The future of the supply chain is now, just track leaders in the supply chain space and you will see common denominators and measures of what supply chain capabilities have delivered to the business in real growth terms and how they sold the change to the C-level. Supply chain leaders can measure the actual performance contribution that supply chain made to the business; laggards can’t and tend to measure cost reduction and efficiency in isolation and silos.

Walmart tightens its supply chains to speed delivery

Walmart’s 3Q report was an early Christmas gift for shareholders; the stock has skyrocketed since Walmart trumpeted e-commerce growth of 50% and same-store sales figures up 2.7% for the quarter, beating its expected increase of 1.8%.

Yubi and DiDi Dumplings are devoted entirely to feeding you at home, with no restaurant attached.

Chris Lucas believes consumers aren’t getting the standard of food they deserve with the current home-delivery model.

As 2018 winds down, brands need to reshape their business model. Trends demand not just improving the customer experience, but enhancing customer expectations to redefine brand positioning. Forrester’s 2018 predictions confirm that customers and markets are shifting. With the transition to digital and transparent, it’s time for a customer revolution. The future demands the effective evolution of a new supply management blueprint.

E-commerce powerhouse aims to ramp up international expansion with strategic partners Auchan Retail of France and Taiwan’s Ruentex Group

No industry has experienced the disruption of digital transformation more than retail. Amazon.com AMZN +1.42% has upended virtually every segment of this venerable industry, well beyond the bookstores that constituted the online retailer’s original target.

Go to any supermarket store and often the long lines of queue beg for a solution. This is the tradition that consumers have come to expect and tolerate for years. A 2015 Harris Poll study, commissioned by Digimarc Corporation, revealed that 88% of U.S. adults want their store checkout experience to be faster. The Nielsen global report “Retail Evolution: Why marketing to the middle doesn’t work anymore” noted that 43% of respondents identity the ability to get in and out quickly or fast checkout (41%) as highly influential in their decision to shop at a particular retailer.
And with the growing success of e-commerce and improving efficiencies in last mile delivery, brick and mortar retailers are working to shorten the checkout processing time in an effort to improve customer satisfaction.

A Go-To-Market strategy is focused on how the organization will put offerings into the market to reach market penetration, revenue and profitability expectations. It can impact all functions within an organization with the goal of preparing the entire company for market success. How can companies up their effectiveness with geo-data? 

Join the seminar with Geoconcept and Pernod Ricard to get insight of how companies can leverage geo-data to build a GTM Strategy.

• Time: 2017-12-06 | 4pm - 6pm (UTC+8)
• Venue: European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

The retail industry has changed dramatically in the digital age where everything is connected, requiring retailers to continue to innovate to better serve customers’ diverse needs, speakers have said at a one-day summit held in Ho Chi Minh City.

“Thirty years ago, you would’ve been hard-pressed to find a vice president of supply chain at any retailer,” says Rick Schart, SVP of supply chain and ecommerce at Stein Mart. He started in the industry over 40 years ago in a very different environment — technology has been the biggest catalyst to evolution, and today computer systems for everything from warehouse management to transportation makes the job easier. Still, with the “incredible technology, and sophistication and complexity of it,” Schart says, it’s “more like rocket science.”