An article on Artificial Intelligence: Changing Business Amidst COVID which is on the subject of AI Adoption before and during COVID-19.
The article is divided into the following sections-
1) Setting the context
2) Diving deeper
3) AI Adoption amidst COVID-19
4) References
This year, we received 175 valid project nominations from more than 105 unique companies. More than 27 different types of organizations nominated their projects, and we got an opportunity to go through more than 40 different types of project deployments.
BCG’s 2018 global challengers—100 rapidly globalizing companies from emerging markets—are getting ahead of the competition by using digital technologies.
CompTIA projects global industry growth of 4.1 percent in 2017. The IT Industry Outlook 2017 identifies 12 trends – in technology, workforce and the IT channel – likely to impact the industry this year.
Being digital: Bold times for the oil and gas industryaccenture
The time is ripe for being digital in the oil and gas industry.
Low prices and a volatile market have resulted in a traditional response by the industry—cutting costs, renegotiating supplier agreements and reducing capital expenditure. Over the long term, these measures can create operating model rigidity and risk hampering performance and growth.
Progressive oil and gas companies must be bold and adopt digital strategies to not only drive new cost efficiencies beyond traditional approaches, but also bring operational agility and offer sustainable growth.
As every digital advancement creates a new vector for risk, trust becomes the cornerstone of the digital economy. To gain the trust of individuals, ecosystems, and regulators in the digital economy, businesses must possess strong security and ethics at each stage of the customer journey.
This year, we received 175 valid project nominations from more than 105 unique companies. More than 27 different types of organizations nominated their projects, and we got an opportunity to go through more than 40 different types of project deployments.
BCG’s 2018 global challengers—100 rapidly globalizing companies from emerging markets—are getting ahead of the competition by using digital technologies.
CompTIA projects global industry growth of 4.1 percent in 2017. The IT Industry Outlook 2017 identifies 12 trends – in technology, workforce and the IT channel – likely to impact the industry this year.
Being digital: Bold times for the oil and gas industryaccenture
The time is ripe for being digital in the oil and gas industry.
Low prices and a volatile market have resulted in a traditional response by the industry—cutting costs, renegotiating supplier agreements and reducing capital expenditure. Over the long term, these measures can create operating model rigidity and risk hampering performance and growth.
Progressive oil and gas companies must be bold and adopt digital strategies to not only drive new cost efficiencies beyond traditional approaches, but also bring operational agility and offer sustainable growth.
As every digital advancement creates a new vector for risk, trust becomes the cornerstone of the digital economy. To gain the trust of individuals, ecosystems, and regulators in the digital economy, businesses must possess strong security and ethics at each stage of the customer journey.
A Zinnov-Indiaspora Report : Innovation has been a key driver for growth of the 3 nations – USA, India and Israel. In the report, we analyze the unique characteristics demonstrated by these leading economies with respect to innovation and the possible synergies that exist. With the 3 start-ups ecosystems being quite vibrant, their role in innovation and potential as a driving force for trilateral collaboration is immense. The market opportunities for innovation are also explored with collaboration being key to unlock these
R&D investment for G500 companies was 614 Billion for FY2014.
The number of Billion dollar club members in the Global 500 R&D spenders has increased though the share of R&D spending has not seen any significant change.
In this Accenture document we explore the implications, challenges and impacts of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as touching on the opportunities this regulation creates for financial services firms. Learn more: https://accntu.re/2uq8ANV
This presentation was made at the World Emerging Industries Summit and it covers
-Will controllers lose their job to AI?
-What can automation and AI do?
-The limits of AI, and the solution
-How the US & China will benefit from cooperation on AI
The Federal Robotics & Cognitive Consortium (FRCC) Bot Index is a data-driven summary of the existing Robotics landscape within the Federal and State, Local, and Higher Ed (SLHE) Government. In this second edition of the FRCC’s Bot Index, we are continuing to see growth in reporting, with 20% more Bots accounted for totaling over 1,100 reported Bots.
The data included in the FRCC Bot Index is not an exhaustive representation of all automations within Government and Public Services, but rather a summary of the data provided by agency officials, vendors, system integrators, and other stakeholders who wish to report on their automation work.
