... power? With a little bit of extrapolation and imagination, some interesting supply chain use cases emerge. Cognitive Orchestration — When coupled with low-cost sensors and the ability to control assets in the field, a quantum computing engine could finally achieve the vision of a cognitive supply chain. ...
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... Tesco announced plans for a new Hudl smartphone similar to the Samsung Galaxy S5. Unlike Apple or Google, Tesco’s core business is under siege from low-budget competitors and some observers criticise the UK retailer for failing to respond with even lower prices. I think this is short-sighted and fails ...
... to further distance London from the rest of the UK. Red tape A more important question may be whether the EU experiment is destined to fail anyway. Low growth, dubious demographics and an unstable monetary/fiscal policy stalemate points to core institutional weakness. Worse yet are overly active regulators ...
... underpaid and overworked, travellers in agony and investors looking stupid. The profitability of big US airlines over the past five years (a time of very low fuel prices, by the way) is poor. This is mainly because we’re trying to get it all done on a shoestring. How can commercial air travel be such a mess ...
... printing beyond spare parts and novelties, but phase two involves rethinking the premise that long runs of standard parts are the only way to achieve low unit costs. In other words, design can become reality for a dramatically greater number of good ideas. The potential this represents for customized products ...
... for aerial farm inspections among other things. The breakthrough is less about the drone itself and more about the air traffic control system, called low altitude traffic and airspace safety, or LATAS. LATAS is free for users willing to accept PrecisionHawk’s terms of service. It’s a deceptively big accomplishment ...
... was 12 months ago, and supply chain executives would be wise to think about what it means. Five years ago, we saw the first major movements away from low-cost country sourcing. That should continue. Mary Barra of General Motors talked about this recently, noting that they try to make cars in the markets ...
... a 30:1 ratio in favour of increasing rather than reducing investment in robotics and automation. We also see more intensive investment in supposedly low-cost countries like China, Brazil and Mexico than in the US. One implication for supply chain is an end to labour arbitrage. Equally important is the ...
... about when to use masks and gowns, trucks to bring new supplies of masks and gowns, a stockroom guy to keep track of supplies and order when things are low, a supplier with supplies, highways that are paved and dependable so the masks and gowns can get from here to there, cash on hand to keep equipment moving ...