Earlier this week, Donald Trump was inaugurated into the office of the President of the United States. With plans to implement sweeping changes to US policy on trade with Canada and Mexico, the new administration could shake up our understanding of the status quo.

Are you ready for 2025 peak season? Get started early with help from Vivi and Jeff in this latest episode of the podcast featuring actionable insights for your business

📈 Analyze last peak season's performance

📦 Optimize your picking & packing processes

🤖 Consider automation if your business is struggling with labor availability and productivity

💲Don't forget about the potential of incoming tariffs!

The new year brings new challenges, especially in the rapidly changing economic environment of North America.

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Charles & David explore the labor strike's impact on the North American supply chain and the dire future of the crown corporation.

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This year, you might have noticed a trend: livestreams and on-demand video with shopping features built right into the viewing experience. You can see it everywhere from TikTok to the Victoria Secret fashion show. This new form of ecommerce creates frictionless purchasing opportunities for customers, but how does it really work for the businesses doing the selling?

In this episode, Nicola and Mathieu take over the podcast to explain exactly how it works. Drawing on their respective expertise in marketing and supply chain technology to explain how a product goes from your screen, to your doorstep.

With the right approach, the process of updating your #ERP to a new version can be a breeze.

On this week's episode of It's the End of the Week!, Charles Fallon is joined by Zoe Mougios, Project Manager in LIDD's Microsoft Dynamics practice, to discuss best practices for keeping Business Central up to date. Tune in for a discussion on the distinctions between minor & major updates, the timelines they are rolled out, and how you can prepare to ensure your Business Central instance does everything you need it to do on day 1 of the new update.

La distribución del comercio electrónico es el proceso de entrega de bienes y servicios a los clientes que los han pedido en línea. Es un proceso complejo en el que intervienen muchos factores diferentes, desde el tipo de bienes que se envían hasta las expectativas del cliente. Esta publicación analizará algunos de los factores más importantes a tener en cuenta a la hora de crear un sistema de distribución de comercio electrónico o ecommerce, basándose en una entrevista en podcast con dos expertos en la materia.

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The Parti Quebecois (PQ) has proposed a new strategy to address the province's labor shortage: robots. This is a departure from the PQ's traditional pro-worker stance, and it has been met with criticism from some quarters. However, the PQ argues that automation is the only way to address the labor shortage in the long term.

Charles & David sit down to discuss whether they think these subsidies will work, as well as how this new policy proposal is an indicator of the broader trends against immigration in North America.

Additional Resources

• Parti Quebecois to unveil plan to reduce immigration, focus on demographics
• Is automation the answer to labor shortages?
• The impact of automation on jobs

What is interoperability? How does it work? These are questions we get all the time - and with the growing number of software ecosystems leveraging interoperability, now is the best time to learn about the benefits it can provide for your operation.

On this week's episode of It's the End of the Week, Charles Fallon sits down to talk with Mathieu Galipeau to discuss all things interoperability.

This week, we're back with another Behind the Headlines episode hosted by David Beaudet & Stephan Lauzon exploring two exciting retail topics as we head into Q4 2024.

🤖 First up: Retailers are looking to automate their operations, but they better get the ball rolling quickly. With vendors quickly filling up with capacity, some businesses may have a hard time getting an automated operation live in time for 2025 or even 2026 peak season. Start early!

🧰 Next up: Home Depot is planning to send executives into stores to work a shift for one day each year, to get them up to speed about how the retail operation is run from the ground.

Further reading:

• Peak Season Planning: Why You Need to Start Now
• How Retailers Are Staffing Up for the 2024 Holiday Season
• Walmart Automates 25- and 35-Year-Old Facilities to Double Productivity
• Home Depot Orders Corporate Staff to Take 8-Hour Retail Shifts