Trend Opportunity Profile Series—Supply Chain (4th Edition)

The Trend Opportunity Profiles Series covers specific opportunities emerging from future trend evolutions designed to help clients discover and prioritize the most consequential medium- to long-term trends that are continually transforming their business growth environment. These trend opportunity profiles cover 12 key industries: aerospace and defense; health, wellness, and wellbeing; retail; information and communication technologies; supply chain and logistics; fast-moving consumer goods; security; energy and environment; business and financial services; mobility; industrial; and food and agriculture.

This edition of Trend Opportunity Profiles features trend advancements in the supply chain, including new business models, such as cold chain-as-a-service, flexible fulfillment, microfulfillment distribution hubs, warehouse-as-a-service, shipping software-as-a service, and features of advanced technologies in supply chain, such as edge computing, smart contracts, and supply chain control tower.

The Trend Opportunity Profiles Series also covers a range of companies from multinational organizations to start-ups that work actively to build on these trends and achieve a competitive advantage. Additionally, it offers a set of exemplary case studies that represent the strategies and trends adopted by companies to draw benefits that will transform the business ecosystem.