Innovation is the implementation of ideas in order to create new business value.

Idea Something new to the company – not currently done or made, including new ways of working

Implemen-tation

How the idea is carried out – doing something productive with the idea

Value Achieving a positive business outcome through problem resolution or opportunity creation.

Internet of Things – 42%

Driverless Vehicles – 41%

Embedded Sensors – 23%

Artificial Intelligence – 21%

Drones – 25% 3D Printing – 24%

Wearable Technology – 20% Virtual Reality – 7%

RFID – 24%

Others?Gamification

RoboticsSmart Machines

Cognitive Computing

Top Supply Chain Disruptive Innovations

Source: Inbound Logistics

• Rapid Prototyping• Light Weight

Materials• New Form Function• High Strength to

Weight Ration

• Strategic Outsourcing• Faster new product

TTM• Optimized Logistics• Virtually Connected

SC

• Digital Democratization of Supply Chain

• Real Time Tracking• Optimized Pricing• Predictive Maintenance

• Focus on Customer/Market

• Product Customization• Inventory Optimization• Improved Capital Ratios

Trends in Smart Manufacturing & Supply Chain

3D Printing

Cloud, IOT

Analytics

Distributed

Manu-facturing

Demand Driven Supply Chain

Source: CIO Magazine

Nexus of forces connected

Deep Integration and Collaboration

Prescriptive Analytics, Alerting, and Autonomy

Control Towers

Visibility Democratization

Smart Machines

Omni-Channel Fulfillment

Shelf-connected demand- driven supply chain

Culture of immediacy

Industry 4.0 – Emerging Digital Business Models

Pressures forcing change:

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How top supply chains are responding:

Result: Reduced risk, improved operating costs, and improved customer service.

The Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Sensors

ROBOTICS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & SMART MACHINES

» If you found out your boss was a robot, would you obey its directives?

» More than 3 million workers globally will be supervised by a "roboboss"

Smart machine technology revenues will surpass

$10 billion

50% of the fastest-growing companies will have fewer

employees than instances of smart machines

3 Year Horizon

Virtual/Augmented Reality

Drones

• Warehouse Management

• Order Picking• Equipment Repair• Quality Check

• Yard Management• Security/

Surveillance • Shipping• Traffic Monitoring

3D Printing

Driverless Vehicles• On-Campus Delivery• Transportation in a DC• Increased Productivity

• Print to Ship• Printing Repair Parts• Prototype Faster

TAKE-AWAYS

» The Future is Digital» Emerging Technologies will disrupt your supply

chain» Complex supply chain problems require creativity

and innovation

» So what are you going to do about it?› What are my big hairy audacious problems?› Creative Innovative Solutions:

• Borrowing• Best possible thinking• Starting over• Doubling• Trading Places