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Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Shaun White, Shawn Mendes get behind Shelf Engine

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Shelf Engine ’s mission to eliminate food waste in grocery retailers now has some additional celebrity backers. The company has already helped retailers divert 1 million pounds of food waste from landfills, Stefan Kalb, co-founder and CEO of Shelf Engine, told TechCrunch. This includes a $12 million Series A from 2020.

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

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For others such as Brian Ferris, chief data, analytics, and technology officer at loyalty, marketing, and data analytics consulting firm Loyalty NZ, leading IT abroad was about “gaining huge value in seeing different issues and learning different ways of approaching problems, something that can’t be learnt out of a book.”

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Redefining Manufacturing RPA: Navigate Challenges, Embrace Innovations, and Explore High-Impact Use Cases

Trigent

Companies encountered technological and operational constraints when using standard off-the-shelf RPA solutions that need customization. According to Grandview Research , the Global RPA market was valued at USD 2,322.9 Its benefits are quick time to market & effort minimization in building robust RPA solutions.

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How Retailers Use Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Customer Experience and Enhance Operations

Altexsoft

In-store cameras and sensors detect each product one takes from a shelf, and items are being added to a virtual cart while a customer proceeds. Physical stores still have a lion’s share of sales, but the tendency of the growing demand for online experiences shouldn’t be ignored. Source: Forrester Consulting. Amazon Go stores.

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Inventory Management Software: How Technology Addresses Inventory-Related Issues

Altexsoft

However, if you are, say, a hotel, a law firm, or a daycare, you probably don’t have a problem counting your office supplies, towels, light bulbs, or furniture items and don’t need a sophisticated inventory management solution to maintain records and support the reordering process. What is inventory management? eCommerce businesses.

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Dynamic Pricing Explained: Use in Revenue Management and Pricing Optimization

Altexsoft

The reality is that you’ll need a more sophisticated pricing strategy to fit into today’s highly competitive market and be flexible enough to adjust to any changes. Dynamic pricing is a practice of setting a price for a product or service based on current market conditions. Would you consider fixed costs, competitor prices, or both?

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Demand Forecasting Methods: Using Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics to See the Future of Sales

Altexsoft

What is the top pain point for business executives? The world’s largest IT research firm Gartner gives a clear answer: demand volatility. Too many factors, from weather fluctuations to posts of social media influencers, impact buyers, making them frequently change their minds. Think, for instance, of the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg.