On this episode of the Future of Decisions Now podcast, Brian Evergreen — technologist, strategist, author, keynote speaker and CEO of The Future Solving Company — discusses his framework for reason-driven™ decision-making, how it aligns with decision intelligence, and the surprising advantages for workforces.

Brian shares how augmenting problem-solving with future-solving is fundamental to better decisions, enabling people to evaluate not only decisions executed but those left unmade — and risks not taken.

Related Resources:

• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Decision Intelligence Platforms 2024 (whitepaper)
  • Get insights on evaluating Decision Intelligence Platforms and learn why Aera Technology has been named a Leader in digitizing decision-making.
• Arion Research – Decision Intelligence Research Report (whitepaper)
  • Get a comprehensive overview of Decision Intelligence to help you move from basic business intelligence (BI) and analytics to an information-rich, “AI first” decision model.
• A Framework for Delivering Business Value with Decision Intelligence (on-demand webinar)
  • Learn how to get measurable business impact by digitizing, augmenting, and automating decisions with the Aera Decision Cloud.

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On this episode of the Future of Decisions Now podcast, Baxter Healthcare’s Paul Ives, Director of Integrated Supply Chain, discusses the power of decision intelligence in enabling Baxter’s planners and customer service team to predict and manage critical inventory and logistic needs, and more, while reducing working capital — through smarter, faster decisions.

Ives also shares how the technology can empower talent by eliminating manual work and allowing time for creativity and strategy — and at the same time, accelerate results by building an internal knowledge base to inform decision-making for years to come.

Related Content:

• Empowering Pharma Supply Chains with Decision Intelligence (on-demand webinar)
  • Explore how decision intelligence can optimize decision-making processes and unlock new levels of efficiency and innovation in the pharma and life sciences industries.
• Faster, Better Decisions in CPG: The Top 5 Decision Intelligence Use Cases (whitepaper)
  • Learn why leading consumer packaged goods companies are adopting AI for decision making — unlocking millions in new revenue and cost savings.
• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Decision Intelligence Platforms 2024 (whitepaper)
  • Get insights on evaluating decision intelligence platforms and learn why Aera Technology has been named a Leader in digitizing decision-making.

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On this episode, Constellation Research’s R “Ray” Wang, Principal Analyst, Founder and Chairman, shares why agentic-powered decision intelligence is the exponential advantage in the marketplace and why it will deliver the real return on AI — revealing the one factor that will define the leaders who will master AI and unlock its value.

Wang also discusses the reality of new roles like AI ethicists, decision scientists, and even decision user experience consultants, and shares when autonomous decision-making will dramatically change the way we work and deliver ROI.

Related Resources:

• Beyond Buzzwords: Where Are Companies Getting Value with AI Today and What’s Ahead? (video)
  • Hear Ray Way in conversation with Aera Technology CEO Fred Laluyaux on the real-world value that many companies across industries are realizing with decision intelligence.
• Decision Intelligence: Unlocking the Full Potential of AI for the Enterprise (whitepaper)
  • Discover how companies leverage decision intelligence to empower business analysts and data scientists to accelerate their digital transformation journey.
• A Framework for Delivering Business Value with Decision Intelligence (video)
  • Learn how to get measurable business impact by digitizing, augmenting, and automating decisions with the Aera Decision Cloud.

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On this episode of the Future of Decisions Now Podcast, Joe Fuller, Harvard Business School Professor and Co-Leader of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work Project, shares how technologies like AI and decision intelligence are empowering workforces and providing the ultimate competitive advantage for enterprises. From the hard reality of the ever-shrinking workforce, hitting the data complexity ceiling, and why so many transformation projects fall flat, Joe Fuller gives a wake-up call to enterprises to start mobilizing AI and DI to prepare for the future.

Related Content

• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Decision Intelligence Platforms 2024 (whitepaper)
  • Get insights on evaluating Decision Intelligence Platforms and learn why Aera Technology has been named a Leader in digitizing decision-making.
• Arion Research – Decision Intelligence Research Report (whitepaper)
  • Get a comprehensive overview of Decision Intelligence to help you move from basic business intelligence (BI) and analytics to an information-rich, “AI first” decision model.
• A Framework for Delivering Business Value with Decision Intelligence (video)
  • Learn how to get measurable business impact by digitizing, augmenting, and automating decisions with the Aera Decision Cloud.

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In this episode of the Future of Decisions Now podcast, Gualtiero Cerrato of PMI discusses how decision intelligence is fundamental to PMI’s global supply chain. By leveraging this technology, PMI is driving agility and precision—analyzing insights, exploring alternative scenarios, and making fast, accurate decisions in real time to unlock value across its operations.

With 70% adoption already, Gualtiero discusses PMI’s outcomes from decision intelligence and how the company is scaling the technology to enable connected decision-making throughout its value chain.

Global leader PMI is working to create a smoke-free future — and the only company in the tobacco industry who has committed to phasing out conventional cigarettes. As part of this transformation, PMI is scaling decision intelligence to achieve higher levels of service, operational efficiency, and sustainability.

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• Faster, Better Decisions in CPG: The Top 5 Decision Intelligence Use Cases (whitepaper)
  • Learn why leading consumer packaged goods companies are adopting AI for decision making — unlocking millions in new revenue and cost savings.
• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Decision Intelligence Platforms 2024 (whitepaper)
  • Get insights on evaluating Decision Intelligence Platforms and learn why Aera Technology has been named a Leader in digitizing decision-making.
• Unlocking Value in CPG with AI-Powered Decision Intelligence (on-demand webinar)
  • Hear success stories from our work with major CPG companies that rely on Aera to understand and deliver on consumer demand, optimize inventory, and maximize value.

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Unilever, one of the world’s most admired and innovative fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies has continued to unleash its people's potential and take customer satisfaction to a new level using AI-powered decision intelligence.

In this episode of the Future of Decisions Now Podcast, Unilever’s Juan Carlos Parada, Executive Vice President of Global Customer Operations, reveals how decision intelligence is enabling market-changing innovation for the CPG industry. Unilever’s Sky project, an intelligent demand fulfillment system, is generating an astonishing 8 million forecast combinations by SKU by store per day — bringing massive impact to its end-to-end connected value chain.

Parada also discusses Unilever’s move from “doing digital” to “being digital” and its revolutionary path toward the number one supplier in its market through a customer-centric, technology-driven, and people-first mindset.

Related Content

• Faster, Better Decisions in CPG: The Top 5 Decision Intelligence Use Cases (whitepaper)
  • Learn why leading consumer packaged goods companies are adopting AI for decision making — unlocking millions in new revenue and cost savings.
• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Decision Intelligence Platforms 2024 (whitepaper)
  • Get insights on evaluating Decision Intelligence Platforms and learn why Aera Technology has been named a Leader in digitizing decision-making.
• Unlocking Value in CPG with AI-Powered Decision Intelligence (on-demand webinar)
  • Hear success stories from our work with major CPG companies that rely on Aera to understand and deliver on consumer demand, optimize inventory, and maximize value.

www.aeratechnology.com