Do you want to be Amazon or Sears? Sears used to be the Amazon of its time, but they failed to change with the times. There is little life left in this former powerhouse of retail. On the other hand, Amazon continues to evolve and is clearly doing quite [...]
Pay attention to collaboration opportunities and reverse logistics. There can be a significant hidden opportunity in this topic. Why not focus attention and see what can be achieved with some common sense and collaboration.
If you cannot provide rapid, customized service with easy returns and 'extra value', you will be left in the dust. The needs aren't going away. If anything, Amazon continues to raise the bar.
Internal and collaborative systems are critical to short- and long-term growth for manufacturers and distributors. Systems must be able to support scalability and sustainability.
ERP has become much more of a strategic topic. It isn't about blocking and tackling and using ERP to achieve tactics. Instead, it is about whether a business has the technology and systems to scale in a scalable, profitable way. Do your systems support your customers' needs?
To think about what's ahead in technology, it is important to put it in perspective with what's ahead in business.
A look at how e-commerce holiday sales growth poses unique challenges and opportunities for supply chain management.
Insights into how transportation drives supply chain efficiency, underlining its economic and strategic value.
For the peak season, UPS has to hire a HUGE amount of temps and ensure efficiencies aren't harmed in the process, given the serious impact to the bottom line. If that situation doesn't require resiliency, I don't know what does!
Will artificial intelligence and automation impact your industry? Most likely the answer is yes; the only question is how.
