Big Data helping The Cheesecake Factory identify supply quality

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     The Cheesecake Factory is using Big Data technology via IBM to identify potential links among its restaurants and supply chain that may signal a bad batch or tainted ingredients, such as the current case with IKEA and their horse-tainted meatballs. By analyzing big data sets from its 175 locations in the U.S., the restaurant may be able to predict a bad batch by marking certain triggers, such as if a supplier's product cost. If such a trigger is set off, e.g. that supplier's product is cheaper than usual, the restaurant chain is able to pull the product before it makes it to a kitchen. By finding these tainted batches sooner, the company will be able to save in recall and litigation costs and protect their consumers. Check it out!