Supply Chain – Michael Hu

December 13, 2018February 19, 2019

What is the Case for AI Vision in Supply Chain?

Computer vision is the lynchpin of the current AI/machine learning (ML) renaissance. In 2013, deep learning neural nets crossed a historic milestone of achieving human level accuracy at the ImageNet image classification benchmark

November 13, 2018February 25, 2019

The Human Element in Digital Industry 4.0

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.

November 8, 2018March 2, 2019

What is the Case for AR/VR in Supply Chain?

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.

October 4, 2018February 22, 2019

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?

July 23, 2018January 18, 2019

“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.

July 20, 2018March 5, 2019

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.

April 17, 2018March 3, 2019

Four Facts Every Exec Must Know About AI Automation

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.

March 29, 2018March 3, 2019

Bernstein Motor of eCommerce Conference

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

March 20, 2018February 26, 2019

AI in Supply Chain Planning – Podcast

I held a podcast this week with Supply Chain Management Review on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Planning.

July 9, 2017March 5, 2019

US eCommerce 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.

April 28, 2017February 26, 2019

Amazon the Zara Slayer

One question we often get from clients is “Will Amazon disrupt my sector next”? – be it in Fresh, CPG, Beauty, Apparel, or even Industrials.

November 8, 2016March 2, 2019

AI + Future of Production with WEF

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.