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The Amazon Store
Was it surprising to you to hear that Amazon is planning a new brick and mortar store? It should have been, according to Amy Bernstein on the Harvard Business Review blog site.
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Supply Chain Planning and IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) seems to be everywhere lately in technology news. Most articles are written at a high level, but occasionally we'll see one that has relevance to a supply chain problem we'd like to address.
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Procurement Can Deliver Savings
What's the value in building a great procurement team? How about twice the cost savings as can be produced by a mediocre group? Those are the results published in a recent AT Kearney report.
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Where Big Data is Heading
It seems that everyone has an opinion on Big Data. Daniel Gutierrez actually has several. His key points, that Big Data isn't really all that new and that its focus has to be on producing actionable data, are undeniable.
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WalMart Invests in 'e'
When a company builds a couple DCs, it's usually no big deal. When WalMart does it and it signals an update to their strategy, it's a different story.
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Top Tech Articles
Bob Kerschberg, on the Forbes site, takes a broad look at a number of technology issues facing supply chains and points us toward a few articles to get caught up on. Cloud, Big Data, data deserts, beer clusters.... they're all covered by Bob's analysis and sources.
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Apparel Analytics
We've all read about Big Data and some of the Big Things it'll do in the future. It's interesting, though, to read about how a specific industry, in this case apparel, will be affected.
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USPS and Same Day Delivery
Same-day delivery continues to heat up as a fulfillment strategy. The USPS is moving forward in its efforts to stay involved. Are you ready for your grocery delivery from the mail carrier? On the one hand, USPS has the equipment, infrastructure, people, and incentive to succeed.
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Sustainability Metrics
The vast majority of large businesses now 'officially' report on sustainability. That doesn't exactly mean you can compare them, though.
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Top 3PL Concerns
The latest 3PL research on efulfillment challenges is out, and the results provide confirmation of what we've been reading about through the year. Order flexibility, inventory visibility, and system integrations are top concerns.
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