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Tom Cummins, RS Group: The answers hit home from both of the other panellists, particularly around getting stuck in the pilot loop. As well as where we need to focus on risk. My company is not there yet.
We are using AI to help with data cleanliness, or using it retrospectively, not proactively, when we get a request. A lot of what we do involves significant numbers of transactions and the data is coming in bad. We still have humans focusing on cleaning that data at that time, rather than focusing better on managing the supplier relationship and the performance of the supply base.
That’ s where we need to shift. The tools are there. How do you apply them? How do you make the decision and just run? Recognising you may make a decision you later have to pivot from, but you need to make a decision and just run with it.
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