From the Silly Season comes Smarter Shopping
For retailers, the busy holiday season brings the opportunity for significant revenue, but also the added stress of making sure shelves are stocked to provide maximize returns. Which begs the question: how do you know what products should be stocked in which stores?
See my guest post on A Smarter Planet Blog to find out.
And Happy Holidays to all!
Why buy the concept? Buy the car.
Spending a summer break working the International Motor Show, I was privy to getting up close and personal with the many concept cars on display. Sleek lines, spectacular colors, racing stripes…everything you could want in a car. Until you popped the hood that is, and saw the cheap, far-from-powerful engine that can barely reach 15kmph underneath.
As the daughter of a car racing driver, I am proud to say I have never purchased a car without popping the hood and evaluating the engine that is responsible for getting me where I want to go. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same about technology. When it comes to analytics, how many of us have been guilty of buying the concept, and dismissing the need for the car?
SPSS Superheroes
Who didn’t want to be a Superhero growing up? For me, it was She-ra, Princess of Power! And for one brief fancy dress ball I did in fact carry a sword and fight my arch nemesis, Katra.
Whilst many of us never had the super powers required to be the next Spiderman, with the help of IBM predictive analytics, a select group have found innovative and unique ways to reduce crime and make the streets a safer place.
The Power of Power
Flick switch up. Light goes on. Flick switch down. Light goes off. Flick switch up. Light goes on….and so it continues. This is how my four year old influences the energy market, completely unaware of the growing list of companies competing to charge me for the energy she is so eagerly consuming.
Since the 1980s, Governments throughout the world have embarked on the process of deregulating all- or part- of their energy networks in an effort to improve the quality and service of energy delivered to consumers, and provide transparency of power pricing. I’ve worked with customers that operate throughout the electricity supply chain – Generators, Distributors & Retailers – but none interest me more so than those termed “Gen-tailers”, that is, companies that both generate electricity and sell it to the consumer.
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