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Waste Management has always caught the news. Environmental health has grown to be important, creating much buzz, especially over the last decade. This growing focus has led to an overhaul of many behaviours, actions and protections being put into place to reduce our carbon footprint at an individual and enterprise level. How can enterprises use technology to manage waste better? How has digitization helped enterprises, and what are the key benefits it offers? Where is this industry heading in the next 5 years, and how can enterprises join the bandwagon? 

All this and much more as we join Mitrankur Majumdar, as we decode the next phase of waste management through technology. 

Artificial Intelligence is at the centre of a successful Digital Transformation. This podcast discusses various ways AI delivers a competitive advantage by personalising data at scale and ensuring a seamless customer experience. Our experts share the top 3 AI techs used in the industry, how Parallel Neural Pathways help map the customer journey effectively, and how facial recognition technology works with search history data to recommend the best product/services to the end consumer. Finally, they also share the best practices an enterprise could follow to adopt an AI model and how they can plot their AI journey in the current scheme of things. 

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Part 2 of the Supply Chain series explores the world of technology in Supply Chain, how specific technology solutions can benefit the global supply chain networks and what’s in store for us in the future. Our experts also talk about how the next phase of the Supply Chain is all about being connected (through intelligent technologies) and how can enterprises join the bandwagon. 

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The pandemic has thrown traditional Supply Chains into chaos. From the lack of workforce creating bottlenecks, increased wait time of shipping containers leading to shortages to them impacting the final price of the products, the Supply Chain process has seen it all. In part 1 of this series, our experts take us through the existing challenges enterprises face today, how are they vulnerable to them, and what are they doing to fight them in the best possible way. 

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In part two of this podcast series on Xtract Insights, Sathish Kumar EV takes us through the impact of Document AI on the insurance sector. He explains how Document AI helps in automatically extracting relevant information, identifying missing data, and getting a comprehensive view of the submission to aid quick decision-making. Hear how Commercial Insurers can leverage Document AI to bring consistency in the submission process and transition from fragmented to responsive Underwriting by prioritizing submissions and reducing iterations for missing information. What challenges can a commercial insurer face that document AI can solve? What will be the measurable impact on a company's bottom line? 

All this and more on The Edge Podcast - Your spot to know all that's hot in the world of AI, Automation & Supply Chain.

In part one of this podcast series on Xtract Insights, Swaminathan Natarajan takes us through the latent and hidden value that unstructured data contains for enterprises. Over 80-90% of data within organizations are locked in digital & physical documents, which in turn remain unutilized by them. This unstructured data, if used efficiently, can uncover tremendous value for an enterprise. What are the various tools available to extract insights from unstructured data? What is a document extraction, processing and comprehension pipeline, and how does it work? What are the different issues enterprises face with data, and how do they solve them with the right partner? Tune in to hear the expert's perspective. 

All this and more on The Edge Podcast - Your spot to know all that's hot in the world of AI, Automation & Supply Chain.

The pandemic is a watershed moment in the development of our society, an event that has affected every human being. With our innovation outpacing evolution, changes to culture represent changes to the human experience, and with workplaces, the pandemic has proved transformative. Despite their resources, agility and flexibility, can organizations adapt to a new paradigm of workplace models? What are the most significant developments and challenges organizations must address? How will talent and technology drive this shift?

Hear the experts Mukul Pandya and Kisha Gupta's answers to these questions on The Edge Podcast - Your spot to know all that's hot in the world of AI, Automation and Supply Chain.

In this episode, Shrikant Deo shares his views on how an enterprise can implement Connected Automation seamlessly across their system. He shares a first-of-its-kind, 10 step Automation model that details how enterprises can structure their Automation programs for guaranteed success. This self-sustaining, scalable model benefits both new and existing enterprises that use Automation for a better ROI. With the COVID-19 pandemic, enterprises were forced to work in siloes, affecting the overall efficiency. Connected Automation helps break these siloes and enables people, processes, and data to confluence and achieve enterprise growth.

