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Escorts Kubota enlists AI to reinvent railway, construction, and agriculture

CIO Business Intelligence

CIO Anil Kakkar is heading up an ambitious transformation agenda at Escorts Kubota, in which the Indian multinational conglomerate seeks to reinvent its three traditional business lines: agricultural products and implements, construction equipment, and railway equipment and parts.

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Building the future of construction

CIO Business Intelligence

The construction industry in many countries around the world is facing a labor shortage crisis. For construction to continue at the pace needed, something has to change. For construction to continue at the pace needed, something has to change. There is a solution: remote operation of construction machinery. Innovation

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A Joint Venture Revolutionizes Construction Logistics

CIO Business Intelligence

Construction logistics have traditionally been complicated, intensive, and error-prone and, until recently, there was little indication that this was going to change. Ordering can be maddening, delivery points are often overloaded, and larger construction companies average 150,000 receipts annually. Conceiving a floor plan.

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Delays in TSMC’s Arizona plant spark supply chain worries

CIO Business Intelligence

Wei attributed the delays at TSMCs Arizona factory to a combination of complex compliance requirements, local construction regulations, and extensive permitting processes, according to a Reuters report. Supply chain constraints, such as higher material costs and logistical challenges, further increase expenses.

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Constructing a smarter building industry in Australia

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital maturity in the Australian construction industry is fragmented according to the Australian Broadband Advisory Council’s Construction Expert Working Group scoping study , which looked into opportunities and barriers for the take up of tech in the construction sector.

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Big Data – Construct or Reality?

Eric D. Brown

Before we get started – a definition of “construct” is needed. Taking a page from my years in quantitative research, I submit this definition ( based on this definition ): A construct is a mental abstraction used to express an idea, object or any other ‘item’ (could be people, organizations, etc.). And it’s here to stay.

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Acumatica tweaks its cloud ERP for professional services firms

CIO Business Intelligence

trillion in 2024, according to The Business Research Company. Acumatica already offers industry-specific editions of its cloud ERP software for construction, manufacturing, distribution, and retail, and now sees the time as ripe to adapt it for a new market.

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