In CompTIA's research on the state of IT skills gap, 68% of IT firms report having a "very challenging" time finding new staff. They are hiring, with 33% saying they are understaffed and another 42% saying they are fully staffed but want to hire more in order to expand. How are today's IT skills matching up to industry's workforce needs?
Engaging the Digital Consumer in the Connected Worldaccenture
The 2015 Accenture Digital Consumer Survey for communications, media and technology companies reveals some important findings about an industry in transition, highlighting the importance of usability, brand trust, and digital security in the new connected world.
Security in the driver's seat: Achieving cyber resilience in automotiveaccenture
Accenture's security research explains how automotive industries are achieving cyber resilience by implementing security into organizations. Read more.
COVID-19 has increased the need for intelligent decisioning through AI, but ROI is not guaranteed. Here's how to accelerate AI outcomes, according to our recent study.
AI in Media & Entertainment: Starting the Journey to ValueCognizant
Up to now, the global media & entertainment industry (M&E) has been lagging most other sectors in its adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). But our research shows that M&E companies are set to close the gap over the coming three years, as they ramp up their investments in AI and reap rising returns. The first steps? Getting a firm grip on data – the foundation of any successful AI strategy – and balancing technology spend with investments in AI skills.
A Zinnov-Indiaspora Report : Innovation has been a key driver for growth of the 3 nations – USA, India and Israel. In the report, we analyze the unique characteristics demonstrated by these leading economies with respect to innovation and the possible synergies that exist. With the 3 start-ups ecosystems being quite vibrant, their role in innovation and potential as a driving force for trilateral collaboration is immense. The market opportunities for innovation are also explored with collaboration being key to unlock these
R&D investment for G500 companies was 614 Billion for FY2014.
The number of Billion dollar club members in the Global 500 R&D spenders has increased though the share of R&D spending has not seen any significant change.
In this Accenture document we explore the implications, challenges and impacts of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as touching on the opportunities this regulation creates for financial services firms. Learn more: https://accntu.re/2uq8ANV
This presentation was made at the World Emerging Industries Summit and it covers
-Will controllers lose their job to AI?
-What can automation and AI do?
-The limits of AI, and the solution
-How the US & China will benefit from cooperation on AI
The Federal Robotics & Cognitive Consortium (FRCC) Bot Index is a data-driven summary of the existing Robotics landscape within the Federal and State, Local, and Higher Ed (SLHE) Government. In this second edition of the FRCC’s Bot Index, we are continuing to see growth in reporting, with 20% more Bots accounted for totaling over 1,100 reported Bots.
The data included in the FRCC Bot Index is not an exhaustive representation of all automations within Government and Public Services, but rather a summary of the data provided by agency officials, vendors, system integrators, and other stakeholders who wish to report on their automation work.
In CompTIA's research on the state of IT skills gap, 68% of IT firms report having a "very challenging" time finding new staff. They are hiring, with 33% saying they are understaffed and another 42% saying they are fully staffed but want to hire more in order to expand. How are today's IT skills matching up to industry's workforce needs?
Engaging the Digital Consumer in the Connected Worldaccenture
The 2015 Accenture Digital Consumer Survey for communications, media and technology companies reveals some important findings about an industry in transition, highlighting the importance of usability, brand trust, and digital security in the new connected world.
Security in the driver's seat: Achieving cyber resilience in automotiveaccenture
Accenture's security research explains how automotive industries are achieving cyber resilience by implementing security into organizations. Read more.
COVID-19 has increased the need for intelligent decisioning through AI, but ROI is not guaranteed. Here's how to accelerate AI outcomes, according to our recent study.
AI in Media & Entertainment: Starting the Journey to ValueCognizant
Up to now, the global media & entertainment industry (M&E) has been lagging most other sectors in its adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). But our research shows that M&E companies are set to close the gap over the coming three years, as they ramp up their investments in AI and reap rising returns. The first steps? Getting a firm grip on data – the foundation of any successful AI strategy – and balancing technology spend with investments in AI skills.
