Tag: analytics

Between introducing new flavors, packaging, shopper marketing or consumer engagement strategies, the food and beverage industry is no stranger to innovation. This year is no exception. With artificial intelligence (AI) becoming more mainstream, food and beverage brands are stepping up to the plate, embracing innovative AI technology to stay ahead of the curve. Generative AI […]

The grocery industry is not what it used to be. Reshaped by economics, technology, and a new generation of shoppers with different expectations and behaviors, food retailers have been challenged to deliver on their brand promises while creating competitive differentiation. The lingering effects of COVID, rising inflation, and a continuing tight labor market have all […]

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, operates across life science, healthcare, and electronics. More than 60,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable ways to live. From providing products and services that accelerate drug development and manufacturing, well […]

In today’s competitive world, customer obsession isn’t an option, it’s an imperative. Mastering customer obsession starts with data—demographics, psychographics, transactions, purchase records, support cases, product usage, shopping habits, content preferences, and more. According to Gartner report, less than 10% of companies have a 360-view of the consumer. Not because they don’t try, but because it […]

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 […]

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, which sell a vast number of products through Amazon.com, need scalable, cost-effective, and accessible data visibility into Amazon Seller and Vendor Central. This enables the management of orders, keeping product catalogs up-to-date, accessing inventory insights, and tracking sales, shipments, and payments. Over the past several years, CPG companies have outsourced […]

Today, AWS is announcing Amazon FinSpace with Managed kdb Insights, a new capability that makes it simple to configure, run, and manage kdb Insights on AWS. KX Systems’ kdb Insights, a high-performance analytics engine, is optimized for analyzing real-time and multi-petabyte historical time series data. Kdb Insights is widely used in capital markets to power […]

Large financial services companies like Goldman Sachs need to optimize for time and speed to remain competitive. At the same time, these institutions seek to harness insights from their enterprise data to serve consumers, merchants, and partners better. However, the highly regulated financial services industry values strong data protection and must follow strict regulations when […]

How leading retailers are transforming the industry with advanced cloud-based technologies and services The rise of digital commerce Although digital commerce has been around for almost 3 decades, its growth has recently accelerated, boosted by access to new cloud technologies, better mobile apps, and a raft of new fulfillment options. Consumers are spending more time […]

To our many customers and partners who work in Life Sciences, welcome to 2023, a year that I expect to be the turning point in how data science and machine learning (ML) accelerate development of new life-saving therapies. (I’ll share 2023 thoughts on Healthcare in an upcoming post.) The first reason I’m so optimistic is […]