{"id":5477,"date":"2024-06-26T13:54:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T17:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=5477"},"modified":"2024-08-22T13:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:04:03","slug":"revolutionizing-supply-chains-role-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/event\/revolutionizing-supply-chains-role-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionizing Supply Chains: The Role of Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Revolutionizing Supply Chains: The Role of Artificial Intelligence<\/h4>\n<p>We\u2019re bombarded with all kinds of speculation surrounding artificial intelligence, and may be left wondering if it\u2019s just another buzz word, the cure-all panacea, the end of human operators, a luxury, or a necessity to survive in the current competitive environment. \u00a0The reality is that it\u2019s somewhere in the middle of all of this, which means we need to avoid snake oil salespersons promising the Holy Grail (see Finite Capacity Scheduling Systems, Advanced Planning Systems, etc).<\/p>\n<p>AI is like any other advancement in technology: it\u2019s a tool that we control, not vice-versa. \u00a0The more we understand what it is, the more it can help us gain a competitive advantage. \u00a0This includes ensuring both strategic fit and tactical execution. Join us for what promises to be a lively and informative session covering the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI: What it is, and what it isn\u2019t<\/li>\n<li>A brief history of AI<\/li>\n<li>AI in supply chain<\/li>\n<li>AI exercise<\/li>\n<li>Summary\/Q&amp;A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revolutionizing Supply Chains: The Role of Artificial Intelligence We\u2019re bombarded with all kinds of speculation surrounding artificial intelligence, and may be left wondering if it\u2019s just another buzz word, the cure-all panacea, the end of human operators, a luxury, or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"eventcat":[],"organizer":[],"event_tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-5477","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5477"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5862,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5477\/revisions\/5862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"eventcat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventcat?post=5477"},{"taxonomy":"organizer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizer?post=5477"},{"taxonomy":"event_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_tags?post=5477"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandsupplychainconference.org\/wp2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=5477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}