With inflation and interest rates at their highest levels in years, along with challenges in labor availability and reliability, it is anticipated that warehouse automation will play a key role for organizations to remain competitive.
Regulatory compliance is a fact of life for most supply chains. A key enabler for a successful organization is to understand the complex regulatory environment and build compliance into their end-to-end supply chain operations.
As supply chains continue to navigate unprecedented challenges – from product and labor shortages to generational workforce shifts and accelerated digital transformations – building ecosystem trust will be critical to business success.
We'll examine where robots fit within an organization's enterprise architecture and highlight opportunities for organizations to take advantage of trends in the robotics industry.
Scope 1 and 2 emissions are currently the “elephant in the room” of many boardrooms. The “mouse in the corner,” however, is Scope 3 emissions, or those that are an indirect result of the company’s value chain—and that mouse is growing larger.
Global supply chain shifts and macro trends in the industry are creating opportunities to assess current operations and make strategic pivots, taking steps toward transformation to help prepare for future disruptions.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed how little organizations knew about their supply chains. Building strong resilient supply chains will require a conscious development of collaborative supplier relationships to actively drive transformation.
In 2020 several disruptive events shifted strategic supply chain priorities. An end-to-end approach for supply chain resiliency is imperative to tackle future industry challenges and disruptive events.
Consumers expect to hear knocks on their door from delivery services well into the holiday week and for no cost at all, according to Deloitte's 30th annual holiday survey of consumer spending intentions and trends. In fact, free shipping is the top priority for shoppers when it comes to retail policies, with 72 percent of responding consumers planning to take full advantage of the perk. Nearly 9 in 10 shoppers (87 percent) prioritized free shipping over fast shipping (13 percent) when purchasing gifts shopping online.