Posted by Kendall Fisher, Executive Producer and Host of The NetSuite Podcast Product companies have always focused on excellence in supply chain management. However, with the acceleration of technology over the last several years, there’s an ever-increasing focus on optimizing supply chains. Not to mention, many companies are executing new strategies to keep up or […]
A recent survey shows that only a very few supply chain managers, about 14 percent, are even aware of adopting a micro-fulfillment model option. Source link
Space: The next supply chain frontier – NASA is looking to the logistics and materials handling industries for proposals and solutions to deliver supplies to the moon and ultimately to Mars. Source link
This article breaks down what a hyperlocal e-commerce business is and what you can expect to see in the next couple of years. Source link
By Kelly Scott, Retail Industry Marketing Lead With names like Shopify, Revel and Square, modern point of sale (POS) systems are the cornerstone of every brick and mortar retailer; but they don’t go far enough. POS systems used to be considered just a cash register; a tool to take customers’ money. Brick and mortar stores […]
Alibaba joins the push to provide AI-ready infrastructures Martin Banks Fri, 09/27/2019 – 03:05 Summary: Putting AI to serious work will require new hardware and new systems software. Alibaba looks very keen to take as much lead as possible in the shape and scope of the coming changes. Over the past couple of years, China’s […]
Hyperlocal fulfillment takes advantage of shorter delivery distances to increase the speed of order fulfillment and reduce delivery costs, and it leverages underutilized retail and urban real estate to offset the costs of larger DCs on the periphery. Source link
Posted by Brady Thomason, NetSuite Solution Manager, Restaurant & Hospitality You may have heard it referred to as a product mix, sales mix, or a menu item sales report—a PMIX has many names, but one major purpose: to provide insight to effectively manage food cost. That insight changes when using the PMIX daily versus weekly […]
After having countless conversations with iPhone users in the last few days, I’ve concluded that Apple will sell loads of these new devices — but not as many as in the past. There are several reasons I’m expecting a downturn in iPhone sales. Among the top reasons are lack of support for 5G, lack of […]
The recent announcement by UPS that it will start delivering packages on Sundays next year is another sign of the inexorable growth of e-commerce, and the number of delivery trucks on the roads. Source link
