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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

CIO

That would give the smaller vendors time to innovate further, or give customers time to migrate. He recommends enterprise customers approach their AI vendors with a “kill switch” philosophy, and not just because of the risk of them becoming obsolete. “But With other software iterations it wasn’t that fast.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

Walmart wrings maximum efficiency from its supply chain by integrating four capabilities – aggressive vendor management, expert point-of-sale data analytics, superior logistics, and rigorous working-capital management – that together deliver ‘everyday low prices’ to consumers.