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Inspirations from E2.0
by gdanner on Jun 25, 2008 - 07:28 PM read 96 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2008/06/inspirations-f...I had the great privilege to attend Enterprise 2.0 this week in Boston with our friends from New Paradigm, now part of the nGenera Innovation Network. Perhaps it was the intellectual energy of Cambridge or the diversity and enthusiasm of the notable attendees...but something was "in the air" here that stimulated some great discussions, both on stage and off.In the spirit of this confluence of social networks, collaboration, technological progress, ... read more -
The role of intuition and experience in modeling
by gdanner on Feb 18, 2008 - 02:11 PM read 1014 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2008/02/role-of-intuit...I was visiting with a client the other day. We were talking about the possibility of building a model to support a small airlines operation. A gentleman in the room, a subject matter expert on aviation operations, turned to me and said, Why do I need a simulation model? I can answer the questions we have by just sitting down and thinking it through.I was taken aback at first. Try ... read more -
Simulation as a Service
by gdanner on Jan 03, 2008 - 02:20 PM read 285 timesWhen Howard and I were with Industrial Science, we constantly spoke with potential clients about simulation. “Simulation”, we said, “is a highly custom experience for a given firm. Don’t fall prey to those who try to sell you a packaged application or model.”. Today we are at BSG Alliance, a company that delivers applications on demand, one of which is simulation. Have we abandoned our principles? No we have not…I ... read more -
Business Analytics, Defined (Sort Of)
by gdanner on Nov 07, 2007 - 11:20 PM read 667 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2007/11/business-analy...Youve probably heard a lot about Business Analytics lately it is a term that is thrown around with other vague notions like added value, ecosystem, and integration. If we keep it vague, firms wont be able to embrace it, wont recognize when theyve got it, and cant compare it to not having it. Yet Business Analytics is one of those things that defy strict definition, even to those of us ... read more -
Houston Business Journal: Industrial Science Merges with BSG Alliance
by Steve G on Oct 10, 2007 - 08:23 AM read 904 timesHouston business simulation firm Industrial Science LLC is being purchased by Austin firm BSG Alliance Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. BSG Alliance said George Danner, the founder of Industrial Science, and Howard Park, the company's chief technology associate, will continue with BSG Alliance as heads of the on-demand applications division. Industrial Science employs analytic, scientific and three-dimensional visualization tools to address complex business and ... read more -
"Simulation. On demand" from BSG's Industrial Science
by Steve G on Oct 03, 2007 - 10:45 AM read 570 timesBSG Alliance's Industrial Science team employs advanced mathematic and scientific tools to address complex business and management problems. We do this primarily by building simulation models of the business problem. See for yourself, by downloading one example of our problem simulation and visualization in action: http://tinyurl.com/yvtp47 (Click image to enlarge)We custom-build each model to match the requirements of the business problem. To learn more about "Simulation. On demand," contact read more -
NEWS RELEASE: BSG Alliance Acquires Business Simulation Software and Services Provider, Industrial Science, LLC
by Steve G on Oct 03, 2007 - 09:57 AM read 1487 timesAustin, TX – October 3, 2007 - BSG Alliance Corporation, the platform for Next Generation Enterprises, On Demand, today announced it has acquired Houston-based Industrial Science, LLC and integrated the company’s advanced, business-simulation frameworks and technology into the BSG Alliance on-demand applications platform. “We are tremendously excited about the addition of Industrial Science’s technology and team to BSG Alliance and our next generation enterprise (NGE) applications platform,” said Steve Papermaster, chairman ... read more -
Smart Brains and Stupid Computers
by gdanner on Apr 18, 2007 - 08:21 PM read 273 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2007/04/smart-brains-a...In building business simulations, we are often called upon to create systems that mimic what humans do manually. Call them business rules, work processes, whatever you like these are the minute-by-minute decisions and analyses that people perform, often without even thinking very hard about the complexity of their own solutions.We have recently been working in two projects where the essence of our software simulation is the duplication of a basket ... read more -
capturing data
by gdanner on May 12, 2006 - 01:24 PM read 356 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2006/05/capturing-data...I have written about data in a previous post. This one is about capturing data. Usually, we are simply given data for the models we build. Well... it's never THAT simple, but we are rarely given the task of capturing "raw data". In fact, it's been a while since I have personally been involved with physical task of raw data collection that will be used in some ... read more -
Telling Stories
by gdanner on Apr 03, 2006 - 02:07 PM read 335 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2006/04/telling-storie...In his book Blink, Malcom Gladwell talks about how top athletes such as Ted Williams and Andre Agassi describe their techniques. Being able to track the ball as it hits and leaves the bat or using the writst to roll the racket over the ball are what they attribute as their respective secrets. The author continues by saying that both statements can be proven false. For ... read more -
