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Deloitte rolls out PairD chatbot in latest Big Four AI move

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Deloitte rolls out PairD chatbot in latest Big Four AI move

Staff can use the chatbot to help with routine tasks, but have been told to check its work for accuracy.

Deloitte is equipping 75,000 of its staff with a generative AI-powered chatbot to help them carry out basic tasks more quickly. It is the latest indication that the biggest names in accountancy – the so-called Big Four firms – are embracing automation as a way of boosting productivity.

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Accenture to Acquire Eclipse Automation to Help Clients Build Factories of the Future

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Accenture to Acquire Eclipse Automation to Help Clients Build Factories of the Future

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Eclipse Automation, a provider of customized manufacturing automation and robotics solutions headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

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Four Principles deepens warehousing expertise with SmartLOG

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Four Principles deepens warehousing expertise with SmartLOG

Four Principles has inked a collaboration agreement with SmartLOG, a Spanish company specialised in logistics automation, with the aim of expanding its presence in the region’s warehousing landscape.

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Tim Hale Joins THinc Partners Automated Retail Consulting Team

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Tim Hale Joins THinc Partners Automated Retail Consulting Team

Thomas-Hendrickson Inc. (THinc Partners), a leading management consulting firm specializing in automated retail, today announced the addition of Tim Hale as senior strategic advisor. Hale’s extensive industry experience in brick-and-mortar retail, automated retail, and corporate executive team leadership further strengthens THinc Partners collective skill set.

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Three ways retailers are fixing weak links in their supply chains

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Three ways retailers are fixing weak links in their supply chains

Amid ongoing turbulence – from driver and CO2 shortages through to Brexit-based delays – Retail Week’s latest report brings optimism for retailers that smoother, more efficient and robust supply chains can be created

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Future of jobs – Roles that might not exist by 2030

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Future of jobs – Roles that might not exist by 2030

These days, new technological advances happen all the time — and while some industries have flourished in the changing landscape, others have benefited from (some might say, fallen prey to) automation

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IBM bolsters business process automation

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IBM bolsters business process automation

IBM has struck a deal to acquire process mining software vendor myInvenio, in a move aimed at providing its customers with data-driven software to help them identify the best business processes to automate using artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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How to harness the power of robotic process automation

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How to harness the power of robotic process automation

The world today is changing rapidly in ways that no-one could have imagined at the beginning of the 21st century. The business arena is being bombarded with technological advancements that often cause conflict, disrupt the status quo or alter conventional processes. Yet, as we’re learning all the time, with change comes new opportunities.

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IBM to acquire Brazil’s WDG Automation, boosting its AI-infused capabilities

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IBM to acquire Brazil’s WDG Automation, boosting its AI-infused capabilities

IBM announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Brazilian software provider of robotic process automation (RPA) WDG Soluções Em Sistemas E Automação De Processos LTDA (WDG Automation).

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Wipro receives multi-year deal from Germany-based energy company

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Wipro receives multi-year deal from Germany-based energy company

Wipro has received a multi-year infrastructure modernization and digital transformation contract from Germany-based energy company.

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Appian and KPMG announce new offering that supports businesses impacted by the CCPA

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Appian and KPMG announce new offering that supports businesses impacted by the CCPA

Through its strategic alliance, Appian and KPMG LLP formally announce a new offering that supports businesses impacted by the CCPA.

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What are the top supply chain trends of 2020?

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What are the top supply chain trends of 2020?

Faster logistics and operations, technology integration and supply chain shifts due to global trade wars were some of the trends that dominated supply chains in 2019.

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