Retailers Are Changing Stores into Micro-fulfillment Centers with Robots
Reuters recently hosted a panel on the topic of optimizing omni-channel fulfillment to prepare for holiday peaks. Panelists included Jason Lerman, Director Operations at UNTUCKit; Jon Gold, VP of Supply Chain and Customs Policy at NRF; Wayne Snyder, VP Retail Industry Strategy at Blue Yonder; Gina Anderson, VP…
The New Secret Weapon of Supply Chain
Henry Ford famously said of the Model T, “you can have any color you want, as long as it’s black.” Today, in the digital age, the ability to personalize has become a key strategy for winning market share. Yet a century later, a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach…
The Future of Black Friday: Prioritizing E-Commerce
Black Friday has long been a shopping phenomenon across retail industries, and the COVID-19 pandemic is proving to make this holiday-shopping-season-kickoff even more interesting. Historically marked by unruly crowds and steep one-day in-store discounts, Black Friday must be reimagined for the world we now live…
Unified Logistics: The Need for Agile Resiliency
Someone recently mentioned that “resiliency” seems to be one of my favorite words. As words go, it’s not a bad one to have as your favorite. The ability to adapt, to quickly recover from disruption, to be elastic; it’s fitting for what we all need…
Learn How e-Commerce Fulfillment Groomed Petco for Success
We recently wrapped up CloudCon, our digital conference where product experts and customers shared their experiences transforming their supply chain to survive and thrive during the global pandemic. We were thrilled to hear from Abdullah Shaban and Mike Glaspey from Petco, who shared stories about how…
Digital Transformation in Freight
I have been in the supply chain solutions space for a long time. Closing in on my 26th year, I have been fortunate to witness an ever-accelerating evolution of technology and capability. Long gone are the days of analog lines and green screens. In today’s…