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My heroes have always been operational folksToday’s true innovators
Vinnie Mirchandaniwww.florence20.typepad.com
We are living in a New Renaissance
My innovation blog has cataloged 2,500 entries across 40 categories in last 5 years• Infotech• Biotech• Cleantech• Healthtech• Nanotech
It celebrates • New algorithms• New medicine• New energy
Innovation is becoming more science, less art
My books have: • 40 detailed case studies• Wide range of sources (1,200 end notes)
They showcase innovation everywhere:• Unfamiliar places (e.g. Estonia)• Unpopular processes (e.g. Maintenance)• Unglamorous industries (e.g. City government)
But, recognition of innovators is uneven
700 followers (2009)6,000 today
5.7 million (2009)22.8 million today
Operational executives and innovation underappreciated
“The CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) will spend more on IT than the CIO ”
“Golden age of design: Things 'just work‘”
“Workday IPO Shows Investor Confidence in Business Cloud”
“The consumerization of IT- The next-generation CIO”
“Big Data Was A Data Play, Now It's A Developer Play”
Mobile Computing – what gets attention
• Endless stream of devices• The apps ecosystems• Massive telco advertising
Mobile Computing – UPS DIAD
• 5th generation, first introduced in 1990• Has allowed UPS to scale massively and efficiently• UPS also largest buyer of mobile minutes• Could have launched its own “smartphone” way before Apple!
Mobile Computing – Tesco in S.Korea
• Homeplus virtual store in subway• Descartes Route Planner allows for “on the fly” flexibility in same day delivery• Also shows how far ahead some mobile networks are compared to US
Analytics – what gets attention
• NoSQL• Storage exploding• SAP/Oracle - new screaming frontier• “Big Data” – as in 2012 US elections
Analytics – Union Pacific • 20 million temperature readings a day using trackside infrared sensors• Algorithms allow within 5 minutes to slow/stop suspect trains• With ultrasound imaging, predictive wheel maintenance
Analytics – Mondelez (Kraft) • Thousands of merchandisers used VRU for “honor based” time and mileage reporting• Descartes and GPS technology – over 4 billion data points last year - now provides visibility• Triangulation of GPS and payroll data allows for finer ABC customer analysis, workload modeling, labor savings
Global Delivery – what gets attention
• Outsourcing beyond India• Manufacturing beyond China• Trickle-up innovation• Balance of Trade
Global Delivery – Boeing 787 • Highly innovative plane – composites, passenger comforts • Spurred by Airbus cross-country supplier success• Dreamlifter – modified 747 – large components from Japan/Italy• Cross supply-chain testing
Global Delivery – The New “Silk Road”
• Chongqing in W. China to Duisberg, Germany• “Southern” route via Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and Poland.• Less than half time of ocean shipments, much cheaper than air• Next: high-speed rail
Global Delivery – Maersk EEE class ships
• 18,000 20 foot containers (v. 500 container ships half a century ago)• 50% less CO2, 35% less fuel per container compared to today’s Asia-Europe benchmarks
Social Enterprise – what gets attention
• Social media• Sentiment analysis/Marketing analytics• “Systems of engagement”• Self-promoting Social “Mavens”
Social Enterprise – Toyota Friend
• Moving social from people to product• Private social network of EVs, dealers, owners, with Salesforce Chatter
Social Enterprise – Descartes Global Logistics Network
• 63,000 parties in 160 countries• Connected to 50 other networks• Seed for Descartes Community (Cloud)• Art Mesher = “federated networks’
in 90s
Business Model Innovation – what gets attention
BMI – what about?
Prime
“Shipping and handling” costs a non-factor for consumers
Decade of Amazon supply chain innovation like “postal injections”
Evolving to digital products
Same-Day Delivery?
Home Delivery
Changed from back office overhead to revenue opportunity
Descartes’ Reservations and Route Planner
Charge more for “premium” delivery hours
Customers like more choice
Agility – what gets attention
Agility – what about?
Build to “Constant
Course Correction”
“Out-Delled” Dell’s Build to Cash received
“Out-P&Ged” P&G’s Build to Demand Forecast
Foxconn, Fedex, others = agile supply chain
Iceland Volcano
Japan Tsunami
Supply chain of 2 PCs a second, 2 printers a second, and more
Instant buy of charter capacity to S. Europe airports. Instant command center for tsunami
Sustainability – what gets attention
Sustainability – what about?
Every renewable
form of energy
Wind for many DCs, Solar for corporate campus, Geothermal, biomass, high-altitude wind
PUE, location analysis for DCs
Tantalum Capacitors
SEC focus on reporting of “conflict minerals”
Audit trail of mineral sourcing/refining path
Opportunities for others around “rare earths”
Sustainability – what about?
Every renewable
form of energy
Wind for many DCs, Solar for corporate campus, Geothermal, biomass, high-altitude wind
PUE, location analysis for DCs
Tantalum Capacitors
SEC focus on reporting of “conflict minerals”
Audit trail of mineral sourcing/refining path
Opportunities for others around “rare earths”
Ok to toot your own horn
• MSM more interested in consumer and social tech stories• Industry analysts mostly want to write about technology products, not complex projects• Your PR is more comfortable with product and financial news • You have to find your own friendly outlets• Don’t fret too much about “competitive advantage” • Sharing spurs even more innovation
Encourage execs to publicly talk logistics and technology
• Amazon CEO annual shareholder letter• Union Pacific to Fortune: “we are an infotech company”• HP supply chain presentation to Wall Street• Apple’s face to non-consumers even under Steve Jobs • UPS Global TV campaign
Your turn to shine
Next-gen logistics/supply chain innovation stories should be even more impressive:
• Global energy/manufacturing epicenter moving towards US • Post-Sandy reconstruction projects• Retail/groceries going through radical changes• China infrastructure inspiring many other countries• More veterans in our workforce