Monday, April 30, 2018

AMAZON AND INHOUSE LOGISTICS

Amazon and insourcing/inhouse logistics. Will retailers and manufacturers do reverse outsourcing?
https://theloadstar.co.uk/investment-amazon-logistics-will-grow-outsourcing-goes-now/?


SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION

Supply Chain Transformation for Omnichannel success vs easy, quick answers--like the easy, quick answers that created the problems they are dealing with now.




INVENTORY RICH


Answer—INVENTORY RICH.  Question—What do you call a firm that does not use the New Supply Chain with Inventory Velocity.



Friday, April 27, 2018

3PLs AND LOGISTICS PROVIDERS--DISRUPTION AND STRATEGY

3PLs and Logistics providers are facing much disruption from technology, e-commerce Supply Chains, and more.  Yet many are not developing new strategies.  Instead they are tinkering and "rebranding"--flawed approaches.  Why?




Tuesday, April 24, 2018

E-COMMERCE STRATEGY

Customer Expectations, Being Amazoned, Customer Convenience requires a strategy for e-commerce that is based on Supply Chain Management, technology, and marketing. So why are so many not doing it?




Monday, April 23, 2018

Friday, April 20, 2018

OMNICHANNEL WAREHOUSING ISSUE FOR MID-SIZE FIRMS

Omnichannel warehousing creates a dilemma for many mid-size firms.  The usual configuration is to fill the cube of the warehouse.  That is what manufacturers and others do.  E-commerce is not a vertical/cube issue.  It is horizontal--fills floor space for inventory, rollers/conveyors, packaging, etc.  That requires segmenting warehouse space to fit two different stocking and shipping requirements in a fixed warehouse footprint.




Wednesday, April 11, 2018

NEED SPECIFICS ON LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY

Technology is and will be a disruptor in logistics and Supply Chain Management. But more is needed. What is the context for it? Tech is a process enabler. Not a standalone activity. Need specificity on the processes of how and where and why. Too much shotgun going on.




Saturday, April 7, 2018

FUTURE OF LOGISTICS

Will the future of logistics be a  battle between tech-based firms vs traditional, experienced logistics providers?  This digitization seems to be what is happening with forwarding and other transport segments.  How does blockchain change this battle?  What about warehousing with large volumes of e-commerce products with required velocity and random putaway--a blending of tech and new ways of product flows?




Friday, April 6, 2018

UPS AND FEXEX SELECTIVELY PICKING E-COMMERCE BUSINESS?

UPS & FedEx got a great boost with e-commerce. Are they now cherry picking instead of chasing opportunities? Are they & other logistics providers stuck in their biz models and missing organic growth? What will new competition do to their online standing?

https://theloadstar.co.uk/niche-opens-integrators-choose-not-bulk-e-commerce-deliveries/?utm_source=The+Loadstar+daily+email&utm_campaign=fc133602f4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c4570e43d4-fc133602f4-153458185

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

OVERSTOCK.COM AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Overstock. From WSJ. A case study of how logistics/Supply Chain Management drives e-commerce success and just selling online is not enough. Also about SCM future with blockchain and cryptocurrency. And why CEOs should be from SCM where the future is.