Across enterprises and boardrooms, companies are looking for solutions that not only address their business today but the world around them tomorrow. Investors, customers, and other stakeholders are paying closer attention to the companies they do business with, asking that they not only make decisions that improve operations but also decrease the negative effect on […]
Mars has been on a journey to transform their digital supply chain. In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. Mars is one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world. This private, family-owned business is headquartered in the US. […]
Not surprisingly, many CEOs have their share of secrets. For Tesla CEO Elon Musk, one of those secrets might be a driving mode that enables hands-free driving in Tesla vehicles. The hidden feature, aptly named “Elon Mode,” was discovered by a Tesla software hacker known online as @greentheonly. The anonymous hacker has dug deep into […]
Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Choice” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. Today’s article comes from Matt Boland at Koerber Supply Chain, and examines how technology can help improve on time in (OTIF) performance. In the supply chain, OTIF stands for […]
Today’s supply chain and logistics operations are balancing multiple competing objectives while contending with substantial uncertainty. Simply put, the disruptions of the recent past have exposed the vulnerabilities within supply chains. The operational impacts have been severe enough for executives to take action in support of supply chain resilience. At the same time, competitive forces have made supply chain operations more relevant to the customer experience and revenue generation. Executives are taking action to ensure […]
Experts have recently warned about the possibility that artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the destruction of 400 million jobs by 2030. These same pundits also predict that AI could lead to increases in global GDP by trillions of dollars in the same time frame. However, AI’s inability to solve the very limited problem of […]
Two months ago, I assumed this was going to be championship week for the city of Boston. The Bruins were coming off a historic season with an NHL all-time best 65 wins and 135 points. The team was so dominant that the Carolina Hurricanes, who finished with the league’s second-best record, were a full 13 […]
You’ve probably already encountered it in a retail setting. You call a support center and a chatbot answers the call, understanding your natural language and providing information on shipment status. This is called ChatGPT, a natural language processing (NLP) tool that runs on artificial intelligence (AI) to conduct human-like discussions in order to assist you […]
Last week, I sat down to speak with Chris Jones, Executive Vice President, Industry and Services at Descartes Systems Group about sustainable home delivery. Home delivery and sustainability are two topics that I have written about quite a bit in the last few years, and Descartes just released its home delivery sustainability consumer sentiment study, […]
As of March 2023, global temperatures are 1.1 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times. When temperatures rise, so does the concentration of CO2 in the air. The Earth has not seen CO2 concentrations this high in 3 to 5 million years. A United Nations report on climate change shows that the world, including the United States, […]