E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

Amazon Site Awash With Counterfeit Goods Despite Crackdown

April 30, 2018

Amazon is rife with potentially dangerous counterfeits and other knockoff goods despite years of attempts to crackdown on mis-selling on its platform, a Guardian investigation can reveal.

The Advantages of Going Beyond End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility

April 30, 2018

Martin Verwijmeren

Supply chains are under tremendous pressure to perform better. The average consumer now spends considerable time researching the best prices for the products they want, they’re comfortable ordering online, and they expect swift delivery at a time that suits them.

Half of Employers Are Struggling to Find Procurement Talent, Report Says

April 27, 2018

Supply Management

More than half (56 percent) of employers said they have struggled to find procurement talent in the last 12 months, according to the 2018 CIPS/Hays Procurement Salary Guide and Insights.

U.S. Is Way Behind Other Nations on Workers' Readiness for Jobs of the Future, Report Says

April 26, 2018

Los Angeles Times

The United States lags behind other countries in readiness for an increasingly automated world, placing ninth on a ranking of 25 advanced economies, according to a new report from Swiss technology giant ABB.

Amazon Tries a New Delivery Spot: Your Car

April 26, 2018

The New York Times

Amazon packages get delivered to all sorts of places. Front porches? Naturally. Cubicles? Of course. Inside locked homes? Yes, that, too.

Analysis: What Walmart Is Getting Right About Online Grocery

April 26, 2018

Sarah Halzack, Washington Post contributor

Of all the ways Walmart Inc. will do battle with Amazon.com Inc., I suspect none will be more important than their face-off in the grocery business.

Bookended by Environmental Disasters, Millennials Want Proof of Sustainability

April 26, 2018

Environmental Leader

Consumers, and millennials specifically, have clearly set a precedent: they want sustainability to be top-of-mind for brands when it comes to achieving their business goals, according to social media software provider Digimind Inc.

For Warehouse Workers, Technology Starts to Look More Like Home

April 26, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

When Bert Hooper brings on new workers at TechStyle Fashion Group’s 450,000 square-foot warehouse in Perris, California, he tells them, “If you know how to use a smartphone and you know how to use an app, you can do about any operation that we have in our facility.”

Jeff Bezos v the World: Why All Companies Fear 'Death by Amazon'

April 26, 2018

The Guardian

The computer on which this article was written is sitting on a laptop stand that tells you everything you need to know about how Amazon does business.

DHL Reports on A.I.’s Potential Benefits — and Looming Concerns — in Logistics

April 25, 2018

Air Cargo World

DHL and IBM have released a joint report on the development of artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology and its potential to change the logistics industry — noting that, in many ways, A.I. is already making profound changes to the retail environment, not all of which are positive.

E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

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.