Get Ready: AI Is Grown Up and Ready for BusinessCognizant
Despite great enthusiasm for AI, full-blown deployments remain the exception rather than the rule across businesses in the U.S. and Europe, according to our recent research. Businesses can turn the tide by honing their AI strategies, maintaining a human-centric approach, developing governance structures and ensuring AI applications are built on an ethical foundation.
The State of Global AI Adoption in 2023InData Labs
In our inaugural report, 2023 State of AI, we examine trends in AI adoption across industries, the current state of the market, and technologies that shape the field.
The goal of this report is to help company leaders and executives get a better handle on the AI landscape and the opportunities it brings for the business.
2023 State of AI report will help you to answer questions such as:
-How are organizations applying artificial intelligence in the real world in 2023?
-What industries are leading in terms of AI maturity?
-How has generative AI impacted businesses?
-How can organizations prepare for AI transformation?
Download your free copy now and adopt the key technologies to improve your business.
How Companies Can Move AI from Labs to the Business CoreCognizant
APAC and Middle East organisations have big expectations from AI, but they’re only just getting started. To realise the full potential of AI-led innovation, they must rapidly, but smartly, scale their deployments and embrace a strong ethical foundation, keeping a close eye on the human implications and cultural changes required to convert machine intelligence from lofty concept to business reality.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a source of both huge excitement
and apprehension. What are the real opportunities and threats
for your business? Drawing on a detailed analysis of the business
impact of AI, we identify the most valuable commercial opening in
your market and how to take advantage of them.
AI & Analytics Predictions of 2022. InfographicInData Labs
What does 2022 hold for artificial intelligence? Will the AI revolution continue to gain momentum?
This report will provide a look into the future of AI technologies, including:
- Strategic AI predictions and trends for 2022 and beyond
- The current and projected state of the AI market and its value
- Business functions that already benefit from AI implementation
- Industries where AI is making the greatest disruption
- The business value generated by Artificial Intelligence
- Costs of AI implementation and main challenges
Artificial Intelligence In Automotive Industry: Surprisingly Slow Uptake And ...Bernard Marr
Artificial intelligence has been a hot topic in the automotive industry for years, and we have seen rapid advances in things like autonomous driving. It, therefore, comes as a bit of a surprise that new research shows a slower than expected AI adoption rate. Let’s look at why.
IT that matters in the new machine age prioritizes cybersecurity, innovation, time-to-market and customers over cost-cutting, according to our latest study. Here’s what the future looks like for IT infrastructure, including our HEROES framework to guide you along the way.
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Companies need to complement their AI initiatives with governance that drives ethics and trust or these efforts will fall short of expectations, our latest research findings suggest.
The insurance industry – from product development to underwriting to claims – is being fundamentally transformed by AI technologies. Although some companies are investing aggressively in AI to slash costs while also enhancing the customer experience, most insurers will need to accelerate their efforts or risk discovering that it has become too late to catch up.
Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services: From Nice to Have to Must HaveCognizant
AI is moving beyond experimentation to become a competitive differentiator in financial services — delivering a hyper-personalized customer experience, improving decision-making and boosting operational efficiency, our recent primary research reveals. Yet, many financial services companies will need to accelerate their efforts to infuse AI across the value chain while preparing for the next generation of evolutionary neural network technologies to keep pace with more forward-thinking players.
Review of AI Maturity Models in Automotive SME Manufacturinggerogepatton
This study reviews studies on Artificial Intelligence (AI) maturity models (MM) in automotive
manufacturing. To stay competitive, SMEs in the automotive industry need to embrace digitalization. SMEs
employ a large segment of the USA's workforce. The benefits of operational efficiency, quality
improvement, cost reduction, and innovative culture have made SMEs more aggressive about
digitalization. Digitalizing operations with Artificial Intelligence are on the rise. In this paper, AI
applications in SMEs are examined through the lens of an AI maturity model.
