- 21. Uber Model Could Wreak Uber Upheaval In Supply Chain Logistics
- (Logistics)
- ... of a person via smartphone that a needs a ride, it sends out a notice to drivers in the customer’s vicinity to see if anyone wants to accept the fare. “Uber has tapped into a smartphone-based version” ...
- 22. "New" Purchasing Technolog
- (News)
- It's a fact of life that a lot of purchasing now, and even more in the future, will take place via smartphone. New technology is out there that takes the complexity out of that process.In a guest article ...
- 23. Trends In Healthcare And The Life Sciences And Their Impact On Ecommerce
- (Management)
- Despite the cacophony of technology available today, not all industries have embraced or responded to it as steadily as it has proliferated our lives. Healthcare is one of those industries, although now ...
- 24. Top 20 Supply Chain Myths
- (News)
- Bolaji Ojo, on the Electronics Purchasing Strategy site, takes a spin through a list of the top 20 supply chain myths in a recent article. Although these are ostensibly specific to the electronics industry, ...
- 25. The Industrial Internet Moves Ahead
- (News)
- The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is definitely not mature but applications are being developed that will impact supply chain processes. There are still open issues and design considerations that ...
- 26. Trends (Not Predictions)
- (Management)
- ... surprise here after major companies report data breeches resulting in losses of their own and their customers’ information. Localized promotions The use of smartphones is making it easy for marketers ...
- 27. Supply Chain Predictions for 2015
- (Supply)
- ... side of the technology with the introduction of a number of smartphone controlled home systems. The industrial side of IoT, which I’ve written about in the past (read the latest HERE) is moving ahead ...
- 28. IoT Under Your Tree
- (News)
- Just when you think EC-BP.com can't be any more valuable to you.... we find Holiday present ideas based on IoT for you! They definitely skew toward the consumer side of the technology, but you can see ...
- 29. Convergence of Big Data and IoT
- (News)
- Two of the hottest of hot technologies, Big Data and the Internet of Things (Iot), have a lot in common and converge in a number of scenarios. The benefits of each as standalone technologies are huge, ...
- 30. Here Comes the Industrial IoT
- (Technology)
- When’s the last time you faced something truly disruptive in your business? Could it be as far back as when Al Gore invented the Internet? Or maybe something more recent, like smartphones unleashing the ...
- 31. What's Visibility Mean to You
- (Blogs)
- ... it, check its processing status and expected delivery date/time, how it was shipped, and every other detail related to it. And he wants it available on screen, within your smartphone app, or if he calls ...
- 32. Instant Gratification Anyone?
- (News)
- In a Wired article, Mat Honan reminds us that what's new isn't actually all that new. The power of the smartphone has enable a whole slew of new services that deliver instant gratification.If you really ...
- 33. Mobile Technology Use Case
- (News)
- Often, new technology seems like buzzwords or hot air without actual real-life examples of use. Mobile technology has been around for quite awhile, yet many people can't really conceive how it can be utilized ...
- 34. Is Omnichannel Working?
- (Retail)
- ... What many retailers abhor is referred to as 'showrooming' where retail customers look at merchandise on the shelves of the physical store and look at their smartphone devices to find the same items at ...
- 35. Where Will the Supply Chain Jobs Be?
- (Blogs)
- ... then today’s pace may make you nervous. But why does it matter anyway? You’ll be able to control your HVAC system from your smartphone, the cool driverless car will run you up to the local grocery ...
- 36. Where's Your Recovery Plan
- (Technology)
- ... as causing a delay in the latest delivery of the next smartphone or the next year's car model. Or results could be as serious as delaying vaccines and emergency equipment during the next natural disast ...
- 37. Say Goodbye to RFID and Hello to IoT Tags
- (Technology)
- ... TV remote. If one of these tags is attached to your lost item, simply launching an app on your smartphone can guide you to your device. The tags are still too expensive to deploy on every consumable item ...
- 38. Time to Follow Walmart... Again?
- (Management)
- ... smartphone and have it delivered to their home, or any combination of order/fulfillment options. For retailers not competing directly with Walmart their plans should be studied and emulated as far as ...
- 39. Fearless Predictions for 2014
- (Blogs)
- ... to see articles on omnichannel retail, smartphone based ecommerce, and the like, but you should already be pretty conversant on those subjects. I may be a bit ahead of the curve on a couple of the above ...
- 40. Omnichannel - A Mindset and a Challenge
- (Retail)
- ... walk into a store, browse for an item, and make that purchase on the way out the door. It's also increasingly simple to point a smartphone at a product's barcode, find that product at a competitor's online ...
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