Accenture brings data to equity and inclusion

Week of December 19, 2022

For you this week: Accenture’s new product measures and predicts progress on inclusion, diversity, and equity goals. How new healthcare-specific functionality could improve patient care. A leader in Oracle Industry Lab shares his exploration of open source AI services. Factors big and small that can affect your holiday email program. Plus: Analyze documents in OCI with a new “document understanding” service.

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“If you focus only on diversity numbers, you might get people to join your team, but if they don’t feel included, they’ll leave. I personally believe inclusion is the next level of disruption.”

—Trent Johnson, Senior Manager, Oracle Analytics business at Accenture

Accenture’s IDE vision

When employees at Accenture wanted to bring about positive change using their data and analytics skills, they created the Accenture Workplace Accountability Resource Experience (AWARE), a system to measure and compare inclusion, diversity, and equity (IDE) data and predict progress. It’s a transparent way to create a more equitable workplace.

Healthcare’s tight schedule

When a patient’s health is on the line, hospitals need clinicians with the right skills in the right place—with the right medical supplies on hand. New healthcare-specific functionality in Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications can help streamline the way hospitals schedule surgeries, order supplies, and hire and schedule employees.

Novel AI use cases

With advances in artificial intelligence, millions of people are exploring ways to use them—including Oracle Industry Lab’s Burcin Kaplanoglu. In his article on LinkedIn, he tells what happened when he got two separate AI-based tools to work together, and why he’s thinking about AI’s role in helping us mourn those who’ve passed.

Holiday email caveats

Keep these four factors in mind when measuring the success of your holiday season email program, say top minds at Oracle Marketing Cloud. The factors span from macroeconomic, such as inflation, to technical considerations, such as Apple’s mail privacy protection.

Industry Spotlight: Manufacturing

Stretchline gathers data

Brickworks consolidates financial ops

FEMCO Steel improves efficiency

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