Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s “Heard on the Street” round-up column! In this regular feature, we highlight thought-leadership commentaries from members of the big data ecosystem. Each edition covers the trends of the day with compelling perspectives that can provide important insights to give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

In this special guest feature, Arnold Liwanag, TealBook’s Chief Technology Officer, highlights the top three reasons to utilize AI when searching for new and diverse suppliers in the ever changing marketplace. The current supply chain landscape of manufacturing disruptions and availability issues is not going away any time soon. An enterprise has to pivot quickly to find new, diverse suppliers, but the supplier data they are referencing is likely out of date or incorrect.