E2E Value Chain
AI and the Industrial Revolution Taking Place Right Now
With this blog post, we aim to update readers on the developments of Artificial Intelligence, automation and future of work. ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) is a blanket term that is applied to technology that mimics human intelligence. While this tech has been developing since the 1950s, advances in machine learning in recent years have meant that […]
E2E Value Chain
Embrace the Inevitable – How Consumer Organisations Can Transform Their Supply Chains Through AI and Robotics Automation
PARIS, 24th April 2018 — PA Consulting Group and The Consumer Goods Forum today launch a research paper AI and Robotics automation in consumer-driven supply chains. This paper helps consumer goods organisations navigate the complexities of AI and Robotics automation technology and suggests they should embrace this rapidly evolving source of competitive advantage. AI and Robotics […]
E2E Value Chain
AI – Predicting the Future of Business
Depending on who you listened to at Davos, artificial intelligence (AI) either has the potential to be more transformative for humanity than fire, or trigger the end of civilisation.(Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai and Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma, respectively). Amid the hype and hyperbole however, there was consensus: AI is going to revolutionise not just business, […]
E2E Value Chain
How AI and Robotics will Transform FMCG Supply Chains
AI and robotics are two exciting technologies with enormous potential. We’re used to hearing about the possibilities they could bring in the home. However, we don’t tend to hear so much about how they’re going to change supply chains, specifically in the FMCG sector. As I discussed in Oracle’s recent Retail Tomorrow, Today report, these […]
E2E Value Chain
5 Retail-Consumer Products Trends to Watch in 2022
Retail struggling!? Not quite in 2021 according to IHL Group[1]. US Retail growth in 2021 through November was $831B USD. The growth for November alone was $91.1B USD. Total retail growth year to year is 18.2% and that is a $5.5T market growing at 18.2% for the year. Even taking out C-stores and Gas Stations, […]
E2E Value Chain
Supply Chains Must Embrace the Inevitable and Transform Through AI and Robotics Automation
Consumer goods supply chains are in urgent need of more AI and Robotics automation. Many remain stuck in traditional linear models – producing standardised products from bulk materials in large centralised factories to maximise economies of scale. The end user has little or no interaction with any part of the supply chain until the product […]
E2E Value Chain
SummerComes 2022, Interview With Miroslav Dimitrov, COO, nwo.ai
In May 2022 at the SummerComes SpringBoard in New York, Ruedigar Hagedorn, Director, End-to-End Value Chain interviewed Miroslav Dimitrov, COO, nwo.ai on the role of AI in ever-changing consumer behavior trends.
E2E Value Chain
Unpacking AI, Voice and Brands
In this episode of the End-to-End (E2E) Value Chain podcast series, have a listen to E2E Director, Ruediger Hagedorn, as he chats to David Roth, CEO of The Store WPP and Jon Stine, lead of the Open Voice Network, as they share plenty of interesting insights on artificial intelligence, voice and brands. Sign Up […]
Corporate
Keeping Them Close and Coming Back for More: Survey Highlights the Struggles of Consumer and Retail Executives
BERLIN, 21st June 2017 — The need to grow and keep customers is dominating the agenda of consumer and retail executives around the world. Thirty-three percent of the 526 consumer and retail executives responding to the fifth annual Global Consumer Executive Top of Mind survey, Think like a start-up: How to grow in a disruptive […]
E2E Value Chain
Digital Transformation’s Impact on Physical Retailers: Top Strategies to Prepare for the Future
In recent years, consumer expectations have been transforming rapidly due to advancing technologies. Over the last 20 years and since the beginning of the Internet, new technologies also have emerged to deliver new types of experiences for consumers, which entire brands have been built around. A whole generation of consumers have never seen the world […]
E2E Value Chain
Keeping Humans in the Loop
I spend a lot of time reading about AI these days. As if I could avoid it: computer vision and machine learning to improve San & Go at Sam’s Club, McDonald’s acquiring startup Dynamic Yield so they can work on personalising customer experience to name two recent articles. Of course, nothing I read compares to […]
Product Data
Increased Profits Driving Dynamic Pricing Adoption
Dynamic pricing is on the cusp of wide-scale adoption across all types of retailers. Once a plaything of airlines and the travel industry, dynamic pricing has gone mainstream. A Bain & Company global survey of 1,700 business leaders revealed that 85% of company management believe they need to make better pricing decisions. However, only 15% […]
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