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Self-Checkout Turns Customers into Employees and Employees into Security Guards

Enterra Insights

The checkout kiosks bleat and flash when you fail to set a purchase down in the right spot. Journalist Chris Gorrie reports, “Walmart’s heavy reliance on self-checkout has necessitated the deployment of workers as makeshift security personnel, actively monitoring customers for potential theft.”[2]

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Is Reinforcement Learning the Future of Artificial Intelligence?

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Taylor, an Associate Professor of Computing Science at the University of Alberta, explain, “Reinforcement learning [is] a mature machine learning technology that’s good at optimizing tasks. This makes reinforcement learning ideal for the automation of processes or for managing dense, data-generating business processes.”

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New data: NZ manufacturers back at pre-Covid level + Aus booms

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The latest data shows New Zealand’s manufacturers appearing to shrug off the ‘80% economy’, reaching pre-Covid levels of activity at the end of June. The data in question has been sourced from Unleashed Software’s inventory management and business SaaS product. In this Recovery Report: New Zealand recovery.

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Customers Want to Be Treated Royally

Enterra Insights

A line from the pop hit “Royals,” by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde, reads, “We’ll never be royals, it don’t run in our blood.” With more and more consumers taking the digital path to purchase, retailers are learning that it’s easy for customers to leave the path or abandon shopping carts.

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The Biggest Manufacturing Industry Trends in 2022

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As 2022 kicks in, the manufacturing sector is being shaped by technological change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Digital, connected and smart systems are on the rise, while at the same time manufacturers face challenges such as the ‘Great Resignation’ and clogged-up supply chains – as well as increasing demand for sustainable products.

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How To Start Your Brewery On The Path To Success

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Leveraging the best manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, maximising productive efficiency, and accessing management expertise early , are the strategies that will set the best apart. Brewery software: Enterprise Resource Planning for brewers. Brewery software features to look for. Supply chain management.

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The NoLo Alcohol Report: Industry Expert Tips [+ Key Stats]

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Garage Project , a popular craft brewery run out of Aro Valley in Wellington, New Zealand, was started by Pete Gillespie & Jos Ruffell, along with Pete’s brother Ian. Giesen in Marlborough, New Zealand, produces regular wine, but has more recently been developing a range of NoLo wines – such as its no-alcohol sauvignon blanc.