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This assignment was part of the hiring process at Tracxn. The problem statement was designing an effective customer ticketing system. The detailed problem statement is shared below-
You are the Head of the Customer Support department for a B2B company providing research services. Your team acts as the primary point of contact for all customer queries and is responsible for resolving them. Each customer query is treated as a ticket and the system to resolve these tickets is being referred to as the ticketing system. You are required to design this ticketing system.
Problem Statement-
As of 2022, Teams has over 270 million monthly active users. Launched in 2017, with 2 million monthly active users, they have been able to grow their users more than 10x times in only 5 years. You’ve recently joined as VP of Product with Microsoft Teams. You realized your forte has been to cater mainly to businesses and educational institutions up until now, with the entire application built around making collaboration better in workspaces and schools and colleges.
However, with offices and schools/colleges opening up, you fear Teams might become obsolete and start losing the growth trajectory they have been on up until now. You want to break your synonymity with only offices and educational institutions and want to bring changes in the current app to acquire more users who are looking to communicate with others.
Indian start-ups are going through a hard time, with many of them laying off employees for reasons like conserving cash for day-to-day operations. Since the start of this year, almost 8,000 employees have been laid off from various start-ups, indicating trouble brewing in the near future. Some estimates say that this number will likely increase as the year progresses. Other instances like Paytm’s Paytm mall losing nearly all of its valuation are painful examples of things going south in the Indian start-up scenario. However, to understand the current situation at hand, it is imperative that we start from the beginning with a healthy dose of context.
[Project] Customer experience and buying behaviour in e-commerce sitesBiswadeep Ghosh Hazra
The growing usage of internet in India provides an extremely lucrative market for many retailers and businesses. If e-retailers get to know the factors that broadly affect online behaviour, and the corresponding relationships between the type of online buyers and these factors, then they can further fine tune their marketing strategies to convert potential customers into permanent customers, while keeping the existing online ones.
This project on consumer behaviour is a part of a study, that broadly focuses on the factors which Indian online buyers keep in mind while they are shopping online. The research conducted found that Customer Service, Customer Review/Recommendations and Discount/Offers are the three dominant factors that influence online consumer perception. Consumer behaviour is an applied discipline because some decisions are significantly affected by their expected actions. The two perspectives that demand application of its knowledge are societal and micro perspectives. Internet is changing the very method consumers shop, buy goods and services, and has rapidly become a global phenomenon.
Today all companies must use the Internet with the goal of cutting marketing costs, and at the same time, received quantitative information; thereby reducing the price of the services and products, the companies offer. High competition compels companies to continuously look for cost cutting measures. Companies also use internet to communicate, convey and disseminate information, to take feedback, conduct satisfaction surveys with customers and most importantly, to sell the product.
Analysing in terms of-
Liquidity Ratio
1. Current Ratio (Current Assets / Current Liabilities)
2. Liquid Ratio (Cash + Marketable Securities + Account Receivables) / Current Liabilities
Profitability Ratio
1. Gross Margin (Gross profit / Sales)
2. Net Profit Ratio (Net Profit / Net Sales)
3. ROE (PAT / Equity)
4. ROCE (EBIT/Capital Employed)
Solvency Ratio
1. Debt/Equity
2. Debt/TA
Problem Statement: To determine whether the buying propensity of Indians towards smartphones is dependent on Age, Profession and Gender
Objective:
To determine whether the buying propensity of Indians towards smartphones is dependent on
1. Age
2. Profession
3. Gender
To what extent these factors affect the willingness of the Indian people to purchase a smartphone
Sources of data collection
We have collected data from primary sources by floating a Google Form which was filled by our batchmates, friends and relatives, each belonging to different age groups, diverse backgrounds and also working in varied domains.
Introduction
For any business to be successful, having a proper supply chain management is a must. It involves the suppliers, retailers, the distribution channels and the manufactures. Leveraging the optimization of the supply chain can lead to improvements in the domains of demand planning, Inventory control, decision making, order fulfillment and customer service.
