The potential value of data inspired British mathematician and entrepreneur in the field of data science and customer-centric business strategies. Clive Humby to claim “Data is the new oil.” And in the right hands it is. Here’s why. Because by using data, people can be manipulated. And that constitutes…
Dr Myles Wakeham, Mr Carl Wakeham and Ms Maria Hamman INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the creation of human-like intelligence that can process, learn, reason, plan, and discern natural language. AI comes in three forms, namely, narrow AI, which we are involved with…
Our CEO, Dalein van Zyl, will tell you more about the IMM Graduate School, and share some exciting developments planned for the institution. Angela Bruwer – Academic Head of…
Anisa Fielding IMM Graduate School: Lecturer & Short Courses Corona – Not to be mistaken for a virus! What’s in a name? A curse or an opportunity.
The coronavirus is currently a trending topic and a major public health hazard worldwide. But at the same time, it is also not doing the Mexican beer brand of the same name any good. Being linked to something like the corona virus is something you absolutely do not want…
Lessons shared by an institution that has been doing it for a while. 1. Introduction The role of learning and teaching in a digital environment has been catapulted into the spotlight as many educational institutions which have not paid much attention to it, are now grappling with where to…
Resilience. It’s a very apt word to describe South Africans and the same can be said about the businesses, organisations, and institutions that keep this great country of ours moving. In the past few months, and even before that, IMM Graduate School has shown not…
It is May 2020. Students of the IMM Graduate School are busy writing their Final Assessments, not in a traditional examination venue, but rather on a computer, possibly at home. Now, in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, the world has no idea how long the coronavirus will directly…
Marzia Storpioli. IMM Graduate School lecturer: Supply Chain Management. Dior’s shift from designer clothes to designer face masks. How Supply Chain re-invent themselves to survive this pandemic.
Coffee illustrates how complex supply chains have become ©MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images Posted by Paul Simpson Coronavirus has shown how fragile our cost-driven, just-in-time processes really are. With practitioners adapting to survive while planning more resilient systems for the future, will procurement ever be the same? When the first container…
