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An article from Manhattan Associates ( MA ) titled ‘ Building a smarter supply chain for eCommerce ’ explores the exciting possibilities that come from digital innovations . In particular , MA examines how same-day delivery capabilities have made flexibility , speed and breadth of reach the new metrics for success .
Global eCommerce sales are projected to grow 265 % to $ 4.9trn by 2021 . Better planning , smarter analysis and more accurate forecasting are all
“ AI could unlock $ 1.2trn to $ 2trn of potential value for supply chain management ”
— Alec MacPherson , Director at Manhattan Associates .
part of that ; AI and ML are the keys to unlocking large streams of value from vast amounts of collected data ( estimated to be 2.5 quintillion bytes per day by MA ).
JULY 2020