We had talked to Enterra regarding supply chain applications. Intriguing company and solutions. Nestle's decision to automate complex decision making for CPG is also interesting. Like the idea of emphasizing key processes and decisions. Good move towards the intelligent enterprise.
Press Release. Supporting Video.
Nestlé Selects AI-Driven Analytics Firm Enterra To Build Platform for Marketing, Autonomous Sales
David Bloom Senior Contributor in Forbes
Nestlé USA and Pennsylvania cognitive-computing company Enterra Solutions are working together to use artificial-intelligence tools to transform the way the consumer-packaged-goods giant makes daily business decisions. Following.
The companies are deploying two Enterra software packages that provide advanced sales and marketing insights and automate complex decision-making. The companies also are creating and staffing a center for advanced analytics on the Nestlé campus.
Enterra’s cognitive computing platform will be a crucial part of Nestlé USA's Intelligent Enterprise project. The shift to advanced artificial-intelligence applications that can transform decision-making and business processes is happening with companies across sectors such as entertainment, transportation and manufacturing.
Enterra is also building the Center for Advanced Analytics and Insights at Nestlé’s Virginia headquarters, and staffing it with an advanced-analytics team of mathematicians, artificial intelligence and data scientists, consumer-packaged-goods experts and data-management and -visualization specialists.
The new initiatives will focus on gathering a wide range of pertinent data and integrating it to make smarter, faster decisions and break silos between Nestlé, its suppliers and customers. ... "
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Thursday, July 18, 2019
Thursday, April 04, 2019
Intelligent Enterprise: Judgement, Reasoning and Decisions.
Stephen DeAngelis of Enterra Systems, who we have worked with writes on The Rise of the Intelligent Enterprise in LinkedIn:
" ... We live in the Digital Age. The World Economic Forum has declared data is a resource as valuable as oil. We have watched the rise of digital enterprises (i.e., enterprises whose very existence was impossible until the Internet matured). Today most analysts agree organizations created in the Industrial Age need to undergo digital transformation and become digital enterprises. Some analysts even argue that going digital won’t be enough. To survive, they insist, an organization must become an intelligent enterprise. “In coming years,” explain Paul J.H. Schoemaker, Founder and Executive Chairman of Decision Strategies International, and Philip E. Tetlock (@PTetlock), the Annenberg University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, “the most intelligent organizations will need to blend technology-enabled insights with a sophisticated understanding of human judgment, reasoning, and choice. Those that do this successfully will have an advantage over their rivals.”[1] .... "
I add:
Good points about the understanding of human judgement, reasoning and choice. Ultimately a result has to be inserted into decisions, usually a group of decisions, by a groups of people (or devices) over time, in varying contexts. How do we continue to refine how decisions are made?
" ... We live in the Digital Age. The World Economic Forum has declared data is a resource as valuable as oil. We have watched the rise of digital enterprises (i.e., enterprises whose very existence was impossible until the Internet matured). Today most analysts agree organizations created in the Industrial Age need to undergo digital transformation and become digital enterprises. Some analysts even argue that going digital won’t be enough. To survive, they insist, an organization must become an intelligent enterprise. “In coming years,” explain Paul J.H. Schoemaker, Founder and Executive Chairman of Decision Strategies International, and Philip E. Tetlock (@PTetlock), the Annenberg University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, “the most intelligent organizations will need to blend technology-enabled insights with a sophisticated understanding of human judgment, reasoning, and choice. Those that do this successfully will have an advantage over their rivals.”[1] .... "
I add:
Good points about the understanding of human judgement, reasoning and choice. Ultimately a result has to be inserted into decisions, usually a group of decisions, by a groups of people (or devices) over time, in varying contexts. How do we continue to refine how decisions are made?
Friday, February 02, 2018
Enterra Aila Cognitive Assistant
Another assistant from a company we talked to regarding enterprise supply chain solutions, with some unique technical solutions.
The Future belongs those who Get there First
Meet AilaTM, from Enterra Solutions, pioneers of the Enterra Enterprise Cognitive SystemTM. It’s a cognitive computing platform that combines artificial intelligence and advanced mathematics to reason and solve problems in a way similar to people. A quantum leap beyond traditional analytics and business intelligence software, Aila becomes a vigilant, persistent “cognitive presence” within your organization’s internal and external data systems. Traditional enterprise software and business intelligence tools have clearly defined uses: manage this, record that, compare this, describe that. Aila, however, is something entirely new and different. It’s the world’s first Enterprise Cognitive System. By harnessing artificial intelligence and advanced mathematics, Aila can analyze data, draw inferences and generate insights on-demand. Once deployed, Aila is always on the job and ready to tackle any assignment. It’s as simple as talking to your best business experts, and your queries are answered in plain language, too. Those answers can come in the form of recommendations, and Aila (unlike “black-box” approaches) can show you the reasoning behind them. Once those recommendations are acted upon, Aila feeds results back into the system to apply to future queries. Put another way, Aila learns. And that learning is accessible to anyone who needs it, across the organization. .... "
Fortune article on news validity detection using Enterra approaches.
My index of Cognitive assistant research here.
