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It’s a Supply Web, Not a Supply Chain
GETTY 2022 was the year of supply chain disruption. 2022 was also the year that many people first became aware of the topic of supply chain management. Books and magazine articles were written about supply chain management, and news programs presented...
Micro-Fulfillment and the Changing Needs of Grocery Retailers
GETTY Read original article on Forbes H-E-B, one of the best grocery retailers in the U.S. in my opinion, has announced the opening of a 55,000 square feet micro-fulfillment center that is attached to an H-E-B store located in Plano, Texas. The Plano facility is the...
It’s Only Business With Brittain Ladd: The Autonomous Supply Chain is Real
Read original article on Solvoyo The topics I am asked to provide consulting and advisement on the most are supply chain management, followed by robotics, technology, logistics, transportation, retail, innovation, and strategy. What I find interesting is that over the...
My Opinion on Amazon, Instacart, and the future of India
I greatly appreciate being the first return guest for the wonderful Fulfillment IQ podcast. Special thanks to Harshida Acharya, Dan Coll 🛒📦🚀 and Ninaad Acharya for asking me to return. A few comments: ✅ Amazon needs physical stores. An acquisition of Target within a...
Why And How Every Company Should Use Amazon’s Six-Page Memo Format
GETTY Read original article on Forbes As management guru Peter Drucker is often quoted as saying, “The purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer.” Few CEOs would argue with this point. However, most CEOs would argue that creating and retaining customers...
Is Micro-Fulfillment The ‘Next Big Thing’ In Retail?
GETTY Read original article on Forbes 2022 has been a challenging year for many retailers. Issues such as supply chain disruptions that have delayed shipments of inventory are preventing retailers from setting their stores up with the products customers want most....
Will Rapid Grocery Delivery Have To Slow Down To Survive?
GETTY Read original article on Forbes In May 2020, the Germany-based company Gorillas launched a new business model referred to as rapid grocery delivery. Instead of groceries being delivered in hours or days, Gorillas created a model using small retail locations...
What Retailers Can Learn From Amazon’s Decision To Hire Tesco’s Tony Hoggett
GETTY Read original article on Forbes On June 16, 2017, Amazon announced (paywall) that it would acquire the specialty retailer Whole Foods for $13.4 billion. I heard people speculate that Amazon would have an immediate impact on the grocery industry and that within...
Should Grocery Retailers Install Micro-Fulfillment Centers In Their Stores?
GETTY Read original article on Forbes As a report from eMarketer shows, at the height of the pandemic in 2020, many consumers ordered their groceries online — which resulted in 63.9% growth in e-commerce grocery sales that year. In 2021, the report estimates that...
16 Skills Comms Pros Need to Support Leaders in a Post-Pandemic World
Forbes Communications Council members share skills comms pros need to support leaders in a post-pandemic world. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. Read original article on Forbes C-suite leaders lean on communications teams every day to ensure that their...