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The future of delivery in our new on-demand economy

42,463 views | Alan Amling • TED@UPS

The demands of today's marketplace supply us exactly what we want, when and where we want it. With this in mind, Alan Amling reimagines the supply chain of the future. By integrating ideas from the past with today's most promising technologies, he paints a surprising picture of how we might manufacture and deliver things in the years to come.

The demands of today's marketplace supply us exactly what we want, when and where we want it. With this in mind, Alan Amling reimagines the supply chain of the future. By integrating ideas from the past with today's most promising technologies, he paints a surprising picture of how we might manufacture and deliver things in the years to come.

About the speaker

Alan Amling

Alan Amling

Logistics and marketing expert

As the VP of Global Logistics and Marketing, Alan Amling oversees marketing efforts for UPS’s global logistics and distribution services. Most of his tenure with UPS has been spent in development roles, with six years building out e-commerce capabilities and another six years in new product development, where he oversaw the rise of some of UPS’s largest product and marketing initiatives. He began his UPS career in 1982 working as a seasonal employee loading and unloading package feeders before joining UPS in 1992.

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