At LIDD’s offices, we like to keep our fridge and pantry stocked with food to stave off mid-afternoon hunger or to make a convenient and healthy...
Charles Fallon
Recent Posts
Online Groceries and the Day We Had a Yogurt Eating Contest
E-Commerce: Back to the Future
Because e-commerce is a relatively new retail horizon, often business leaders and entrepreneurs think that every aspect of an e-commerce company has...
5 Things Every Supply Chain Professional Should Know About Infrastructure
Here are 5 things every supply chain professional should know about infrastructure in 2015:
- Supply Chain Infrastructure are the buildings, equipment...
Amazon’s Robots and the Genius of a 44 Year Payback
Amazon’s robots are getting flattering press. And for good reason: they’re the cutest darned things.
Well, that’s not fair. According to Amazon,...
Big Data Hubris
I was in a meeting recently with the transportation team of a multi-billion dollar grocery chain and it got me thinking back to my days in...
Rubber meet Road, WMS meet Warehouse Layout
The project team sat in the conference room where the CEO sat with his back to the whiteboard. Ostensibly, we were there to kick off a WMS...
Everything is an Incentive
The guys from Freakonomics did a podcast on the Cobra Effect which explains the myriad ways in which folks engineer incentives to create one outcome...
A Parking Garage is a Lot Like a Warehouse
A small event on a recent afternoon in Boston got me thinking about storage capacity in the warehouse.
After a late lunch in the North end, I was...
Amazon Hires 10,000 Robots
Geekwire reports (link to article) that Amazon plans to add 10,000 KIVA robots to its distribution centers by the end of the year.
If you don’t know...
Infrastructure: Supply Chain’s Missing Link
At LIDD, we’ve decided to make some effort to put “supply chain infrastructure” on the map.
If you google the term “supply chain”, you’ll find dozens...