Few other business are as full of constant change and challenge as retail. An uncertain economy, new forms of digital competition, an increased number of new launches product so retail sector has much more help towards this sector
Plan to attend the Retail Analytics Council Executive Development Program on September 8, 2017, in Evanston, Illinois. The third annual RAC Executive Development Program will highlight cutting-edge research from an international panel of leading retail executives and researchers, with a focus on developing retailing intelligence for today’s dynamic retailing environment. The Executive Development Program format involves presentations of research case studies and discussions around emerging areas of interest, with an emphasis placed on attendee interactio..
Data is an asset. That is the mindset companies in the insurance industry must quickly embrace if they are to remain competitive in a landscape that is being challenged from seemingly all angles. From product commoditization, shrinking margins and disruptive startups to aging technology and processes, changing customer expectations and regulatory uncertainty, insurance companies face a critical imperative to harness data assets existing within their enterprise today. The industry has long collected mountains of data and is in the process of modernizing c..
Pat Saporito is a senior director for SAP’s Global Center of Excellence for BI and Analytics. She is SAP’s thought leader for analytics in the insurance industry. In her role she provides thought leadership and guidance to help customers leverage their data and technology investments. In addition to insurance she has worked with many other industries including airlines, banking, consumer products, healthcare, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, and utilitiesPat is a faculty member of the International Institute for Analytics (IIA), co-founded by Tom Dave..
Analytics have become one of the most powerful tools available to retailers, and are being used for a broad variety of purposes. This report summarizes trends in the use of analytics in retail across eighteen different categories, as well as several more emerging analytical activities. It is based on interviews with 33 retailers, more than 25 retail analytics experts, and the published literature. For each analytical trend, the description, state of maturity, underlying rationale, and several exemplars in using the trend are presented. One major issue re..
The leader of a retail merchant has many day to day, and long term challenges that must be managed at the same time. As IT technologies have matured, tremendous investments have been made solving both the tactical and strategic business operations problems. For the retailer recently considering the retail analytics landscape, it appears quite fragmented and difficult for to determine where to start and which solutions they should consider. Our team took two approaches to the project. After building a categorization model to define the overall ecosystem, ..
Welcome to the fourth edition of the AI Index Report! This year we significantly expanded the amount of data available in the report, worked with a broader set of external organizations to calibrate our data, and deepened our connections with Stanford’s Institute for HumanCentered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).The AI Index Report tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data related to artificial intelligence. Its mission is to provide unbiased, rigorously vetted, and globally sourced data for policymakers, researchers, executives, journalists, and the..
Money laundering is the process that illegal or dirty money is put through a cycle of transaction, so that it comes out the other end “look like” as legal or clean money. In other words, illegally acquired money is obscured through a series transfers and/or deals in order to make those funds to be appeared as legitimate cash. Nowadays, it poses a serious threat not only to financial institutions globally but also to the countries internationally. There are risks faced by financial institutions needed to be considered when complete any transactions, such ..