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Process Excellence: A transformational lever to extreme automation

IBM Big Data Hub

All are transforming their procurement operations by leveraging state-of-the-art process mining and intelligent automation technology. A Process Mining exercise drawing data from enterprise SAP has helped measure KPI performance and define the transformation roadmap. dollars annually in direct or indirect procurement.

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Data science vs. machine learning: What’s the difference?

IBM Big Data Hub

While data science and machine learning are related, they are very different fields. In a nutshell, data science brings structure to big data while machine learning focuses on learning from the data itself. What is data science? It’s also necessary to understand data cleaning and processing techniques.

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Improving supply chain resiliency in the industrial sector

IBM Big Data Hub

80% of manufacturers report MRO asset management in their facilities needs improvement 60% of construction companies admit their industry is behind when it comes to adopting digital technology 5 ways the industrial sector can improve its supply chain resiliency 1. This equipment is critical to expanding capacity for chip production.

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Data science vs data analytics: Unpacking the differences

IBM Big Data Hub

To pursue a data science career, you need a deep understanding and expansive knowledge of machine learning and AI. And you should have experience working with big data platforms such as Hadoop or Apache Spark. Manufacturers can analyze a failed component on an assembly line and determine the reason behind its failure.

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Leopard Spots and Zebra Stripes: Fraud and Behavioral Analytics

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Luckily, zebras don’t use mobile devices, or manufacturers would be hard at work on stripe recognition technology. I invite you to read Juan’s blog to learn more about the challenges and approaches to protecting the big data behind the analytics.

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Envisioning new and hidden realities with data and augmented reality—a digital “twin city” example

CGI

All of this information has a value to city planners, but also would be of interest to law enforcement, hospitals, insurance companies, stores, restaurants and car manufacturers—and even energy suppliers planning where to locate vehicle charging stations. This is happening for the town of Kiruna, a municipality in northern Sweden.

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The advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy

IBM Big Data Hub

A cleaner, healthier environment The burning of fossil fuels, like coal, releases airborne pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide, while the mining of these resources can result in water pollution and damage animal habitats. Carbon dioxide emissions reached 11.2