Generative AI has compressed delivery times: what took eight hours now takes three. But where do the remaining five hours go?

Something subtle but seismic is happening in enterprise software. For years, SaaS thrived on UX—well-crafted interfaces designed to guide humans through increasingly complex workflows.

For decades, consulting thrived by delivering polished slide decks filled with frameworks and benchmarks.

Brands have long envied the troves of first‑party data sitting inside retailer systems. The average shopper enrols in roughly 13 loyalty programmes but stays active in barely half of them, so the “relationship” often stops at the cash register.

The Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process aims to align sales, operations, and finance departments around an integrated and feasible plan. More than a monthly agenda, S&OP is a continuous cycle that seeks to anticipate the future and prepare the organization to meet it efficiently. Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already a reality in parts of this process — especially in demand planning. But its potential goes further: as we evolve in analytical maturity and in the integration between teams and data, AI can become a central gear for faster, more accurate decisions aligned with business reality.

As the future of advertising rapidly evolves, so too does the way we understand and reach consumers. Google is ushering in a new era of search metrics that deliver more granular, actionable insights for marketers. Two new metrics, User Searches and Ad Opportunities are at the forefront of this transformation, powered by advancements in AI and multimodal search capabilities.