Dairy business accounts for one of the major revenue in Odisha’s economy. Unlike other domain of business, the main raw material, milk is a highly perishable product and thus time plays an effective and significant role. The supply chain includes breeding of animal and cattle, centers for collection of milk, processing centers to condense the milk and bring it to consumable form and making other products and finally the distribution systems to reach out the customers via wholesalers and retailers. We have identified, three major anchors, a) the daily processors who aim to maximize the profit, b) the milk collection centers who aim to sell the most and c) the distributers who want quality and availability as per the demand.
This project aims at optimizing the transportation cost involved in the entire chain i.e daily process of the collection from the farms, from processing centers to distributing centers.
Problem Description
As a part of our project we had to design an optimal model for the dairy supply chain. The company that we have chosen is Milky Moo which has a processing center in GOP, Puri. It has successfully met the needs of the customers in Odisha as well as in regions of Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The company has established itself as a leading producer of dairy products in Odisha. The company is highly concerned withpthe time required for transporting the raw materials as the raw product is a perishable item and this can directly affect the production system’s.
Modelling Approach
The number of hours of work for the company’s processing plant is 12 hours starting from 5:30 am to 5:30 pm.
Assumptions:
1. The demand is equal to supply
2. There is no production after official working hours.
3. Each plant is capable of producing 100% output and is equally productive.
4. Each Processing plant can handle 50% of the load
5. The vehicles used for shipment run 15km for 1 liters of diesel
6. Diesel Price in Bhubaneswar : Rs 68/Ltr
7. Capacity of vehicles : 3500 litres of milk
8. Cost of shipment for 1 km = Rs. 3.90
The 3 aspects of supply chain are: collection centers, processing units and distribution centers. The initial process involves collection of milk from local farmers in the milk collection centers located at various places.
A. About the company and the Sustainability Initiatives
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which is more commonly known as Shell, founded in the year 1907, is a group of global energy and petrochemical companies employing more than 80,000 people in more than 70 countries. The organization was formed as a result of the merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Shell Transport and Trading Company Limited. The company is currently headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, and Incorporated in England and Wales. Forbes Global 2000, in the year 2019, ranked Shell as the 9th largest company in the world, the largest company outside the PRC and the USA, as well as the largest energy company in the world. Shell also topped the ranking of Forbes Global 500 in the year 2013. Shell is a public limited company with its shares listed on Euronext Amsterdam, London Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, and Philippine Stock Exchange. Its primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange and is a part of the FTSE 100 Index.
Shell has been engaged in vertical integration and is now present in every area of the O&G industry. Shell is actively engaged in the exploration, production, logistics, distribution, power generation, petrochemicals, and commerce. Shell has also ventured into renewable sources of energy such as hydrogen, wind, bio-fuel, and energy-kite.
Shell has divided its operations into different businesses:
Upstream: This organisation is engaged in the exploration and extraction of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Marketing and transporting of Oil and Gas are also done by this division.
Integrated Gas: This organisation is engaged in the management of LNG activities and the production of GTL fuels. It also includes the exploration for and the extraction of natural gas, and the operation and maintenance of the infrastructure that is necessary to make gas available in the market.
New Energies: This organisation is future-focused. It is engaged in the exploration of new opportunities and investment in commercially viable areas. Its main focus is on alternative sources of energy for transport such as hydrogen, bio-fuel, and electricity. Wind and solar energy are also areas of focus.
Downstream: This organisation is engaged in the creation of an integrated value chain that refines and trades crude oil and others into different products, which are then sold all around the globe. The products include petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, sulphur, heating oil, marine fuel, bio-fuel, lubricants, and bitumen. In addition to these, petrochemicals and oil sand activities are also managed by this organisation.
Projects and Technology: This organisation is engaged in managing the projects undertaken by the company to ensure its timely completion and innovation for new technologies. It provides technical assistance to other organisations as well.
The project is based on the following-
1) Internal rate of return (IRR) is the rate of return that will equate the present value of a multi-year cash flow with the cost of investing in a project
The IRR is the discount rate that renders the NPV of the project equal to zero
2) Profitability index also called as Benefit- Cost ratio or desirability factor is relationship between present value of cash inflow and the present value of cash outflow.
