Luminate Platform: Built on Three Guiding Principles
Who hasn’t walked into a retail store recently and found a favorite product out of stock? Transportation bottlenecks, labor and materials shortages, rising fuel costs and other factors have made 2021 one of the most challenging times to operate a global supply chain with any…
Don’t Procrastinate This Holiday Season
Procrastinators beware… 2021 is not your year. Heed our warning when we say — start your holiday shopping early. We aren’t being alarmists here. If you thought 2020 was filled with retail chaos due to store closures, in many ways the retail sector is struggling…
5 Things You May Have Missed in Supply Chain News
Welcome to a new monthly series where we give you the scoop on five things you may have missed in supply chain news. You can also catch the full rundown from our LinkedIn Live video. 1. Start your holiday shopping now — no, really There’s a…
Panasonic + Blue Yonder – And the Industrialization of Supply Chain
As an engineer, I tend to look at things differently. While most people would appreciate a product for what it is, I’m always curious how something is made or how it works. I want to take it apart and tinker with it. Although I admit…
Could Supply Chain Automation be the answer to the Great Resignation?
This blog is co-authored by Terence Leung, Senior Product Marketing Director; Bonnie Milam, Product Marketing Director; Michael Orr, Product Marketing Director; and Nina Seth, Product Marketing Director The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt retail. Having experienced demand and supply challenges, survived enforced lockdowns and an…
It’s Time for the Back-to-School Brews
How C-Stores Can Boost Profits as Parents Hit the Road Again It’s that time of year again — and it’s been a long time coming. Back-to-school, in-person learning is finally a reality across the country. For parents and students alike, this time is filled with…
Warehouse Management Systems are Critical for Customer-Centricity in the Post-COVID 19 Era
As e-commerce growth is continuing at a rapid pace, companies are having to rapidly change their logistics footprint (both operational and physical) and fulfillment to match rising customer expectations. As we move into a post-COVID-19 environment, logistics executives plan to implement or enhance their technology,…
Business and Technology Insights from the 2021 State of Supply Chain Execution Report, Part 1
Customer centricity, e-commerce, Direct-to-Consumer (D2C), and the risk of financial peril are propelling shippers (manufacturers and retailers) and logistics service providers (LSPs) to digitally transform. 2020 and the first half of 2021 saw an acceleration in many emerging digital trends pre-dating the pandemic. Today we…
How Blocking the Suez Could Dampen Summer Demand
In what feels like an anti-climactic end to an incredible story, the Ever Given – the boat that broke the internet when it blocked the Suez Canal back in March – has finally docked at Felixstowe, England, with its cargo from the Far East –…
How Formal Training Is Better Than Trial and Error
This blog is authored by Sophia Han, Educational Services intern who will be a senior at Arizona State University this fall How much is your time worth to you? We often hear “training is not necessary,” “it costs too much,” or “takes too long.” For…