Reflections on Digital Supply Chains & Platforms
Last mile home delivery is a key driver shaping the growth of the US online sales. While efficient and innovative delivery models abound for parcel products, large format product categories such as white goods, furniture and large electronics remain stuck in an ineffective and inefficient supply chain model, preventing their full potential growth. Despite the need,… Continue reading The Future Model for Big Box Last Mile Delivery
With escalating pressures to continually provide innovative offerings and demonstrating sustainable, profitable growth, it’s no surprise that product outsourcing success is becoming a strategic topic in Consumer and Retail. For example, Coca-Cola is transforming their traditional fountain machines for consumer engagement. Peapod is taking the store front to where consumers are through mobile commerce technologies. And… Continue reading Product Outsourcing Success in CPG & Retail
What allows certain companies to deliver best-in-class distribution performance while others turn in only average performance or fail altogether? From our work in this area, we've observed that the leaders in distribution— those that deliver on a defined set of quality and service levels at the best possible cost—consistently think outside the box. Some of… Continue reading The 3 Dimensions of Distribution Excellence
The term "strategic outsourcing" may sound like an oxymoron. Traditional dogma of outsourcing calls for companies to sequester strategic capabilities in-house and only source non-core or commoditized capabilities from 3rd parties. The situation becomes more complex in a dynamic market context since (i) what may be deemed a core competency today may become peripheral tomorrow… Continue reading Strategic outsourcing is not an oxymoron
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