Open Platform To Fast-Track Manufacturing Innovation

Noting that complex, proprietary systems can adversely affect productivity and profitability, the partnership announced the Open Manufacturing Platform at the Hannover Messe today. The idea is to set up an open technology framework and cross-industry community to accelerate automotive and manufacturing sector developments. “Microsoft is joining forces with the BMW Group to transform digital production efficiency across the industry,” said […]

The Most Profitable E-commerce Ideas

A booming online business might sound like a pretty great idea at first, but there are a lot of things that need to go right in order to become a reality instead of a pipe-dream. The biggest factor setting everyone back is the competition. Those who have started early and established themselves as the powerhouses have it much easier. Nevertheless, […]

5 Best Practices for Inventory Control

Inventory control can be costly when done incorrectly and catastrophic when the right parts are lacking. The risks may be minimal for a clothing store or some other venture in which customers expect product to be out of stock occasionally, but the threat is dire in the automotive, medical or pharmaceutical fields. Being unaware of which stock you have on […]

Standalone Retail Pod

Changes in our buying behavior have had quite a detrimental effect on High St shopping, with many brick and mortar stores now displaying a permanent closed sign in the window. Moby Mart is hoping to bring back the local store experience by combining modern technology with drop in shopping. Moby rolled out its first self-driving 24 hour mobile convenience store […]

Amazon’s New Whole Food Drive Through

You have to ask yourself if you would really wait in that long line at the fast food drive-through if you could just cruise by Whole Foods and pick up your kale-garnished seaweed salad on the fly. Yes, that’s a real thing now that Amazon just officially announced that it is field testing 30-minute pickups from Whole Foods, all without […]