If the concept of “visualization” seems like a new age neologism that’s too far out for today’s supply-chain managers to fully embrace, consider this: tomorrow’s manager will regard any company that hasn’t started on this strategic journey to be hopelessly antiquated.
This is particularly true when it comes to capturing big data for deep-dive analytics, says Karin Bursa, executive vice president of Logility.
“Major universities and colleges are producing newly minted, tech-savvy graduates to replace Boomers at a steady rate every year,” she says. “This cultural transition is placing those young people with the business acumen to take on supply-chain leadership roles that are reliant on high-technology adaptation across all major industry sectors.”
Daniel Bachar, product marketing director of advanced analytics for Logility, agrees. He says these “digital natives” will be empowered by their companies to take a more creative approach when it comes to predictive forecasting and proactive solutions.
“By automating decisions where we can, and providing the needed analysis to determine the best approach, we are able to free up the personnel to implement the hands-on work and think about the business more creatively,” he says.
The strong visualization of meaningful data is also crucial to a business’s success with artificial intelligence and analytics. It creates an engaging user experience that presents information in a highly intuitive way.
“Young professionals will navigate data and scenarios in a different manner compared to a company veteran who has been in that role for 20 years, and grew up with data presented in a less granular way,” says Bursa. “Visualization of data and serving information in a more intuitive way is key. This is done by tapping into new data sources and leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning.”
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