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In this episode, we talk about Connected Automation, the next big thing in the world of AI & Automation. Connected Automation enables enterprise-wide Digital Transformation as it connects People, Process and Data seamlessly. It is this platform that assists large enterprises to build a high-performing, connected enterprise, where the technology delivers insights and intelligence to positively impact business. You will hear Mr. N Shashidhar talk about why enterprise Digital Transformation programs fail, what are some of its scalability issues, the economic, social and business impact it has and how Connected Automation can deliver measurable business value if executed correctly with the right partner.  

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Leaders of today must worry about problems of tomorrow. How can you futureproof your transformation projects? The answer lies in an emerging concept called Digital anthropology. Raktim, an author of the best-selling book 'Driving Digital Transformation', takes you through how technology impacts human evolution and ways leaders can leverage technology to delight customers. The Edge Quarterly Podcast – Your spot to know all that's hot in the world of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Automation. #The15MinutePodcast

Ever wondered if anyone ever thought of creating a playbook for digital transformation? Raktim, an author of the best-selling book 'Driving Digital Transformation', takes you through exactly that. Listen to this podcast to go through models like WISE incorporating ‘Know your why’, ‘Integration with external ecosystem’, ‘Breaking the Silos’ , ‘Environment & Culture’ and ACID which is all about Artificial intelligence, Cloud, Internet of the things and Data.” The Edge Quarterly Podcast – Your spot to know all that's hot in the world of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Automation. #The15MinutePodcast

Digitization and ecommerce has completely changed the way supply chain functions. Today customer globally are accustomed to ordering small quantities and getting the order delivered in a day or sometimes even in a few hours. This leads to fragmented demand signals. The digital proliferation in supply chain has also led to a data explosion and by default, a lot of the data resides in silos. How can we connect these silos, revealing a single version of truth. Listen to this podcast to know more. 

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In a highly competitive B2B market like today’s, it is not just critical to have a cutting edge product but also how fast does the product deliver. High Processing is key to winning. What does it take to create fast computing softwares? Listen to this podcast to understand concepts like high density computation, distributed and open source storage architecture, micro services and much more.

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It’s quite expected that 5G will impact Telecom industry tremendously. However did you know that it will also impact self-driven cars? Not just that, 5G will impact   everything from the way data is managed in enterprises, network management, AI operations and much more. Listen to this podcast to know how 5G will   create a data boom and the implication of this on your industry.

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Is saving cost your key focus? The business environment is changing rapidly. With overall trust of customers declining, it’s time to relook at your business model and convert them into model business. How? Listen to this podcast to understand how technologies like AI and Automation can help you save costs and do much more.

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Diversity and Inclusion are far more than a moral obligation. They can improve employee morale, fosters employee participation and contribution, higher productivity and even higher innovation and much more. Listen to this podcast to understand the difference between inclusion and diversity, why it is critical for your business and how to begin.

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Pandemic changed the game for not just for enterprises overall but also impacted all functions within. CMOs too were not left untouched. Successful CMOs have found big data as the new best friend while trying to do more with less. If you are a CMO or an aspiring one, with responsibilities ranging from lead generation to sales enablement to awareness, then this podcast is just for you.

Can technology make you creative? What does it mean to be creative in a professional scenario and can creativity help you scale? Listen to this podcast where Gururaj Deshpande shares stories of enterprises who adopted a creative approach to go beyond the bottom-line. 

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Automating procurement can not only help you save millions but provide the much needed visibility to take the right strategic and tactical calls. Automation can further free up your employees from redundant and repetitive tasks. Listen to the podcast to understand how an Australian public sector department, automated procurement to become more resilient.

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The delivery of social services to citizens have always been an area of focus for governments across the world. Recently, Governments have   recognized the benefits that an intelligent procurement solution could deliver in selecting and contracting with the right service providers and   managing the performance of these social service contracts. The recent pandemic saw governments across the globe accelerate the delivery of various   social services to help vulnerable citizens in their time of need. Traditionally governments were using grant management systems to manage such   social service contracts, however these systems were typically not integrated with upstream Contract Management systems resulting in a lack of visibility into the impact of the social investments made by Governments.

