How are marketplace and technology trends changing the way brands approach outsourcing? At a late-September panel discussion, brand leaders and mangers of contract services predicted how their businesses will change based on recent technology and outsourcing trends.
Kevin Hall, Senior Vice President for Business Development at contract packager and supply chain services provider Coregistics, moderated the panel at the Uber Revolution Pack Summit, hosted by the Contract Packaging Association (CPA) and Frain Integration. The event’s title reflected these trends in light of the rise of companies such as Uber and Airbnb, which have disrupted their sectors—taxicabs and hotels, respectively—in an Internet-enabled vision of a new, “shared” economy. Likewise, in the manufacturing sector, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which incorporates new uses for cloud and mobile computing, Big Data, and more, is seen as enabling—and requiring—new solutions for supply chain management, human resources, and more by these panelists:
