Identifying opportunities in outbound transportation through load consolidation
Have you ever wondered how the complexity in the supply chain ecosystem is influencing your freight spend? What are the factors affecting the overall freight management curve in the supply chain? How can an enterprise meet the 7Rs of Logistics whilst handling a huge amount of customer data…
The Supply Chain AI Hype and the Importance of Supply Chain Control Tower in its Digitized Form
The hype around Artificial Intelligence is far from fizzling out anytime soon. Digitalization and big data have completely penetrated the supply chain industry and are ubiquitous in nature. This article discusses one of the more interesting trends in the current supply chain analytics space – The Control Tower.
Defining MTO and MTS Production Strategy and its Implementation
A reliable vendor management system must execute performance-oriented deliverables within a stipulated time frame without errors. High-tech makers of industrial machinery are, thus, in constant lookout for such ‘Make-To-Order’ process settings…
Product Management in the data science world
The topic related to ‘Product Management’ has received quite a flake in recent years. Several rounds of discussions have happened to create an analogy out of client’s stand point.
As I heard more of these conversations, there …
Bringing the promise of ML to your MDM : Part II
‘Augmented data management’ is a key trend where AI/ML is transforming how enterprises manage their data.
In the last article, we looked at some of the key pain points that exist as IT and business leaders …
The New Age of Customer Satisfaction
Let us start with an oft repeated question,” What do you know about your customer’s preferences”?
The answer could be any of the standard responses which talk about their tastes in your merchandise based on past transactional records…
Applications of AI in Document Management
“We are drowning in information, but starved for knowledge”
This is a famous quote by John Naisbitt which shows the key difference between information and knowledge.
Bringing the promise of ML to your MDM: Part 1
Enterprises are rushing to transform themselves, and embrace the promise of digital transformation; and while the means to achieve this end are disputed, there is unanimous agreement on the fact that reliable data is the starting point.
Digital Transformation / Industry 4.0
Digital Transformation / Industry 4.0 is on everyone’s mind. Investors are happy to hear from organizations that they are embarking upon a complete Digital Transformation journey. Investors love it, leaders advocate for it, directors have to make it a reality, managers have to design for it, but few understand what all it means in the grand scheme.
Supervised stack ensemble with natural language features: Driving Customer Service Optimization
In the age of social media, companies are conscious about the reviews that are posted online. Any act of dissatisfaction can be meted out by way of tart sentiments on these platforms. And so enterprises strive hard to give 100% positive experience, by doing all that they can to address customer…
Just ask Alexa, The machine in the corner room
AGCS (Alexa, Cortana, Google, Siri), as I fondly call these services, certainly have taken over my life. I talk to them every day. I take their help in research. I tell them to remind me of important tasks. I even ask them turn on / off different appliances at home. And they never complain! Now who yells at me or more…
Second spin: Driving efficiency and happiness through PMO
In my previous blog, we looked at how the Project Management Organization (PMO) at Tredence enables excellence across projects. In gist, traditional PMOs focus on ensuring projects are completed on schedule, and processes are followed the right way. At Tredence, the PMO group allows improved…
A new spin to PMO: Driving excellence in a complex business environment
Go to any of the myriad analytics services providers that proliferate the industry today, walk up to any manager, and ask him if any of the analytics projects he works on is similar to the other. Chances are extremely remote that you will receive a response in the affirmative…
Data Lakes: Hadoop – The makings of the Beast
1997 was the year of consumable digital revolution – the year when cost of computation and storage decreased drastically resulting in conversion from paper-based to digital storage. The very next year the problem of Big Data emerged. As the digitalization of documents far surpassed the estimates…
From the norm to unconventional analytics: Beyond owning, to seeking data
The scale of big data, data deluge, 4Vs of data, and all that’s in between… We’ve all heard so many words adjectivized to “Data”. And the many reports and literature has taken the vocabulary and interpretation of data to a whole new level. As a result, the marketplace is split into …
Making the Most of Change (Management)
“Times have changed.” We’ve heard this statement ever so often. Generations have used it to exclaim “things are so complicated (or simple) these days,” or expressing disdain – “oh, so they think they are a cool” generation. Whichever way you exclaim, change has been truly the “constant”….
Key to bridging the analytics-software chasm: iterative approach + customized solutions, leading to self-service BI
The world of software development and IT services have operated through well-defined requirements, scope and outcomes. 25 years of experience in software development have enabled IT services company to significantly learn and achieve higher maturity. There are enough patterns and standards…
SOLUTIONS, WHAT’S NEW?
The cliché in the recent past has been about how industries are racing to unlock the value of big data and create big insights. And with this herd mentality comes all the jargons in an effort to differentiate. Ultimately, it is about solving problems. In the marketplace abstraction of problem…