In our recent article “US E-Commerce Trends and Impact of Logistics”, we assess the current state of the last mile fulfillment market and key supply side drivers of eCommerce.
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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.
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Building an Omnichannel Supply Chain for Brands
Consumers today are spoiled for choice. No matter where they live, they have at their fingertips a vast assortment of products, delivery options, and a never-ending parade of exclusive products and special offers.
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Artificial Intelligence Coming of Age
AI progress has been uneven in the past 5 decades, with spurts of breakthrough followed by “winter-like” stagnation. Barriers like technology cost, organization capability and ineffective policies held back AI from going mainstream.
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AI + Future of Production with World Economic Forum
I facilitated a cross-functional workshop last week with WEF and several tech startups (Noodle A.I., Rage Framework, Enterra). We explored the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on global production and value chain. This is part of our on-going collaboration on the World Economic Forum Future of Production initiative.
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Patterns of Digital Supply Chain Disruption
Advances in smart automation is increasingly disrupting both B2B and B2C supply chains. The patterns of digital supply chain disruption will likely manifest in two waves.
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The Rise of A.I. Could Be the Fall of Uber
Machine Intelligence has made significant advances recently in areas of supervised learning such as image and speech recognition, question & answering and shopping recommendation.
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Guest lecture at Babson
I had a great time as a guest lecturer at Babson College this week where we discussed best practices and emerging trends in omnichannel supply chain. Very engaging class and lively discussion. Key topics included:
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Same Day Delivery at TPA/GMA 2016
I had a great experience co-presenting with Michael Kors, Google and Instacart on the topic of same day delivery at the 2016 GMA Supply Chain Conference last week. We discussed the underlying supply and demand side drivers of same day delivery and emerging models (see figure below).
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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 disrupting business models and their respective supply chains.
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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. The other enabler is the…
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Omnichannel Last Mile – RILA 2015
I recently facilitated the Omnichannel Last Mile panel at the 2015 RILA Retail Supply Chain Conference along with Michael Kors, JB Hunt and Sears. We had a very engaging and productive. It’s clear that Last Mile continues to be a rapidly moving and strategic area of focus.
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A.T. Kearney Digital Roundtable @ R/GA
Last week’s AT Kearney Digital Forum Roundtable was a great session. I had an opportunity to discuss and hear all things Digital with the leading thinkers and practitioners in the space.
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Walmart activating omnichannel
I recently visited Walmart’s pilot Same Day grocery drive-thru in Bentonville. The set-up allow consumers to shop online and pick-up their orders via drive through.
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Fulfillment: a Secret Weapon in Omnichannel
Getting fulfillment right is much more mission-critical in a digital enabled, omnichannel setting compared to a traditional brick and mortar retail. (see figure below).
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