This contributed story by Dr. Michael Feindt, strategic advisor with Blue Yonder, originally appeared in Forbes on NOv. 4, 2020. Excerpts from the story below. To see the full story Forbes.com.
Cast your minds back to March, and it already seems a little odd that a primary recurring news headline around the world revolved around toilet paper (or lack thereof). For consumers, it represented the beginning of a tumultuous 2020 ravaged by Covid-19. For retailers and the supply chain, it proved to be an apt representation of the struggles they would go on to face and the levels of automation that would be needed to navigate those challenges.
Toilet paper — just like every food, toiletry or clothing item — became subject to chaos. Chaos in the form of store shutdowns, complete transitions to online retail, drastic buying patterns and hoarding and the global supply chain coming to a relative standstill.
In The News
- Solutions Review: The Technology Transforming the Supply Chain
- Chain Store Age: How retailers benefit from new federal supply chain actions
- The Economic Times: Accenture and Blue Yonder celebrate opening of collaboration centers
- Fortune: It’s time to unshackle our supply chains
- Unite.AI: The Role of Generative AI in Supply Chains
Analyst Reports
- Gartner Market Guide for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling
- Gartner Market Guide for Workforce Management Applications
- Gartner Market Share Analysis: Supply Chain Management Software, Worldwide, 2022
- Gartner Critical Capabilities for Warehouse Management Systems
- IDC Worldwide Price Optimization and Management Application Software Forecast, 2023–2027
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