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Showing posts with label Amazon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazon. Show all posts
Sunday, August 23, 2020

There is No "Fast Following" in Today's Technology

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There have been a lot of supply chain learnings as a result of the COVID-19 environment and there is nothing more important than the lesson ...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

The Final 3 Feet Have Become The Most Important in The Supply Chain

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We have talked about "the final 3 feet" before which is defined as the leg of the supply chain where product is brought from the b...
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Sunday, April 12, 2020

Have Clicks and Bricks Won The Game over Pure E-Commerce

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First, I will give you my hypothesis answer which is " Yes " it has.  Of course, I have been wrong before and will be wrong again ...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Capitalism without Capital and Why Amazon Was Able to Get To Scale

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I am currently reading a fantastic book titled Capitalism without Capital:  The Rise of The Intangible Economy by Jonathan Haskel and Stian ...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

Convinced Even More That Wal-Mart Should Be The Winner v. Amazon

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I have written many times about the idea of Walmart v. Amazon in the battle of retailing and e-commerce.  My basic thesis has always been ...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Thoughts on Retailers Buying XPO Logistics and What The Right Strategy Should Be

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I generally do not like to comment on something so speculative however Friday ended with a huge bang in the supply chain industry with Amazo...
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Saturday, October 7, 2017

Amazon Final Mile - It is All About The Brand

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I keep being asked why in the world would Amazon start their own home delivery / final mile service (See Amazon Logistics )?  Everyone quest...
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Saturday, August 26, 2017

Interesting Supply Chain Events from Week of August 21, 2017

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The week is over and some very interesting reads and developments.  Let me get right to them: The war between Amazon and Walmart heats...
Thursday, August 10, 2017

If Your Supply Chain is Not Customer Centric - You Are Dead

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My previous post discussed why Amazon is killing the retail market.  My thesis is simple and it has nothing to do with Amazon being a finan...
Monday, July 31, 2017

Amazon Doesn't Kill Businesses - Ignoring Customer Needs Does

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I am going to formulate a more detailed post on this tonight and I think this is a topic needing coverage. It is all about how Amazon got wh...
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Saturday, July 29, 2017

The Week in Review - ELDs, Amazon (again), Foxconn, Border Adjustment Tax - Dead, and Drivers

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Another week down in 2017 and amazingly just a few more weeks before those in the retail supply chain will be going crazy getting ready for ...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Amazon and Kenmore - A Match Made in Heaven

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It is incredible it took this long for the marriage made in heaven to happen. Kenmore is the crown jewel of Sears and Amazon has always wan...
Monday, June 26, 2017

Welcome Back Wal-Mart - We Missed You Over the Last 5 Years.

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I hesitated writing about the Amazon purchase of Whole Foods as many have written about it already and much is not yet known about how Jeff...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

The Stay at Home Economy and Its Supply Chain Impacts - Part 1: Definition

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I have noticed a bit about my own behavior and started looking to see if it was just me or was it a "trend" (I am not usually &quo...
Friday, November 25, 2016

The Amazon Effect

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For anyone who runs a warehouse and has Amazon "come to town" you know, at a very micro level, about the "Amazon Effect"...
Sunday, August 14, 2016

Why Logistics' Leaders Need to Recast "Cost Control"

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The best presentation I have seen in a long time was given last year at the CSCMP Annual Conference and it was given by Amazon.  The topic w...
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