AWS for Industries
Author: Alejandro Mondragon
Alejandro Mondragon joined AWS in 2020 as the Head for Business Development Retail for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. With the goal of helping retailers in his region grow their businesses, he leads the development and go-to-market strategy for the retail vertical in the region, including channel development and sales enablement. With deep domain expertise in retail industry data, marketing strategies, and customer experiences, prior to joining AWS, Alejandro held leadership positions at GfK, WPP, Roland Berger, A.T. Kearney, and French retailer Carrefour. He has a BSc in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Georgetown University.
Part 2: How Retailers are Leveraging Cloud Technologies to Transform their Supply Chains
In my previous blog, Four Supply Chain Disruptions Retailers Must Overcome, I discussed the four disruptions that retailers must overcome to improve their supply chain intelligence and meet customers’ fulfillment demands. To recap, intelligent retail supply chains are automated to increase efficiency, speed, and adaptability to disruption. Retailers have put building intelligent supply chains at […]
Part 1: Four Supply Chain Disruptions Retailers Must Overcome
Retailers of all sizes and across various industries face the challenge of quickly getting the right product in the right quantity in the right place at the right time. The roots of this struggle run deep. COVID-19 and the subsequent ecommerce expansion have exacerbated fulfillment issues, with many retailers’ supply chains or partner networks unable […]
Lessons from Leaders: Retail Digital Transformation in Germany
Germany, a Powerful Force in Retail In 2020, retail revenue in Germany was estimated to be $820 billion. According to Deloitte’s Global Powers of Retailing 2020 study, four of the top 20 largest retailers in the world are German companies: Schwarz Group (Lidl), Aldi, Edeka, and Rewe. And among the 250 largest retailers, 20 are […]