The growing role of artificial intelligence and machine learning have enabled retailers and CPGs to create forecasts that allow them to stay ahead of ever-changing demand.
The digital-focused operator is buying Shopify’s logistics business, including the Deliverr technology platform and dozens of warehouses and sorting centers.
Business customers are now behaving much like consumers, with procurement professionals becoming accustomed to the “Amazon experience” they get when they order merchandise for the home.
All of the problems experienced in e-commerce sales during the pandemic are continuing, says Paul Ambruso, VP and general manager, mobile robotics, at Berkshire Grey. The challenges, however, are opportunities for technology vendors.
Companies make thousands of decisions a day about what to produce, where to put product and what to promote. But they often make those decisions based on very limited information.
The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the e-commerce/omnichannel industry — which consists of companies engaged in internet retailing, including those with auxiliary brick-and-mortar stores. Learn how e-commerce/omnichannel companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.
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