So… what does the future of retail look like and what might an airport have to do with this? Well first off, Omni-Channel’s a great buzzword, but how best to define the term and how can retailers (and even airport authorities) get from where they are today to the promised land? This week’s share ‘Videos and Visions: Of Omni-Channel and Airports’ seeks to shed more light on both the definition and growing manifestation of future state omni-channel retailing.
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Videos & Visions: Of Electrifying the Last Mile for E-Commerce Delivery
As both consumers and governments (with at least one major exception) push hard for carbon reduction, the continued rise of e-commerce and the associated growing need for Last Mile delivery represents a significant problem. From a carbon footprint perspective, the Last Mile delivery of single e-commerce parcels to individual consumer dwellings is one of the most inefficient, costly and carbon producing activities in the retail and consumer goods supply chain! Today’s post from Videos & Visions is all about highlighting some emerging potential technologies and providers that are looking to literally electrify Last Mile e-commerce delivery utilizing zero tailpipe emissions
Videos & Visions: Of Logistics and Blockchains
Supply chains today face a growing host of issues and demands as the complexity of global sourcing and delivery in an uncertain world continue to increase. To name a few, counterfeiting of products, sustainability, cyber security, slave labor and cross company collaboration are all challenges in need of new and better solutions. This edition of Videos & Visions shares three videos and the supposition that the answers we’re seeking can all be delivered by building a semantic blockchain.
Videos & Visions: Of Robots, Droids and Drones
Videos and Visions this month is all about sharing the latest on the growth in technologies supporting the creation of a more autonomous Supply Chain. These three videos highlight the ongoing advances and accelerating emergence of Robots, Droids and Drones! Robots – “The Weasel” Today it’s clear that robots are going to dramatically change the workplace over the next three to five years and in our view this is no longer supposition but fact. Although there are many videos to share about current robot applications in logistics, this month’s V&V highlights the below new video on “The Weasel” AGV from SSI