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Infor’s Strategy for Differentiation

Logistics Viewpoints

Infor’s CEO, Kevin Samuelson Infor’s strategy for differentiating their business from competitors like SAP and Oracle rests on a truly differentiated approach to ensuring that their customers get ongoing value from the business applications they purchase. However, each user has their own instance of the software.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, consumers plan to spend a collective $24 billion on Easter this year, up from $20.8 Spending is growing across several categories, and the top Easter items consumers say they are planning to purchase include candy ($3.3

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This Week in Logistics News (July 28 – August 1, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Reports 2014 Second-quarter Results. Amazon to open five new warehouses in India (Reuters). Side note: 3PLs have historically received a bad rap for being behind the technology curve, but in reality, some 3PLs actually have more IT people and spend more in R&D than many software companies! Con-way Inc.

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Omnichannel Focus on BOPIS

Enterra Insights

Online orders would be fulfilled through distribution centers, while in-store purchases would be fulfilled with whatever inventory was on the shelves. Now, most large brick-and-mortar retailers include their in-store inventory when you are making purchases online. In New York City alone, 90,000 packages a day go missing.[4]

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Pandemic success stories: What can be learned from these triumphs?

USC Consulting Group

From rising unemployment rates to businesses large and small struggling to stay afloat and entire industries in virtual standstill due to social distancing measures and shutdown restrictions, most reported news was pretty bleak. The New York City-based firm sold millions of said bicycles in the first quarter.

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CSR Leaders Work With UNGC To Drive Corporate Attention On Supply Chain Sustainability

EcoVadis

Before the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York City June 22, a pre-conference roundtable session on supply chain sustainability was held at the UN Headquarters. Government Expectations Can Drive Global Supply Chain Sustainability.

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2020 Vision: Three Keys to Retail Success in the New Year

BlueYonder

More than ever, retail customers have incredible power — because they have an incredible number of purchasing options. The winners will be cleansing the data, separating the trivial from the strategically valuable, applying advanced analytics and using the resulting insights to fuel supply chain autonomy via AI and ML.