Summary: <p class="audioplayer_container"><span style="display: block; padding: 5px; background: #f8f8f8;" id="audioplayer_133">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version <a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&promoid=BIOW" title="Download Adobe Flash Player">here</a>. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.</span></p> <p></p> <p>Using unstructured and streaming data is a brave new world. The possibilities of data variety and velocity to improve supply chain management are an exciting option for supply chains to better understand their business. In this podcast Alison Crawford talks with Lora about the new Supply Chain Shaman blog post <a href="http://www.supplychainshaman.com/new-technologies/tackling-the-unknown-trying-to-figure-out-new-forms-of-analytics/"><em>Trying to Figure Out New Forms of Analytics</em>.</a> We discuss topics such as predictive, descriptive and cognitive analytics and how to hire for this new breed of data whiz to make sense of the information. Listen to this podcast to start planning your operations using the power of data.</p> <p>Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast episode #172</p>
