Global Logistics 2023: Supply chains under pressure

Global Logistics 2023: Supply chains under pressure

Summary: Supply chains worldwide will continue to be caught between politics, economics and ecology in the future. Whether there will be more regionalization or nearshoring remains to be seen. The question will linger: Who will win and who will lose in this increasingly tense competition? Then logistics experts discuss the challenges and prospects for global…

What is synthetic data — and how can it help you competitively?

What is synthetic data — and how can it help you competitively?

Why it Matters: Synthetic data — which resembles real data sets but doesn’t compromise privacy — allows companies to share data and create algorithms more easily. Companies committed to data-based decision-making share common concerns about privacy, data integrity, and a lack of sufficient data. Synthetic data aims to solve those problems by giving software developers…

Study: Industry now dominates AI research

Study: Industry now dominates AI research

Why it matters: Industry is taking the lead on artificial intelligence research that has traditionally been the domain of academia. What does this mean for research that is in the public interest? Until the early 2000s, AI research in academia and in industry was split fairly evenly. But over the past decade, the balance has…

Why We Love to Hate HR… and What HR Can Do About It

Why We Love to Hate HR… and What HR Can Do About It

Five smart moves that will help, by Peter Cappelli Summary. Complaints against Human Resources (HR), which are nothing new, have a cyclical quality. They’re driven largely by the business context. When companies are struggling with labor issues, HR is seen as a valued leadership partner. When things are smoother all around, managers wonder what the function…

The future of freight: Transforming the movement of goods

The future of freight: Transforming the movement of goods

Supply chain issues and production bottlenecks brought to the fore by the pandemic presented opportunities to reshape freight operations Introduction In the years that led up to 2019, the twin rise of e-commerce and consumer expectations began placing unprecedented strain on global transportation networks and logistics providers.  Manufacturers and retailers responded by pushing their existing systems—a…