We'll examine where robots fit within an organization's enterprise architecture and highlight opportunities for organizations to take advantage of trends in the robotics industry.
Scope 1 and 2 emissions are currently the “elephant in the room” of many boardrooms. The “mouse in the corner,” however, is Scope 3 emissions, or those that are an indirect result of the company’s value chain—and that mouse is growing larger.
Global supply chain shifts and macro trends in the industry are creating opportunities to assess current operations and make strategic pivots, taking steps toward transformation to help prepare for future disruptions.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed how little organizations knew about their supply chains. Building strong resilient supply chains will require a conscious development of collaborative supplier relationships to actively drive transformation.
In 2020 several disruptive events shifted strategic supply chain priorities. An end-to-end approach for supply chain resiliency is imperative to tackle future industry challenges and disruptive events.
Consumers expect to hear knocks on their door from delivery services well into the holiday week and for no cost at all, according to Deloitte's 30th annual holiday survey of consumer spending intentions and trends. In fact, free shipping is the top priority for shoppers when it comes to retail policies, with 72 percent of responding consumers planning to take full advantage of the perk. Nearly 9 in 10 shoppers (87 percent) prioritized free shipping over fast shipping (13 percent) when purchasing gifts shopping online.
The private label industry now represents one in every $6 of spend in the United States and poses a significant opportunity for retailers to drive margin, differentiate products, and serve consumer's wide and changing tastes.
Retailers should see a moderate increase in holiday sales in the stores and online this year, according to Deloitte's annual retail holiday sales forecast.
The heart of a global business has always been the operations by which it buys, makes and moves what it sells to customers. Yet only 45 percent of supply chain and 40 percent of procurement executives at U.S.-based global companies say they are extremely or very confident that their supply chain organizations have the competencies they need today, according to the 2015 Supply Chain Survey from Deloitte.