The Art of Science
by gdanner on Feb 13, 2006 - 02:38 PM read 246 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2006/02/art-of-science...Science is our profession here. Every day we navigate the fields of economics, mathematics, finance, statistics, physicsit is easy for us to get wrapped up in all of the high minded work that we do. Indeed, many of the brightest minds in research today are laser-focused in their fields, collaborating with very few peers in thin vertical slices of study.Too bad we arent more like the ancient intellectuals. Up until ... read more -
Health and Hygiene
by gdanner on Dec 06, 2005 - 04:00 PM read 323 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2005/12/health-and-hyg...It happens every time I go to the doctor. For some odd reason I want to impress him by telling him how Ive been exercising, how well Ive done with my dietit is as though Im looking for some kind of reward.We know what the rewards are. If we do all these good things, we will, on average, live longer and feel better. We do this to set the stage ... read more -
data data everywhere, and not a byte to eat
by gdanner on Sep 08, 2005 - 03:25 PM read 250 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2005/09/data-data-ever...In every project we do, there is the "data" phase. In order to do our analysis, build/test/run the model, show results, before any of that is possible, we need data.Many of you know what this REALLY means. Data is never innocent nor clean. It always comes with some story, or hidden skeletons from many parts of the organization. We're always relieved when we hear that data is available; actually getting ... read more -
Getting better at getting better...
by gdanner on Aug 10, 2005 - 03:26 PM read 381 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2005/08/getting-better...The title is a phrase used by one of my former professors at the Harvard Business School, a noted game theorist. He distinguishes average firms from outperforming firms by the latters focus on building company structures that dont just increase performance, but accelerate it.This is a subtle but extraordinarily important distinction, brought home by the following word picture: imagine that I hold a piece of paper. I fold the paper ... read more -
rapid prototyping, the strawman, creative destruction
by gdanner on May 08, 2005 - 09:24 PM read 256 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2005/05/rapid-prototyp...Last week, George and I were meeting with an associate. At the end of the meeting, he said, "let's 'rapid prototype', to make sure we're all on the right track". Ah, another $5 business word. But what does it mean?I actually use the term frequently, and George and I are big proponents of the rapid prototype approach. It works well in our business of building models. The idea is to ... read more -
The next big thing (no, really)
by gdanner on May 07, 2005 - 01:08 PM read 416 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2005/05/next-big-thing...You cant pick up a newspaper or business magazine these days without some talking head describing the next big thing that will revolutionize business, and perhaps life as we know it. The hype was more or less true about the Internet it just took a bit longer than the breathless prose about it had predicted. The Internet has changed life as we know it and is still changing it as ... read more -
Why CEOs can't play chess
by gdanner on Apr 27, 2005 - 03:30 AM read 263 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2005/04/why-ceos-cant-...I love chess. It always amazes me how such simple rules for piece movements can give rise to matches of such extraordinary complexity and drama. Often I see corporate strategy analogized as a chess game. On the surface, that seems right managers adeptly try to outthink their opponents in a rich interplay of competing strategies and asset positions.However, the cold light of critical analysis casts grave doubt on this analogy. ... read more -
The many uses of the word "model"
by gdanner on Apr 26, 2005 - 01:03 PM read 254 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2005/04/many-uses-of-w...The other day Howard and I were driving back from a client meeting. This client had a software system for managing business transactions and continuously referred to it as a model. It seemed odd at first, but it got us thinkingwhat really is the definition of a model?Unfortunately for us, the word is so overused that it has lost its real meaning. We have to describe what we do to ... read more -
2005: The Year of the Blog
by gdanner on Apr 26, 2005 - 03:24 AM read 351 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2005/04/2005-year-of-b...The current BusinessWeek boldly claims that "Bogs Will Change Your Business". The "blogsphere" is filled with all kinds of idle chatter, political ramblings, musings of people you may have nothing in common with. Then there are so-called "corporate blogs". What are such crazy notions? Why would a company want to establish a blog? Will the lawyers allow us to do such a thing?The BW article is a good ... read more -
catching a fly ball / doing physics in my head
by gdanner on Apr 19, 2005 - 02:15 AM read 396 times
Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2005/04/catching-fly-b...Earlier this evening, I spent a little time with my two-year old playing ball. I threw long arcs with a very soft ball and although he couldn't catch it, he was starting to track the ball in the air.This reminded me of something I read that discussed how smart we must be to be able to compute 2-dimensional physics equations in our head. Somehow, we know where the ball will ... read more
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