Maersk is piloting blockchain technology to improve supply chain visibility, transparency, accountability, and cost efficiencies for its global shipping business.
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.
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?
A small US manufacturer sells 60% of its products to foreign companies. If the US adopts a protectionist trade stance and increases antidumping duties on foreign countries, there's a good chance foreign countries will respond with duties of their own. As a small player in this international market, what can the US manufacturer do to mitigate the risks that duties destroy their future profitability?
If you could redesign the global supply chain from scratch, would it look like what we have today? Should hundreds of millions of tons of materials be ending up in landfills every year? If your answer is "no," then start thinking about the circular economy, because your competitors already are.
Diageo Plc, owner of Guinness, must create a plan to mitigate the looming trade effects of Brexit.
The digitalization of healthcare has added greater complexity and costs, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center believes artificial intelligence may be the solution.
Digitalization and big-data transformations across all channels of delivering healthcare are revolutionizing the medical industry. But, are medical suppliers immune to this change?
Will a newly implemented automated fulfillment center and inventory management system be Blue Apron’s undoing?
Why Wal-Mart's physical footprint and employee base will allow it to beat Amazon in e-commerce over the long term
