Big Data: What’s the Big Deal for Procurement?

The proliferation of data has led many organizations into a period of innovation, with far-reaching implications for supply chain.

September 10, 2018
Dr. Marcell Vollmer
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We’re in the midst of a big data revolution. Around the world, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are produced daily, and approximately 90 percent of the world’s data were generated in just the past two years.

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