A) Introduction:
This project covers in-depth two restaurants (one small and one mid-sized) and their way of working on a daily basis. Both of these restaurants were covered extensively throughout for around a month where we got to know their method of day to day working and also the strategies that they follow to minimize cost and increase profitability.
B) What we did:
As per our project guidelines, we chose two restaurants, one mid-level and another a small restaurant, serving a modest number of customers per day. For both the restaurants, we spoke to the owners and formed an estimated balance sheet, business model, income statement, cost classification, cost collection, sources of revenue and inventory management. We also covered the various ways these restaurants deliver food, either through Food Aggregators or through takeouts and in-house customers. We then found out the Break-Even Point (in sales) for these restaurants. Finally, the report concludes with some recommendations for both of these restaurants in order to improve visibility and increase sales.
Developments which led to the current banking scenario:
Phase of having high inflation and interest rates
Major deregulation policies implemented in 1980s-boosted cross-border investment.
High levels of regulations via Basel III
China’s successful policy of state-directed economy - challenged by the middle-class’s needs
Power Division between the East and the West.
Governments’ decision to raise more money from taxes- direct implementation on banks
This led to more and more need for innovation.
Warehouse management is an essential piece of the supply chain process and creates a clearly defined breakpoint between the supply and demand aspects of any business.
Warehousing consists of two prime elements of cost and administration through: -
1. Minimize total operational cost
2. Giving the ideal degree of service
A warehouse can work in different forms from a single territory as a base receiving, storing and preparing for delivery to the complete commercial center to a mind-boggling organization central, regional and local facilities.
Chosen Organization is Wal-Mart since it is the largest retail corporation and has extraordinary supply chain management.
The report discusses Udyog Enterprises, a distributor of construction chemicals for Sika company. It stores the chemicals by Sika in its inventories and then supplies them to companies as per demand. The customers are largely divided into two main segments, industrial buyers and retail buyers. 95% of the revenue comes from retail buyers.
The methods through which the company generates leads are-
Sika provides them information about the projects happening
Through site visits by a team of engineer from Sika and sales force from Udyog
Through some information in newspaper ads
Through word-of-mouth, if the company hears about any projects going on then we approach the company.
This presentation describes the Hospitality Industry in India and how to solve the possible quality, inventory management and other operational issues that are rampant there and what service level innovations can solve these issues. It also takes into account COVID-19.
[Project] FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPORTING “BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING “-BASED BU...Biswadeep Ghosh Hazra
A short presentation on Business Process Re-engineering Based Models. It consists of Strategic, Project Management, Information Technology, Top Management and Cultural Factors. There are various models/frameworks and indicators like- Porters 5 Forces Model, 4 CSFs for BPR Implementation, From-to analysis, Financial Indicators.
[Project] Retail Management Report Brands Versus Private Labels- Fighting to WinBiswadeep Ghosh Hazra
INTRODUCTION-
Private label brands are on the rise right now everywhere in the world and command a higher unit share than the strongest of national brands in 77 out of 250 product supermarket categories which is an astonishing 31% and even in 100 of those categories, Private Label comes a close second or third position. However, manufacturers do not realize that sales of private labels sales vary with the economic conditions of the country they are operating in. Their share goes up when the economy is suffering and tanks in stronger growth periods.
The proof of this claim is evident from the following fact- During the last 20 years, Private Label share of markets has averaged out at a decent 14% of the U.S dollar supermarket sales. This share was 17% during 1981-82 at the peak of the recession and in the year 1994, this share dropped to 14.8% despite receiving media adulation. Private labels have managed to pressurize strong national and international brands but brands must also assess the threats that are possible from private labels and whether they will decline or mature in the future.
European Markets have seen quite success with Private Label Brands and compared to USA supermarkets which has only 15% of their sales come from Private Label Brands, European supermarkets has 54% of their sales from PLBs. This is because in Europe, the television markets are highly regulated and hence advertising is limited. Also, grocery chains dominate the entire European landscape and hence retailers hold more power in relation to manufacturers than in the United States of America.
The project describes the Distribution, Analysis and Social Media Campaign for a fictional Agarbatti company called OMM Agarbatti. We developed a rural campaign along with a strong social media strategy.
