Michael Schrage Research Fellow, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, MIT Sloan School of Management Elisabeth B. Reynolds Former Special Assistant to the President for Manufacturing and Economic Development Former Executive Director, MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future Principal Research Scientist Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning Suzanne Berger John M. Deutch Institute Professor of Political Science, MIT Political Science Simon Johnson Ronald A Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Principal Investigator Hae-Seung (Harry) Lee
Principal Investigator Lawrence Vale
Retail supply chains are being transformed to adopt customer-centric and demand-driven strategies and focus on future capabilities that adapt to the very dynamic environment. This session will discuss the different opportunities behind these transformations in the retail distribution. Particularly we will focus on (1) collaborating with a variety of stakeholders along scalable an smart digital platforms when distributing their products to the ever changing customers and (2) Implementing omnichannel distribution strategies, discussing the main challenges in omnichannel  and how the growth of ecommerce is impacting the supply chains.