Uniqlo: Bridging the physical world of apparel with the digital world
Uniqlo plans to achieve aggressive sales targets by using digital tech to improve their supply chain and provide superior customer service.
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Information overload: GE’s opportunity for enhanced partnership across the OFSE supply chain
As OFSE providers install new automation technologies, they are becoming inundated with more data than they can use – and GE is moving quickly to position itself as their digital partner in supply chain and operations management.
The Race to ROI: Can Adidas’s Speedfactory Make Hyper-Customized Sneakers and a Profit?
Adidas’s Speedfactory holds the promise of “radical, accelerated footwear production, with hyper-flexible, localized, open-source co-creation, and athlete data-driven design.” While the goal of “mass customized” sneakers is ambitious, will the investment bear returns or burn out?
Can an Artificial Intelligence Deliver Real Results?
The digitalization of healthcare has added greater complexity and costs, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center believes artificial intelligence may be the solution.
Why Wal-Mart will Beat Amazon in E-Commerce
Why Wal-Mart's physical footprint and employee base will allow it to beat Amazon in e-commerce over the long term
Additive Manufacturing: Adding up to a Disruption for UPS
Additive Manufacturing is disrupting the shipping industry’s supply chain by cannibalizing a large part of its storage and shipping business as companies begin to print their parts in-house. UPS is doing its best to respond but can it differentiate itself from its competitors and more importantly from its customers?
From Hype to Reality: How IoT (Internet of Things) is Transforming Pharma
How the "Internet of Things" is impacting the pharma industry
Looking for a high-end watch? How newcomer Filippo Loreti is playing digital disruption to its advantage
Matas and Danielius Jakutis, two brothers from Lithuania and founders of Filippo Loreti (FL), are set to disrupt the watch industry. Their secret? Cut the middlemen and sell high-quality, Italian designed watches directly to the consumer at affordable prices, leveraging digital tools [1].
On Trucking Automation: How the Technological Road Forward Could Leave Millions Behind
On a Thursday morning in late October 2016, an 18-wheel freight delivery truck made the 120-mile journey along I-25 from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, hauling over 50,000 cans of Budweiser beer with it. This routine delivery would be an […]
7-Eleven in China: How Should Chinese’ Choice of Convenience Store Respond to Digitalization?
Given the digitalization wave and intensified competitions from e-commerce players, Chinese’ Choice of Convenience Store —— 7-Eleven is reevaluating its strategy and relevant implications on supply chain.