We covered-
1) BUILDING RURAL DISTRIBUTION
2) NGOs IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
3) SOME KEY STATISTICS
4) INFOGRAPHICS
5) DEMOGRAPHIC DIVISION
6) Distribution Strategy in BOP market
7) Incentives to women
8) POSITIONING STATEMENT
9) RATIONALE BEHIND THE CAMPAIGN
10) Poster for Social Media Campaign
11) Marketing strategy adopted
12) Newspaper Advertising
13) YouTube marketing
14) Facebook campaign
15) Instagram campaign
In this report, we have a clear objective of planning and designing the IT structure and its implementation in the firm.
The objectives are as follows:
• Analyse the IT sector scenario and the company structure and working
• Risk assessment of the business environment
• Process, Application and Technology Integration
• Define a cloud strategy for Mindfire Solutions
• Devise the Technology Scorecard for the departments
• Suggest Change Management in regards to cloud implementation
• Prepare an action plan for each stakeholder
• State the benefits of the IT implementation
Dove is a personal care brand which is owned by Unilever. It was created in the year 1955 by an American chemist named Vincent Lamberti. The Dover products are sold in more than 150 countries and are offering a range of products for women, men and children. Dove's logo is a silhouette profile of the brand's namesake bird. The products include beauty bars, lotions/moisturizers, antiperspirants/deodorants, hair care, body washes, or facial care products.
Introduction:
National Aluminum Company Limited (NALCO) is a Navratna PSU under Ministry of Mines. It was established on 7th January, 1981, with its registered office at Bhubaneswar. It has one of the largest integrated Bauxite-Alumina-Power Complex in India. The Bauxite Mines and Alumina Refinery are located at Damanjodi, Koraput and its Captive Power Plant and Smelter Plant at Angul.It also has ventured into backward integration by establishing a Caustic Soda plant in Gujarat. The procurement and handling process for each of the above varies due to multiple factors and the same has been highlighted further in the report.
Objective:
To understand the ‘Material Requirement Planning ‘process at National Aluminum Company Limited (NALCO) at Bhubaneswar. The project is aimed at deepening the group’s understanding of the topic by critically analyzing the existing process at the selected company.
ER(Entity Relationship) Diagram for online shopping - TAEHimani415946
https://bit.ly/3KACoyV
The ER diagram for the project is the foundation for the building of the database of the project. The properties, datatypes, and attributes are defined by the ER diagram.
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Discover the power of a simple 7-second brain wave ritual that can attract wealth and abundance into your life. By tapping into specific brain frequencies, this technique helps you manifest financial success effortlessly. Ready to transform your financial future? Try this powerful ritual and start attracting money today!
1.Wireless Communication System_Wireless communication is a broad term that i...JeyaPerumal1
Wireless communication involves the transmission of information over a distance without the help of wires, cables or any other forms of electrical conductors.
Wireless communication is a broad term that incorporates all procedures and forms of connecting and communicating between two or more devices using a wireless signal through wireless communication technologies and devices.
Features of Wireless Communication
The evolution of wireless technology has brought many advancements with its effective features.
The transmitted distance can be anywhere between a few meters (for example, a television's remote control) and thousands of kilometers (for example, radio communication).
Wireless communication can be used for cellular telephony, wireless access to the internet, wireless home networking, and so on.
Multi-cluster Kubernetes Networking- Patterns, Projects and GuidelinesSanjeev Rampal
Talk presented at Kubernetes Community Day, New York, May 2024.
Technical summary of Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Networking architectures with focus on 4 key topics.
1) Key patterns for Multi-cluster architectures
2) Architectural comparison of several OSS/ CNCF projects to address these patterns
3) Evolution trends for the APIs of these projects
4) Some design recommendations & guidelines for adopting/ deploying these solutions.
