A wonderful thing that businesses cannot afford to operate without is technology. Since we live in a digital era, companies must find ways to embrace the new wave of technology.

Cognitive technologies are one aspect that can entirely benefit your organization. Today, they exist by conducting tasks traditionally performed by people. They support employees’ performance, helping businesses with cost, speed and quality.

With cognitive technology, it’s possible to automate tasks such as planning, learning and reasoning from uncertain information. Read on to learn about the latest cognitive solutions and how they’re helping employees improve their performance.

A year ago I purchased for home use Apple's Mac Mini M1 with 512 GB SSD built into the computer. Coming more from a Windows and Linux background, it wasn't the operating system or Apple services that lured me to make the purchase but instead its small footprint in both size and presence. While the Mac Mini is a neat computer on its own, there are a couple tradeoffs. The negatives include fewer ports and the lack of ability to upgrade both memory and internal storage. I was afraid to turn this around, I was looking at unattractive cables to external devices spread across my desktop making that "small footprint" no more.

Whether you’re a locally operating small supply chain or international, high-level employee experience is the most important thing to boost your bottom line. When you drastically improve your employee experiences, you get less turnover, fewer absences and greater profitability.

Supply chain management’s essential role is to maintain productivity. But given the nature of this field, employee experience is a major challenge for managers in supply chains. However, providing a better employee experience can help you boost their morale and generate long-term revenue.

Here’s a closer look at some of the main obstacles to employee experience.

Having a firm grasp on inventory management saves your company money and prevents shrinkage. One of your biggest costs as a manufacturer may be in the products you order and the goods you ship out. If you don’t have a firm grasp on both, you risk losing money.