Uniqlo plans to achieve aggressive sales targets by using digital tech to improve their supply chain and provide superior customer service.
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BMW’s supply chain in the face of isolationism
BMW manages the risk caused by increasing isolationism through a combination of its global production network and active currency hedging.
Maersk: Cutting Shipping Costs and Increasing Supply Chain Visibility with Blockchain Technology
Maersk is piloting blockchain technology to improve supply chain visibility, transparency, accountability, and cost efficiencies for its global shipping business.
Information overload: GE’s opportunity for enhanced partnership across the OFSE supply chain
As OFSE providers install new automation technologies, they are becoming inundated with more data than they can use – and GE is moving quickly to position itself as their digital partner in supply chain and operations management.
The Race to ROI: Can Adidas’s Speedfactory Make Hyper-Customized Sneakers and a Profit?
Adidas’s Speedfactory holds the promise of “radical, accelerated footwear production, with hyper-flexible, localized, open-source co-creation, and athlete data-driven design.” While the goal of “mass customized” sneakers is ambitious, will the investment bear returns or burn out?
The Impact of Isolationism on Small US Businesses… Does Protectionism Protect Them?
A small US manufacturer sells 60% of its products to foreign companies. If the US adopts a protectionist trade stance and increases antidumping duties on foreign countries, there's a good chance foreign countries will respond with duties of their own. As a small player in this international market, what can the US manufacturer do to mitigate the risks that duties destroy their future profitability?
From Supply Chains to Supply Circles: How Philips is Rethinking Business in a World of Scarce Resources
If you could redesign the global supply chain from scratch, would it look like what we have today? Should hundreds of millions of tons of materials be ending up in landfills every year? If your answer is "no," then start thinking about the circular economy, because your competitors already are.
Can an Artificial Intelligence Deliver Real Results?
The digitalization of healthcare has added greater complexity and costs, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center believes artificial intelligence may be the solution.
A Pricier Pint: How Tighter Borders Could Increase Your Bar Tab
Diageo Plc, owner of Guinness, must create a plan to mitigate the looming trade effects of Brexit.
Value-Based Healthcare: Game-Changer for Medical Suppliers?
Digitalization and big-data transformations across all channels of delivering healthcare are revolutionizing the medical industry. But, are medical suppliers immune to this change?