Supply chain leaders can learn from Chinese e-commerce goliath Alibaba Group’s groundbreaking ideas, particularly when it comes to lowering costs and differentiating their operations. In just a few years, Alibaba has ascended to the top of the online commerce industry. Based on transaction volume, which totaled US$248 billion last year, the company is already larger than Amazon […]
This post has been updated for clarity. What began in 1999 with 18 people meeting in a small studio apartment in China has become a worldwide company with over 100,000 full-time employees. With that kind of growth and global conquest, they must be doing something right. What exactly is it that they do and how […]
