Climate Change and ABI
Global beer company AB-InBev has made great strides over the past few years to address global climate change's affect on their supply chain.
Submissions
“Delivering Happiness” – Serving Customers Without a Storefront
Digitalization of food delivery through the emergence of food-delivery platforms enables small business owners to operate without a physical store. As the popularity of these services continue to grow, how should restaurants adapt to stay competitive?
Augmented Reality – a Game Changer in DHL’s Logistics?
From science fiction to real-life industry applications, Augmented Reality harnesses the potential to enrich our real environment by overlaying context specific computer-generated information to our line of sight. Although still in its infancy, could AR eventually empower logistics?
Smart Contracts To Disrupt Energy Trading
Blockchain-based applications present compelling short-term efficiencies for trading energy commodities, but their potential for long-term market disruption faces significant challenges.
Not Your Grandma’s Newspaper – Restructuring the Journalism Value Chain to Digitally Engage Consumers
As the consumption of media continues to shift away from print, The New York Times is implementing a successful digital transformation. But challenges remain in optimizing the digital supply chain to generate and deliver authentic content to the consumer.
Designed in California, Manufactured/Assembled in U.S.A.?
Since several years ago, almost all the Apple products sold were manufactured overseas, for example, iPhone, which says “designed by Apple in California, assembled in China” on the back of the product. However, maybe soon, iPhone will be manufactured and assembled in the U.S.
Impact of Isolationism on Manufacturing Strategy of Ford Motor Company
The isolationism, particularly the new policies from Trump administration, creates much uncertainty for Ford to plan for its future manufacturing footprints and to decide where to invest now. How should the company balance building a good relationship with administration and making investment decisons that make business sense?
The blockchain mania hits the supply chain. Will it deliver on its promise?
Proponents of blockchain call it the next big thing. IBM is taking the lead on the supply chain blockchainization. Is its technology ready to transform the global supply chain?
David vs. ‘prescient’ Goliath: Can Lazada compete with Amazon’s “anticipatory shipping”?
Lazada used to be the “Amazon of Southeast Asia”, but as of summer 2017, has to compete directly with Amazon as they enter the Southeast Asian market. Can Lazada embrace digitalization to compete with Amazon’s “anticipatory shipping” model and two-hour Prime Now delivery service?
Can the giant Ant replicate its model worldwide?
Is digitalization only disrupting supply chain in traditional manufacturers? It also brought innovative solutions to financial systems in China, changing the supply chain in money.