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Direct-to-consumer deliveries are the way of the future, and becoming even more important due to COVID-19. However, logistics companies are struggling to meet demand amid a barrage of factors, from ever-changing road conditions to managing temperature-sensitive deliveries of medications. A...

If you’re thinking about installing robots in your warehouse, you’re not alone.  If you’re thinking about installing robots in your warehouse, you’re not alone. Since the pandemic, a growing number of companies are deciding to make that move or already...

COVID-19 changed the way businesses operate, but executives must look beyond the pandemic to other global issues that will shape business in the 2020s. COVID-19 might dominate the headlines, but it’s just one of seven key macro factors that will...

IDC estimates that the market for solutions for everything to do with augmented and virtual reality grew by almost 70 percent in 2019. Four pilot projects show the use in repair / maintenance, training and the transfer of knowledge to...

There’s no shortage of articles that will opine about how tumultuous 2020 was for the economy, jobs, and industry as the world grappled with the impact of COVID-19 on business and daily life. However, there’s reason to be optimistic, especially...

Even during a pandemic, the tech industry has continued to evolve. Some changes—such as the explosion of e-commerce and the increasing use of smart assistants—have been driven by Covid-19’s effect on everyday living. Others, such as 5G and edge computing,...

COVID-19 has created an urgent need for organizations to accelerate their digitalization efforts. Sixty-nine percent of boards of directors say that the effects of the pandemic crisis, the economic crisis and the social crisis are accelerating digital business initiatives, according...

IPG-JAGGAER survey identifies steady overall progress but also a “Covid-19” effect. Vienna, Austria, and Zürich, March 2, 2021 – Procurement remains heavily weighted towards operational as opposed to strategic functions, but the latest survey conducted by Swiss-based innovation consultancy IPG Group...

How does your organization measure up? Procurement is on a slow and steady progression from operational function to strategic. While the impacts of COVID-19 may have slowed some of this progress – forcing teams to focus on weathering the storm...

The ability for companies to develop their own software solutions will increasingly be crucial to their success. Read here what it takes to achieve this. IDC predicts that within the next three to five years, almost every company – regardless...