Data scientists are all the rage these days, busy at companies developing algorithms, building advance analytics, leveraging machine learning and more.

But what do they really do? SCDigest columnists Dr. Michael Watson of OpEx Analytics and Northwestern University says there are three main "use cases" for data scientists in the supply chain.

SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore discusses those three use cases and more with Watson in this fast paced video interview, an excerpt from our weekly Supply Chain Video News program, with CSCMP.

Please view the short video below.