How many of the Fortune 500 companies can be just purely American? Everything sourced locally, American workers only, mostly consumed by US citizens, and only export excess. businessinsider.com/apple-data-chi…
Supply chain is a natural fit to adopt #Blockchain technologies. Many stakeholders sharing an immutable trusted ledger. forbes.com/sites/nikkibai…
#Seagate using #Hyperledger for anti-counterfeiting solution. Which OS will be first to have these validations at system level? forbes.com/sites/michaeld…
Any warehouse not using similar technology will find it much harder to compete on price eventually. theguardian.com/technology/201…
#iPhoneX can be a make or break opportunity for many suppliers? pocketnow.com/2017/10/12/tsm…
#Amazon is good at surviving at low margin, can win against FedEx and UPS for local deliveries. theverge.com/2017/10/5/1643…
US retail and ecommerce can learn a lot from JD and Alibaba in #China. It’s about last 5-10 miles logistics. mashable.com/2017/10/03/wal…
Temasek invest in UK supply chain software BluJay Solutions. Watch out for more enterprise innovations. #startups cityam.com/272687/singapo…
#Apple can have power to make or kill a weak supplier which rely mainly on them, just like a parasite. theverge.com/2017/9/22/1635…
#Apple knows how important it is to keep supply chain in order. All their new phones have huge 256GB in top spec. in.reuters.com/article/us-tos…
#Amazon got to dominate e-commerce in many countries with warehouse automation. Not fully robotic, but optimized for razor-thin margin. Higher costs of developing robot warehouses knock Ocado shares https://t.co/cNq3Kvy4lk —...
#Amazon #GigaWarehouse will be great for this. 🙂 nytimes.com/2017/09/10/bus…
#Apple has been dealing with #iPhone shortage every year! https://x.com/CNET/status/862237055601999873
Legal protection of consumer rights in the new new world. Needs perfect supply and demand just-in-time matching. http://blockesq.com/case/?case=iphone&c=3
For #Apple, it is not just about mindless globalization, but to strategically invest into the future beyond China. http://bizlive.vn/biznews/apple-mulls-building-in-1-billion-data-center-in-da-nang-1849718.html
Global #Tablet market declines will hurt #Samsung and others much more than #Apple. It's mostly about inventory and channel control.