Will waterfront properties continue to trade at a premium given the rising frequency of superstorms? How should real estate developers, such as Howard Hughes Corporation, re-think inventory and portfolio allocation?
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AI and Predictive Analytics: The Internet of Things at Work in the Trucking Industry
Following a long history of production processes that occurred within plants, the digitalization era is allowing trucking manufacturers to extend their supply chains beyond point of sale.
Pharma Supply Chain: Source or Savior of the Opioid Crisis in America?
A digitized supply chain in pharma has unfortunately failed to mitigate the growing opioid crisis in America. Can it and will it?
Protecting Livestock and Profits at Tyson
Animal agriculture is not only one of the biggest contributors to climate change, but also potentially one of its biggest victims.
Associated British Foods: Mmmmm…Brexit
Impact of trade isolationism on Associated British Foods
Ford Motor Company Faces Steel & Aluminum Supply Price Headwinds
The recent Chinese curtailment of steel and aluminum production has created a $1.2 billion pricing headwind for the Ford Motor Company that threatens to lower profitability for years to come.
Walmart x Google: The Customer Intimacy Challenge for Walmart
Walmart recently announced a partnership with Google to enable voice-activated shopping for Walmart products via Google Assistant and Easy Re-order via Google Express. The data this partnership provides should allow Walmart to create a more customized shopping experience for its customers at scale; in other words, deliver on the "mass customization" model Amazon has taught consumers to demand. The question remains whether Walmart can effectively integrate real time, end-consumer data into its existing supply chain infrastructure to deliver on these goals.
Blockchain to Transform Energy Commodity Trading Industry?
Energy commodity trading companies have been inefficient in their business operations and logistics. Will the advent of "Smart contracts" powered by the Blockchain be the game changer to allow them to achieve transparency, higher speed, and lower cost?
The Drowning Power Grid: CenterPoint’s Plight to Keep the Lights On
With the increasing number of superstorms resulting from climate change, utility companies, such as CenterPoint Energy, are faced with securing power substations from storm surges and flooding.
Just-In-Time…. Pothole Repair?!
The rise of new digital tools is transforming how Philadelphia and other government entities across the country deliver products and services to constituents. But can the public sector keep up in the age of Amazon?