Amazon Supply Chain and Logistics

In my recent appearance on the Digital Supply Chain podcast, I had the opportunity to discuss how AWS Supply Chain solves customer problems. The conversation begins with the genesis of AWS Supply Chain, our vision for the application, and then shifts to various market trends and the future of supply chain. Below is a summary […]

Customers across all industries continue to leverage autonomous and disparate systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), order management systems (OMS), and enterprise data warehouse (EDW) to store supply chain and operational data. While these systems perform their basic function well, supply chain data remains locked in these disparate data source systems. The underlying data […]

Forests effectively combat global warming as massive carbon sinks that absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it releases, making them one of the most effective and low-cost strategies to combat global warming. However, the impacts of climate change are beginning to outpace the ability of forests to regenerate naturally. Projections from the Ecological […]

We’re preparing for the future of supply chain with innovation on AWS Supply Chain. We innovate by working backwards from our customers, where we listen to you, understand your challenges, and gather your feedback. This approach ensures that our innovations are aligned with your evolving needs. AWS Supply Chain is a cloud-based application that helps […]

AWS was recognized as a notable vendor among retail planning platforms that help improve customer service, increase inventory turnover, and safeguard margins in the recent Forrester report, The Retail Planning Platforms Landscape, Q3 2023. This report provides an overview of retail planning platform vendors that help retailers manage demand and inventory planning. Forrester defines retail […]

Micro- and macroeconomic conditions, coupled with evolving customer demand patterns, exert persistent pressure on supply chain networks. Organizations must strive for greater efficiency and agility and proactively improve supply chain functions to improve performance and meet customer demand. Supply chain management systems include different functions that coordinate resources and business processes. Demand planning plays an […]

Managing a supply chain in the modern, dynamic marketplace presents numerous challenges because businesses must contend with fast-changing consumer demands, technological advancements, economic volatility, and increasing competition. These factors disrupt supply and demand balance and increase operational complexity. Supply planning, or the process of estimating the product quantities (or raw material or components) needed to […]

The AWS Summit New York is next week and fast approaching! I want to personally invite you to a special Chalk Talk session on AWS Supply Chain. AWS Summit New York is a free, in-person event that combines a day of learning, networking, and collaboration. You’ll have an opportunity to attend over 115 sessions covering […]

The global logistics market is estimated in 2022 at $10.7 T, with projected growth by 2032 to $18.2T at a CAGR of 5.5 percent. Despite a significant market size, the industry is plagued with inefficiencies. Low transport fill rates with 25–30 percent of loads being empty, a driver shortage with 2.6 million unfilled driver jobs […]

Supply chain disruption costs in the United States topped $228 million in 2021. These costs go beyond dollars with damage to brands, operational costs, delayed cash flows, customer complaints, loss of customers, and loss of productivity. A 2022 survey by The Economist found that 46% of large corporations (with more than $1B revenue) are launching […]