Dynatrace

AUGUST 28, 2023

This is typically the first thing that comes to mind for IT professionals working in the retail industry when evaluating holiday readiness. CEOs of hybrid retailers prioritize e-commerce growth over in-store shopping, investing heavily in their online storefronts. Multi-channel logistics. That lesson remains important.

Retail 204

Retail Logistics Innovation Analytics 204

O'Reilly

APRIL 30, 2024

Time and again, leading scientists, technologists, and philosophers have made spectacularly terrible guesses about the direction of innovation. We’ll see more innovation if emerging AI tools are accessible to everyone, such that a dispersed ecosystem of new firms, start-ups, and AI tools can arise. But not all rents are bad.

Social Media 85

Social Media Artificial Intelligence Innovation Logistics 85

O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Executives and decision makers can now better see the promise blockchain holds to improve business processes and facilitate creating innovative products, and, in some cases, entirely new markets. Food Trust is a blockchain ecosystem that covers more than 100 organizations, including Carrefour and the top four grocery retailers in the U.S.

Blockchain 69

Blockchain IoT Logistics Internet 69

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

While AI has been used for a while now, recent enhancement has made the technology much more innovative and adaptable. Supply chain management consists of many people, including suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and customers. There are many business processes that can be optimized using artificial intelligence (AI).

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Programming Logistics 52

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 20, 2015

In supply chain management, connections between airports, warehouses, and retail aisles are critical for cost and time optimization. Another example is for tracking inventory in a vast logistics system, where only a subset of its locations is relevant for a specific item. Graph databases at Amazon.

Database 134

Database Logistics Availability Social Media 134

The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2016

The thinking was that by owning the supply chain from raw materials to retail outlets, a firm had direct control over its entire cost structure, making it better able to squeeze efficiencies out of it and being less susceptible to supply shocks. As far back as the 19th century, industrial firms pursued vertical integration strategies.

Blockchain 40

Blockchain Retail Social Media Airlines 40