Getting a product or component from one place to another may sound like a simple task. However, as supply chain experts, we all know it involves a collection of efforts, a variety of players and a whole lot of hands. As most of us are also aware, ensuring an item gets where it needs to go on time and in good condition adds even more complexity to the mix.
Read More
I would think that electronics OEMs or distributors would be leading the charge toward quality, and I’m sure many of them are. However, the first time I encountered a quality department that did extensive quality control it was in a New Hampshire distribution center (DC) that served the apparel industry.
Read More
The surprising revelation by J.C. Penney Co. Inc. over the weekend that it had ceased acceptance of contactless payments unmasked the little-noticed ability of contactless mobile wallets to work with point-of-sale technology that far predates them but which Visa Inc. wants banished.
Read More
Frustration with payments runs high among full-service restaurant operators, so much so that only 20% expressed no frustrations in a new TouchBistro Inc. report released Monday.
Read More
Global digital transformation leader Atos, in partnership with Google Cloud, has announced the opening of a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory in the Paris area of France.
Read More
The Australian government says it will launch a national blockchain roadmap and offer $100,000 in funding in a bid to “position Australia’s burgeoning blockchain industry to become a global leader.”
Read More
International IT behemoth IBM has announced the launch of its IBM Blockchain World Wire, a payment network developed for the benefit of regulated financial institutions.
Read More
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not simply affecting supply chain management, it is revolutionizing it.
Read More
Apple Pay adoption show no signs of abating, with an estimated 43% of iPhone users across the globe enabling the mobile-payments service, says Loup Ventures LLC in a research note released Tuesday. That’s up from 36% in September and 20% in December 2017.
Read More
Counterfeit electronics remain the bane of the electronics industry. Fake parts create safety hazards, siphon off profits, and tarnish corporate images.
Read More
E-commerce company, Amazon, has announced that it plans to make half of all its shipments carbon neutral by 2030. Amazon has named the project ‘Shipment Zero’ and plans to publish its carbon footprint for the first time later this year.
Read More
Ideas about what the customer experience involves—and whose responsibility it is to make sure it’s exemplary—haven’t evolved at the same rapid pace as business. Indeed, plenty of companies still equate customer experience only with customer service, believing that it’s sufficient to have savvy marketing and friendly customer service agents to professionally field calls and emails from important clients.
Read More
Throughout the year, organizations must overcome countless supply chain-related challenges, many of which directly affect customer experience, sales, and revenue. With unprecedented competition, demanding customer expectations, and a fear of failure, retailers and electronics manufacturers need to make a change.
Read More
Technology is evolving across every business, allowing companies to become more productive and efficient. Whether it’s the food takeaway industry utilising mobile apps or sports events using video-assisted refereeing, technological advances are helping our world progress and become better.
Read More
Today’s business-to-business (B2B) buyers are researching, evaluating, and coming to conclusions about companies without a single contact with a team member or salesperson.
Read More
As the largest nonprofit association for supply chain, ASCM is an unbiased partner, connecting companies around the world to the newest insights on all aspects of supply chain within one source.
Read More
Excitement about 5G, the fifth generation of mobile network technology, has been building steadily. The long process of rolling out 5G networks is already underway and we should see some limited availability this year. Now, 5G brings a lot of potential benefits, but one of the key questions that immediately crops up in any discussion about it is: How fast is 5G?
Read More
How next-generation 5G data is going to change everything. The next generation of wireless data communications is called 5G because it succeeds 4G, 3G, and older protocols.
Read More
Automation and the manufacturing/production industries are no strangers; they’ve been bosom buddies since the 1970s and have been quietly reshaping business for almost half a century.
Read More
In just a matter of months, this new e-commerce fraud has emerged to exploit weak or non-existent links between merchants’ online and physical stores.
Read More