It's human nature to look for certainty. We believe that if we can predict the future with perfect certainty, then we will react and prepare accordingly. As such, we tend to put all our planning effort into making better predictions. The problem is that after we invest considerable effort predicting one aspect of a future event, lots of uncertainty remains.

Accenture is acquiring OPS Rules, a boutique analytics consulting firm specializing in the application of data science for supply chains.

360pi, a provider of price and product intelligence, has joined with brand-protection expert MarkMonitor to aid brands in identifying and addressing online threats to revenues and reputations.

As modern B2B organizations experience major growth in online business, digital commerce implementation projects have increased in both numbers and complexity.

Does a big grocery retail chain have anything to learn from a leading automaker?