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The power players of retail transformation: IoT, 5G, and AI/ML on Microsoft Cloud

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Thanks to cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G technologies, every link in the retail supply chain is becoming more tightly integrated. Shanthakumar, Solution Architect – IoT, Retail Business Unit, TCS. It’s also about being able to capture the insights needed to better forecast energy consumption in the future.”

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The fast track to intelligent retail modernization with TCS and Microsoft Cloud

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Retail organizations face an urgent need to accelerate digital transformation efforts in response to economic insecurity, persistent inflation, and growing consumer price sensitivity. With cloud adoption, retailers have been successful and with emerging artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities on cloud, they can break the barriers.

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The business value of social sustainability

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Directly or indirectly, companies affect what happens to employees, workers in the value chain, customers and local communities and it is important to manage impacts proactively. The United Nations defines social sustainability as, “Identifying and managing business impacts, both positive and negative, on people.”

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By enabling “ask and expert” capabilities, generative AI like Microsoft Copilot will transform manufacturing

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Manufacturing generates immense volumes of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, thought to be double to four-times larger than industries such as retail, media and financial services. This can be a major challenge. What’s more, manufacturing data is growing at exponential rates, estimated at 200-500% over the next five years.

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Henkel embraces gen AI as enabler and strategic disruptor

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TPM and TPO are key disciplines in the CPG space that involve managing and optimizing all promotional activities conducted with retailers, from discounts to deductions and payments. In the past, Nilles notes that creating a campaign with retailers around a product could take months to hammer out details, like the proper discounts to offer.

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Automotive Industry Uses Analytics To Solve Pressing Supply Chain Issues

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The automotive industry is struggling to meet demand as a growing supply chain shortage cripples the global economy. Chip shortages, among other components, have fueled a steep increase in car prices, as much as USD$900 above the manufacturer-suggested retail price (MSRP) for non-luxury cars and USD$1,300 above MSRP for luxury ones. .

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Pacific Life Named One of World’s Most Ethical Companies for Seventh Consecutive Year

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Pacific Life was evaluated on its culture of ethics; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices; ethics and compliance program; diversity, equity, & inclusion; and initiatives that support a strong value chain.