ALIGNMENT
Alignment used to be limited to the front wheels on your car. Today the term describes unusual changes in retailer behavior trying to be at the intersection of customer wants, product location and time.
It seems that technology is creeping into every aspect of our lives. My father-in-law was in or near the trucking industry his entire life. He could maneuver an 18 wheeler like it was a child’s […]
“I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” There are conflicting reports as to who this quote […]
I made a comment the other day in a non-professional setting about greenhouse products. The reaction was entirely negative. All of the climate change conversation that refers to ‘greenhouse gasses’ has brought a cloud over […]
As the PMA’s Foodservice Conference set attendance records in Monterey California in late July it was apparent that the participants were actively engaged. Sellers were showing their latest innovations and buyers were eager to learn […]
Recently the IBM supercomputer Watson (which first appeared on Jeopardy! in 2008) was doing some creative computing using algorithms to make meals. “The system begins by capturing and analyzing tens of thousands of ingredient pairings […]
