automated Demand-Sensing
In a recent post on the importance of inventory management, we noted how new technologies are changing how demand forecasting is done. Long-standing demand-planning methods are gradually giving way to automated “demand-sensing”...
Cloud-based SCM services provide cross supply-chain connectivity and visibility
During the past two decades, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems became the big dog in many corporate data centers. By providing integrated suites encompassing everything from financial operations to sales and marketing to...
Data: The Linchpin for Digital Supply Chain Success
Today’s businesses are powered by a broad, deep, and ever-expanding river of data powers. That’s doubly true of supply chain operations. Unfortunately, many organizations are struggling when it comes to leveraging the wide range...
The Future of Supply Chain: As Much About People and Organizational Culture as Technology
It has become broadly understood that the onrush of new digital technologies and solutions often outpaces companies’ ability to easily absorb and harness them. Although this has become conventional wisdom, many companies fail to...
