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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Last Mile Innovation. For that reason, retailers continue to look for innovative ways to reduce costs. To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system. The Swiss project is not the only last mile innovation in the works. At the same time, retailers seek to please customers.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Last Mile Innovation. For that reason, retailers continue to look for innovative ways to reduce costs. To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system. The Swiss project is not the only last mile innovation in the works. At the same time, retailers seek to please customers.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040.

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Empowered Consumers Require Omnichannel Strategies

Enterra Insights

consumers expect orders, with free shipping, to arrive within three days. He insists consumers are also increasingly relying on recommendations from trusted sources such as friends and other influencers. are becoming increasingly demanding. A recent study from Accenture Strategy found that 62 percent of U.S.

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How Blockchain Could Create the 'Autonomous Container'

Supply Chain Brain

There’s nothing new, for example, about a carrier’s ability to monitor the interior temperature and humidity of a shipping container while in transit. Now, Smart Containers is combining the IoT with an even more recent innovation in information technology: the blockchain. Still, there are problems to be overcome.

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ABB’s Daniel Helmig: “We are moving to virtual centres of expertise”

Supply Chain Movement

Its innovative technologies drive ships as well as electrical cars and e-buses. This engineering feat is typical of the innovation the company prides itself on: Integrating renewable energy into the electricity distribution systems.

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The Impact of the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

consumers expect orders, with free shipping, to arrive within three days. Howard Yu ( @HowardHYu ), the LEGO professor of management and innovation at the IMD business school in Switzerland, bluntly states, “No industry is failing faster than retail. A recent study from Accenture Strategy found that 62 percent of U.S.