MIS 3537 – Spring 2017

Online Participation

Blockchain: Is this the Next Internet?

Blockchain technology implements the concept behind Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies).  ‘A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial organization’  (Satoshi Nakamoto: Bitcoin …. October, 2008)

Frankly, the technology was tough to get my head around.  These videos helped me.

Video The Cake Sharing analogy

Video Cartoon explanation

Video Simplified Lecture explanation

Video Expert explaining technology, What technology economics limit / drive it’s implementation and future potentials.

Questions:

Is this really a technology with potential impact the Internet had?

How would this technology impact Supply Chains?

New Age Warehousing

Warehouse management is a key challenge for companies selling goods on the internet. As we discussed in class, companies such as Zappos use robots to automate the process.  Here are a couple of videos about the Kiva Robots that Zappos uses.

Summarize the benefits of Kiva to Zappos.