Listen to this podcast to understand how a specialized procurement solution will increase accountability among social service providers and help the government achieve targeted outcomes.

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The pandemic wiped out 80 million jobs in 2020 and young earners were most impacted by the job loss. With very little to no savings, they had no other option but to take personal loans. While moratoriums and grants by governments world wide helped ease off the crisis temporarily, it also added a pressure on collecting agencies to collect loans. With the crisis still not fully over, what can collection agencies do to improve collections without losing out the good customers? Listen to this podcast to find out.

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In this podcast, Kamalkumar talks about the need for domain knowledge in Machine Learning models to make them more effective, Kamal also talks about techniques used to pass on years of learning effectively on to a machine by leveraging real life case studies.

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In this podcast, N Shashidhar, AVP – Senior Director and Head of Strategy and Partnership at EdgeVerve Systems Ltd. (An Infosys Company) talks about the power of Process Insights and the predominant role it plays in improving and changing the execution of business strategies. He also talks about the combination of Process Mining and Process Discovery and how it can exponentially amplify AI and Automation Outcomes.

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The Covid-19 pandemic is a disruptive event like no other and has impacted many critical enterprise business operations worldwide. Global enterprises capitalize on technology to better manage their business. IT operations are the operational layer of an enterprise’s technology landscape. However, enterprises are prone to disruption as demand, supply, and performance flounder. In this podcast, we find out how enterprises can future-proof IT operations by adopting AIOps to manage the technology landscape intuitively and avoid disruption. 

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With unexpected becoming a norm, It is important to de-risk procurement from vendors and geographies at higher risk. Demand fluctuations is another area of concern. Listen to the Podcast to understand how enterprises can use Procurement specific AI-driven technologies  to build intelligence in their supply chain models to mitigate various Procurement related risks. 

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Most organisations have gone through a real-time litmus test of their business resilience, and quite a few gaps have been exposed. While one plans for disruptions to the short-term continuity of a part of the operations, many business models are not built for such scenarios. To strengthen business resilience, enterprises will need to adopt a systematic approach to revisit the fundamentals and new ways of working. The podcast covers strategies which organisations can follow to achieve resilience. 

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For successful Digital Transformation, enterprises need to be more agile in responding to the changing needs or demands of the market and its customers. Processes are the foundation on which enterprise capabilities are built. Process discovery powered by AI and Deep learning is the key. Enterprise should switch to a process discovery approach that combines the best of Business Process Management and Data Mining. 

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For 1000s of years, humans have been spending majority of their day doing repetitive tasks. This takes a toll on our creativity. Today attended and unattended RPA can do these repetitive tasks and leave room for creativity. Besides, several functions in business require us to think out of the box. Now with RPA being used by businesses, humans can spend time on strategic thinking. This podcast covers applications of RPA in areas like contact centre, document analysis, procurement, insurance and so on. 

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On one hand, AI holds enormous promise – from transforming businesses to opening up new opportunities. On the other, we have evolved and heightened customer expectations. So, eventually it boils down to how fast and how accurate decisions can be taken in an enterprise. And when 90% of your data is stuck in unstructured documents across enterprise, how can you take informed business decisions? Organisations handling huge amount of physical data should invest in a document extraction, processing, and comprehension platform which helps unlock business value from enterprise data by extracting intelligence from documents, regardless of complexity or domain specificity. The Edge Quarterly Podcast – Your spot to know all that's hot in the world of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Automation.

Over the last few years, we have seen the promise of ubiquitous AI. The technology, in its various forms, is starting to enter mainstream dialogue, no longer confined to enterprise boardrooms or sci-fi constructs. AI is supposed to make us more efficient, more intelligent, and more objective. If popular accounts are anything to go by, it could be what drives our species forward. What do you do, then, when AI is found to be biased? In this podcast, Ashish Khandelwal explains how AI can become biased and why enterprises must not ignore this threat. 

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