The Future belongs those who Get there First
Meet AilaTM, from Enterra Solutions, pioneers of the Enterra Enterprise Cognitive SystemTM. It’s a cognitive computing platform that combines artificial intelligence and advanced mathematics to reason and solve problems in a way similar to people. A quantum leap beyond traditional analytics and business intelligence software, Aila becomes a vigilant, persistent “cognitive presence” within your organization’s internal and external data systems. Traditional enterprise software and business intelligence tools have clearly defined uses: manage this, record that, compare this, describe that. Aila, however, is something entirely new and different. It’s the world’s first Enterprise Cognitive System. By harnessing artificial intelligence and advanced mathematics, Aila can analyze data, draw inferences and generate insights on-demand. Once deployed, Aila is always on the job and ready to tackle any assignment. It’s as simple as talking to your best business experts, and your queries are answered in plain language, too. Those answers can come in the form of recommendations, and Aila (unlike “black-box” approaches) can show you the reasoning behind them. Once those recommendations are acted upon, Aila feeds results back into the system to apply to future queries. Put another way, Aila learns. And that learning is accessible to anyone who needs it, across the organization. .... "
Fortune article on news validity detection using Enterra approaches.
My index of Cognitive assistant research here.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Fake News Detection with AI?
We connected with Enterra a few years ago about supply chain AI. Saw their ideas presented by Stephen DeAngelis , which were impressive for the application . See my tags on Enterra. Now some of their work on 'Fake News' detection in Forbes: Potential for misuse is potentially high, but worth the examination. Also, consider how these same methods might be used to automatically detect the validity of advertising claims. Would that radically change marketing and advertising? Lead to an arms war between claims and detection? No technical detail in the article. Looking deeper.
Can Enterra's Advanced AI Systems Stop The Fake News Epidemic?
By Alan Wolk , Contributor Forbes .... "
And further:
" ... For DeAngelis, the benefit to Hollywood will be the ability to apply sophisticated data-driven insights to augment the creative process. Enterra’s Enterprise Cognitive System could take a vast number of variable inputs—production schedules, star power, budgets, cultural trends, media consumption rates, and box office grosses, as well as advertising campaigns, audience targeting, and political climate—and interpret them in a way that allows for more informed executive decision making and investment. “The ability of an AI system to think and to reason while ingesting and analyzing data from all these sources—that’s going to prove to be very powerful for media companies,” he notes. ... "
(Update) More on this on Enterra site.
Can Enterra's Advanced AI Systems Stop The Fake News Epidemic?
By Alan Wolk , Contributor Forbes .... "
And further:
" ... For DeAngelis, the benefit to Hollywood will be the ability to apply sophisticated data-driven insights to augment the creative process. Enterra’s Enterprise Cognitive System could take a vast number of variable inputs—production schedules, star power, budgets, cultural trends, media consumption rates, and box office grosses, as well as advertising campaigns, audience targeting, and political climate—and interpret them in a way that allows for more informed executive decision making and investment. “The ability of an AI system to think and to reason while ingesting and analyzing data from all these sources—that’s going to prove to be very powerful for media companies,” he notes. ... "
(Update) More on this on Enterra site.
Thursday, December 01, 2016
World Needs Smart Cities
A good article by a former collaborator of Enterra Solutions.
The World Needs Smart Cities by Stephen DeAngelis
The World Needs Smart Cities by Stephen DeAngelis
Friday, January 01, 2016
Cognitive Systems for Manufacturing Supply Chains
Enterra’s CEO, Stephen DeAngelis, Discusses Cognitive Computing in MD Magazine
In the Spring 2015 issue of Manufacturing and Distribution Executive (MD) magazine, Enterra’s President & CEO, Stephen DeAngelis, discusses how artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and advanced mathematics makes a powerful combination. It means that companies can reason and generate insights from data in ways that have never before been possible. Companies are beginning to transform from traditional organizations to digital enterprises. This transformation is less disruptive when an Enterprise Cognitive System™ (ECS) is used to augment ERP systems. To read the full article, click on this link. ... "
In the Spring 2015 issue of Manufacturing and Distribution Executive (MD) magazine, Enterra’s President & CEO, Stephen DeAngelis, discusses how artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and advanced mathematics makes a powerful combination. It means that companies can reason and generate insights from data in ways that have never before been possible. Companies are beginning to transform from traditional organizations to digital enterprises. This transformation is less disruptive when an Enterprise Cognitive System™ (ECS) is used to augment ERP systems. To read the full article, click on this link. ... "
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Enterra Solutions
Enterra: Brought to my attention, a company offering cognitive solutions:
" ... Enterra is bringing the promise and power of Big Data Analytics and Insights to industry, organizations, and governments. Through the Enterra Cognitive Reasoning Platform™, Enterra enables organizations to capture, curate and analyze vast amounts of complex and disparate data. This capability allows our clients to uncover and understand non-obvious relationships that lead to innovative new product development and innovation, heightened consumer understanding, enhanced supply chain execution, and more efficient and targeted consumer marketing. Enterra’s analytics and insights help the world’s leading brands and organizations operate smarter by finding higher meaning in data. ... "
" ... Enterra is bringing the promise and power of Big Data Analytics and Insights to industry, organizations, and governments. Through the Enterra Cognitive Reasoning Platform™, Enterra enables organizations to capture, curate and analyze vast amounts of complex and disparate data. This capability allows our clients to uncover and understand non-obvious relationships that lead to innovative new product development and innovation, heightened consumer understanding, enhanced supply chain execution, and more efficient and targeted consumer marketing. Enterra’s analytics and insights help the world’s leading brands and organizations operate smarter by finding higher meaning in data. ... "
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