2013 was a watershed year for Industry 4.0, moving from the concept pages of the German Academy of Engineering to becoming strategic pillars of investment across governments and enterprises.
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What is the Business Case for AR?
While Augmented Reality (AR) is gaining significant attention as one of the Industry 4.0 technologies that will revolutionize supply chain, we believe it is important to look beyond the hype and qualify the true potential and challenges.
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Winning the Last-Mile in Fashion
The rising requirements of big-city Gen Z consumers will define where the future is headed. When it comes to big-city fashion shoppers, what really matters?
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“Sense and Pivot” Supply Chain @ MIT Media Lab
Demands on supply chains are ever increasing as companies vie to deliver more personalized products, with faster lead time, at a lower cost. Further, unexpected execution conditions continually disrupt operational performance.
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Why Supply Chains Must Sense and Pivot
Even today’s most sophisticated supply chains still try to predict what will happen, then optimize performance against plan. The problem is, the world is not predictable. It is filled with the unforeseen. To meet soaring customer demands in this erratic world, companies need to build a whole new kind of supply chain, fast.
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Four Facts Every Exec Must Know About A.I.
While A.I. and machine learning has made rapid progress in consumer facing applications such as Amazon Alexa, playing Go, and making art, its deployment across the enterprise is still emerging and uneven.
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Bernstein Motor of eCommerce
I gave a panel presentation at the Bernstein Motor of eCommerce conference last week in London. We discussed two trends that will significantly impact on the eCommerce supply chain dynamics in the near term horizon
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A.I. in Planning – SCMR Podcast
I held a podcast this week with Supply Chain Management Review on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Planning.
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US eCommerce – Trends and Impact on Logistics
In our recent article “US E-Commerce Trends and Impact of Logistics”, we assess the current state of the last mile fulfillment market and also key emerging trends shaping future implications.
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A.I. + Future of Production with World Economic Forum
Last week, I facilitated a cross-functional workshop with The World Economic Forum, and several tech startups (Noodle A.I., Rage Framework, Enterra) to investigate the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on global production and value chain.
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Digital Supply Chain and Patterns of Disruption
Advances in smart automation is increasingly disrupting both B2B and B2C supply chains. The pattern of disruption will likely manifest in two waves
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Guest lecture at Babson
Had a good time presenting as guest lecturer at Babson College this week on best practices and emerging trends in omnichannel supply chain.
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Same Day Delivery at TPA/GMA 2016
Had a great experience co-presenting with Michael Kors, Google and Instacart at the 2016 GMA Supply Chain Conference last week on Same Day delivery.
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The Rise of Digital Supply Chain Platforms
Advances in digital technologies such as the Internet of Everything, Deep Learning, 3D Printing and Big Data are expected to disrupt business models and their respective supply chains As supply chains become more digital, they increasingly benefit from platforms
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6 Trends Shaping Omnichannel Supply Chain
Omnichannel retail sales have consistently doubled every 4-5 years since 2001 and is expected to become a $1.8 trillion dollar market by 2016 and hit $7 trillion by 2025. Part of the growth is driven by consumers taking their shopping online. However this is just one side of the equation.
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