Digital Supply Chains & Platforms
By Michael Hu · Apr 2018 AI is the darling of the moment and the corporate meme-stream. So much so, it’s forcing some CFOs into tough discussions with executive teams that are overly anxious to gamble with current assets in hopes of gaining future competitive advantages. How can companies avoid overspending in AI? AI certainly holds serious… Continue reading How to Avoid Overspending on AI
By Michael Hu · Apr 2018 Artificial intelligence (AI) is a fast-moving technology with a long road ahead of it. For all its surrounding hype, AI is still in its infancy. Intelligent systems have moved from simple, rule-based tasks such as spell-check into narrow machine-learning activities such as predictive maintenance and work automation, but they… Continue reading Will You Embrace AI Fast Enough?
By Michael Hu · Mar 2018 I held a podcast this week with Supply Chain Management Review on the topic of AI in Planning. We discussed the structural complexities facing demand and supply planning functions today and the imminent role of AI and machine learning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMt6P7PTjic&t=7s Key Takeaways Businesses across all sectors are pressuring supply chains… Continue reading AI in Supply Chain Planning – Podcast
By Michael Hu · Jan 2017 AI progress has been uneven in the past 5 decades, with spurts of breakthrough followed by “winter-like” stagnation. Barriers like technology cost, organization capability and ineffective policies held back AI from going mainstream. Yet, this trend shifted starting in 2005 with performance breakthroughs across numerous cognitive applications. Convergent advances across… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Coming of Age
By Michael Hu · Nov 2016 Last week, I facilitated a cross-functional workshop with The World Economic Forum, and several tech startups (Noodle A.I., Rage Framework, Enterra) to investigate the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on global production and value chain. WEF NY Workshop 1) The very definition of A.I. itself is vague - we… Continue reading AI + Future of Production with WEF
Advances in digital technologies such as the Internet of Everything, Deep Learning, 3D Printing and Big Data are disrupting business models and their respective supply chains. As supply chains become more digital, they increasingly benefit from platforms. A set of common digital technology powered processes, tools and approach allowing users to create value by adding… Continue reading The Rise of Digital Supply Chain Platforms