Much attention has been heaped upon the data science profession for about a decade now, including by our own chairman, Tom Davenport, who called it "the sexiest job of the 21st Century". Well-known hierarchies of types of analytics generally show…
Let us not forget that the CPG industry was THE pioneer in using data and analytics to manage business, as far back as the 1930s. As companies in the coming months deal with reconfigured supply chains, re-imagined product offerings, and…
A quote attributed to Winston Churchill, perhaps incorrectly, "a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." In this day of social media and instant communications this is even more true. …
An article in the Economist warns that, "a cabal of AI-enhanced price-bots might plausibly hatch a method of colluding that even their handlers could not understand, let alone be held responsible for." The article describes a situation in Martha's Vineyard…
Rob Stevens with First Analytics will be speaking at the upcoming Foresight Practitioner Conference November 13th at 9:30 AM in Chapel Hill, NC. This conference will primarily focus on Artificial Intelligence and what this means for forecasting and planning. Rob…
This is the time of year when many people are taking vacations. Be careful! Did you know that some workplace safety incidents can be tied to employees returning to work from their vacation? Well, this is true at times, but…