In the midst of China’s massive digital transformation, how does P&G reinvent its 20-year-old offline B2B distribution network to sell P&G products into almost 7 million independent mom-and-pop stores across China?
Digital supply chain
Printing [War]Toys: Military’s Use of 3-D Printing to Improve Supply Chain
3-D Printing has the potential to significantly impact the military's supply chain: it can significantly reduce their costs, lead times, and inventory levels. Some even say that as the technology improves, it will disrupt the Military-Industrial complex.
IBM: Tracking the Supply Chain Using Blockchain
IBM is trying to use Blockchain to save the food supply chain billions in costs and also it's own legacy in the technology service industry.
Apps on Apps: Tesco uses digitalization to tackle food waste
Tesco admitted wasting 30,000 tonnes of food in 2013. Now it is using apps, big data, and analytics to cut down on food waste and redistribute it to people in need.
Displacing Excel Monkeys: How Facebook is Automating the Forecasting Process
When people think about global supply chains, Facebook probably isn’t the first company that comes to mind. Facebook, however, operates a complex global supply chain, delivering its products to billions of people and collecting trillions of data points every day. […]
Optoro: How Supply Chain Digitization is Helping Retailers Recoup Millions through Reverse Logistics
Digitization of information has created greater efficiency in many parts of the supply chain. Optoro, a reverse logistics company founded in 2010, has created a digital supply chain platform that aims to help retailers recoup millions of dollars by optimizing […]
Which cow provided the milk for my Hershey’s chocolate bar?
Consumers are increasing their demands for transparency in the food they eat, and digitalization trends are poised to deliver the solutions.
UNIQLO: Digitalization and Supply-Chain Transformation
This is about Uniqlo's supply-chain transformation based on digitalization.
Black Friday or Red Friday?: How Macy’s Plans to Improve its Bottom Line via Digitalization
As eCommerce and fast fashion continue to disrupt the retail industry, Macy's places huge bets on supply chain digitalization to ultimately reduce costs and stay competitive.
Amazon – In Prime position for the last mile
The last mile is the key step in each supply chain. Developing and testing new technologies, Amazon is at the forefront of digital innovation with technologies that will change how customers will order and receive deliveries in the future