AWS for Industries
Author: Michael Connor
As Global Solutions Lead for Consumer Products at AWS, Michael Connor helps customers meet their goals for revenue growth and digital transformation using cloud technologies. Michael brings a wealth of Consumer Goods experience from his previous role as Chief Architect for Coca-Cola Freestyle, where he led Digital Innovation, Data Science & Analytics, and Enterprise Architecture. Michael also led Coca-Cola North America’s consumer and enterprise cloud migrations as part of a digital transformation, and while leading the innovation group in Coca-Cola, the IP developed represented three of the company’s top four innovations in 2020. While at Coca-Cola, Michael was a five-year member of the AWS Customer Advisory Board. His passions include artificial intelligence, automation, privacy, culture, and ethics.
CPGs are using a powerful new Data Products strategy to drive innovation
Amazon Web Services (AWS) works with a vast majority of consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands worldwide—from the digital-native food and beverage brands to the largest fashion and apparel conglomerates. For these firms, integrated data and analytics has been a top investment priority for many years. This trend is only accelerating by the increasing availability of […]
Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Fuel Growth for CPG Companies
The concept of artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for centuries as philosophers and thinkers pondered the possibility of creating machines capable of thinking and functioning like humans. The advent of computers in the early 20th century finally placed the promise of AI within reach. However, computer scientists realized they needed enormous amounts of data […]
Overcome CPG OTIF Challenges with Predictive Supply Chain Planning and Execution
AWS and Noodle.ai are on a mission to help Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers solve the on time, in full (OTIF) dilemma that began in 2020. In our recent blog, How Retail/CPG Can Improve On-Time, In-Full (OTIF) Deliveries, we introduced the concept of OTIF and why it matters to CPGs. As put by Michael Connor, […]