[Article] Artificial Intelligence: Changing Business Amidst COVID
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“Artificial Intelligence: Changing Business Amidst COVID”
(AI Adoption before and during COVID-19)
Setting the context
AI adoption is happening at a breakneck speed all around the world, and this article aims to find if COVID-19
hassped up or slowed down the adoption amongst various industries. In order for comparing the adoption during
COVID-19, it is important to check the adoption undertaken till date. That will strive to give a base reference
point for further study of the same. The chart below shows in percentage the adaptation of AI in different
industries and under different functions.
Chart 1 – Adoption of AI in different industries under different functions (in %) (2019)
As seen from the chart above, Service Operations function dominates in the overall category while
Product/Service development comes in at a close second. The particular function where AI is adopted also
depends heavily upon the type of business as evident from the fact that Automotive sector uses most of its AI
adoption in Manufacturing and Telecom uses it in Service Operations. Businesses remain lukewarm towards
the adoption of AI citing reasons such as spending increased amounts of resources like money and time.
AI adoption entails a number of key factors and questions, and some of them are enumerated below-
Whether it is relevant for the business in the long term
How much of a positive impact does AI adoption create?
Does the cost justify the benefits that can be reaped into the future?
What are the processes that are improved, and how does that impact the current business?
Therefore,even if it is evident for businesses to adopt AI, they do not do so keeping in mind the short- and long-
term prospects and other factors like Return on Investment (RoI).
Diving deeper
AIis an overarching term that encompassesmany technologies suchasMachine Learning and NaturalLanguage
Processing, so it makes sense to look at the adoption rates keeping in mind the industry and the technology
involved. The graph below shows the breakdown of AI Adoption in 2019, and again the type of technology
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used in a particular industry depends heavily upon the characteristics of the industry itself. High Tech is leading
the other industries in usage and adoption of Machine Learning while Robotic Process Automation is rightly
mostly used in Automotive Industry. Businesses in developing economies are increasingly utilizing the benefits
of AI with each passing year. Reports by McKinsey show that high performing companies have a couple of key
strategies that are similar to each other-
AI strategy is heavily aligned towards the business goals.
Investing in AI training and talent pool
Collaboration that cuts across functional teams
Data Practices that follow a best practices pattern
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Chart 2.2- Distribution of AI adoption under various specialized technologies (2019)
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AI Adoption amidst COVID-19
COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of AI across industries with the Bain COVID-19 IT Buyer Survey
stating that three out of four companies are planning to accelerate automation initiatives due to COVID-19. It
is very likely that COVID has transformed permanently, the way businesses are conducted, and now many are
considering AI adoption to stay ahead of the curve. According to a RELX survey dated October 2020, AI usage
has shot up massively to 81%, which is a huge 33 percentage points increment over 2018 in the USA. The
following image shows a three-year trend in the usage and adoption of AI across industries.
With COVID-19 dictating our lives and with the increased dependence on social distancing and work from
home cultures, it is imperative that businesses embrace the AI advantage. AI ensures that there is minimal
redundancy, and the need for human labour for trivial, repetitive tasks is abolished. In addition, technologies
such as the 5G will support and help AI adoption. Healthcare is one such area that is rapidly making use of AI
amidst a massive paradigm shift. Some of the data points pertaining to AI adoption in COVID-19 are-
o 68% increased the spending on AI during the pandemic
o 77% of those surveyed agreed to the fact that AI technologies helped slow the spread of the virus
o 63% of businesses agreed that AI helped them achieve a strategic advantage amidst the pandemic
However, there are concerns about the ethical usage of AI as many fear that in the wrong hands, AI can have
devasting consequences. Decades of dystopian science fiction movies have done nothing to alleviate those fears
and instead helped reinforce them. Fortunately, most AI usage in businesses are harmless and only strive to
improve processes,optimize them and help reduce costs over the long run. AI adoption is one of the key factors
of success against uncertainties, and it is only fair that businesses start realizing that, for their own survival.
Fig 3- Survey Results
References
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112982/ai-adoption-worldwide-industry-function/
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/artificial-intelligence/global-ai-survey-ai-proves-its-
worth-but-few-scale-impact#
https://www.javatpoint.com/subsets-of-ai
https://www.relx.com/media/press-releases/year-2020/ai-survey-2020