This IDC Perspective covers the National Retail Federation (NRF) 2024 event from an analytics and AI lens. The National Retail Federation provides one of the most engaging, exceptionally mapped forums to understand retail in the modern age. The NRF Big Show held annually in January…

This IDC Perspective discusses the importance and benefits of « what-if » scenario planning in retail with the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). « The value of scenario planning challenges existing models and the status quo. In retail, AI allows decision-makers to speed up the process, simulate real-time…

This IDC Market Glance looks at the current makeup of the transportation and global trade market across all industries. The presentation provides an overview of technologies involved, illustrates the participating vendors, and depicts the segments and structure of the market. Read the report here (subscription required).

This IDC PeerScape is part 2 of a two-part series that aims to home in on specific practices that retailers can enable through improved processes and technology to improve customer experience, profitability, and sustainability outcomes across the end-to-end order life cycle. While inventory, orders, and…

Changing supply chain software investment and consumption patterns are creating new growth and market entry opportunities. Technology general managers must seize such opportunities to monetize the forecast five-year CAGR of 16% and secure a share of the projected annual spend of $53 billion in 2027….

It can be time-consuming to align capabilities with requirements when selecting software to enable supply chain design. Supply chain leaders can use this tool to identify supply chain network design vendors that offer required capabilities, so they can be engaged for software evaluation. Read the…