Shutl is an online delivery service that aims to provide same day or next day delivery within a one hour window chosen by the customer. It operates using a point-to-point courier model to allow for more rapid delivery compared to traditional hub-and-spoke models. Shutl integrates directly into online retailers' checkout systems to provide delivery quotes to customers and then sends delivery details to the chosen carrier. Carriers are rated based on performance, with higher rated carriers receiving more deliveries. Shutl also collects customer feedback to continuously improve the delivery experience.
Argos & Shutl: putting the rocket into retailGuy Westlake
Presentation given at The Retail Conference, 21st September 2011.
Presenters: Tom Allason (Founder & CEO, Shutl) and David Tarbuck (Multichannel Operations & Development Manager, Argos).
The document discusses the delivery problem in e-commerce. It notes that shoppers currently have to wait days for deliveries that occur at the courier's convenience. This costs e-retailers between £790m-£1bn per year in failed deliveries. The document then introduces Shutl, which aims to provide delivery within 90 minutes of purchase using a point-to-point courier network rather than traditional hub-and-spoke systems. Shutl will generate quotes from multiple carriers and book the delivery directly through each carrier's API. Customers will receive updates on the delivery status and GPS location while in transit.
This document provides branding guidelines for Shutl, including specifications for the Shutl red and black colors in Pantone and hex code. It also discusses the implementation challenge of piloting the Shutl delivery service for Argos without making changes to Argos' existing website or technical processes. The pilot program launched in August 2010 with a small number of stores before expanding to additional stores in May 2011.
The document discusses using MongoDB and Ruby for domain modeling. It describes setting up MongoDB by installing it with Brew and adding the Mongo gem to the gemfile. Modeling domain objects for a delivery logistics platform is mentioned, which allows customers to choose delivery within 90 minutes or during a 1-hour window.
The document discusses Shutl's transition from a MySQL database to a NoSQL database to improve performance. It describes challenges with the MySQL implementation, including join complexity and code maintenance issues. It then summarizes the solution of using Neo4j, MongoDB, Redis, and Sinatra with JRuby. Key benefits of the graph database Neo4j included modeling relationships explicitly and improved performance over joins. Testing and migrating data were noted as challenges in the transition.
The document provides branding guidelines for AllianceBernstein. It outlines the brand identity system including the brandmark, color palette, typography, literature grid for marketing materials, presentation templates, and imagery guidelines. The appendix sections cover paper specifications, legal entity lines and trademark usage, and selecting artwork for the brandmark. The objective is to create a distinctive and recognizable visual style to communicate the brand's focus on "knowledge" through its visual identity.
Argos & Shutl: putting the rocket into retailGuy Westlake
Presentation given at The Retail Conference, 21st September 2011.
Presenters: Tom Allason (Founder & CEO, Shutl) and David Tarbuck (Multichannel Operations & Development Manager, Argos).
The document discusses the delivery problem in e-commerce. It notes that shoppers currently have to wait days for deliveries that occur at the courier's convenience. This costs e-retailers between £790m-£1bn per year in failed deliveries. The document then introduces Shutl, which aims to provide delivery within 90 minutes of purchase using a point-to-point courier network rather than traditional hub-and-spoke systems. Shutl will generate quotes from multiple carriers and book the delivery directly through each carrier's API. Customers will receive updates on the delivery status and GPS location while in transit.
This document provides branding guidelines for Shutl, including specifications for the Shutl red and black colors in Pantone and hex code. It also discusses the implementation challenge of piloting the Shutl delivery service for Argos without making changes to Argos' existing website or technical processes. The pilot program launched in August 2010 with a small number of stores before expanding to additional stores in May 2011.
The document discusses using MongoDB and Ruby for domain modeling. It describes setting up MongoDB by installing it with Brew and adding the Mongo gem to the gemfile. Modeling domain objects for a delivery logistics platform is mentioned, which allows customers to choose delivery within 90 minutes or during a 1-hour window.
The document discusses Shutl's transition from a MySQL database to a NoSQL database to improve performance. It describes challenges with the MySQL implementation, including join complexity and code maintenance issues. It then summarizes the solution of using Neo4j, MongoDB, Redis, and Sinatra with JRuby. Key benefits of the graph database Neo4j included modeling relationships explicitly and improved performance over joins. Testing and migrating data were noted as challenges in the transition.
The document provides branding guidelines for AllianceBernstein. It outlines the brand identity system including the brandmark, color palette, typography, literature grid for marketing materials, presentation templates, and imagery guidelines. The appendix sections cover paper specifications, legal entity lines and trademark usage, and selecting artwork for the brandmark. The objective is to create a distinctive and recognizable visual style to communicate the brand's focus on "knowledge" through its visual identity.
"Frontline Battles with DDoS: Best practices and Lessons Learned", Igor IvaniukFwdays
At this talk we will discuss DDoS protection tools and best practices, discuss network architectures and what AWS has to offer. Also, we will look into one of the largest DDoS attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure that happened in February 2022. We'll see, what techniques helped to keep the web resources available for Ukrainians and how AWS improved DDoS protection for all customers based on Ukraine experience
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/how-axelera-ai-uses-digital-compute-in-memory-to-deliver-fast-and-energy-efficient-computer-vision-a-presentation-from-axelera-ai/
Bram Verhoef, Head of Machine Learning at Axelera AI, presents the “How Axelera AI Uses Digital Compute-in-memory to Deliver Fast and Energy-efficient Computer Vision” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
As artificial intelligence inference transitions from cloud environments to edge locations, computer vision applications achieve heightened responsiveness, reliability and privacy. This migration, however, introduces the challenge of operating within the stringent confines of resource constraints typical at the edge, including small form factors, low energy budgets and diminished memory and computational capacities. Axelera AI addresses these challenges through an innovative approach of performing digital computations within memory itself. This technique facilitates the realization of high-performance, energy-efficient and cost-effective computer vision capabilities at the thin and thick edge, extending the frontier of what is achievable with current technologies.
In this presentation, Verhoef unveils his company’s pioneering chip technology and demonstrates its capacity to deliver exceptional frames-per-second performance across a range of standard computer vision networks typical of applications in security, surveillance and the industrial sector. This shows that advanced computer vision can be accessible and efficient, even at the very edge of our technological ecosystem.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
Generating privacy-protected synthetic data using Secludy and MilvusZilliz
During this demo, the founders of Secludy will demonstrate how their system utilizes Milvus to store and manipulate embeddings for generating privacy-protected synthetic data. Their approach not only maintains the confidentiality of the original data but also enhances the utility and scalability of LLMs under privacy constraints. Attendees, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data managers, will witness first-hand how Secludy's integration with Milvus empowers organizations to harness the power of LLMs securely and efficiently.
The Microsoft 365 Migration Tutorial For Beginner.pptxoperationspcvita
This presentation will help you understand the power of Microsoft 365. However, we have mentioned every productivity app included in Office 365. Additionally, we have suggested the migration situation related to Office 365 and how we can help you.
You can also read: https://www.systoolsgroup.com/updates/office-365-tenant-to-tenant-migration-step-by-step-complete-guide/
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
Digital Banking in the Cloud: How Citizens Bank Unlocked Their MainframePrecisely
Inconsistent user experience and siloed data, high costs, and changing customer expectations – Citizens Bank was experiencing these challenges while it was attempting to deliver a superior digital banking experience for its clients. Its core banking applications run on the mainframe and Citizens was using legacy utilities to get the critical mainframe data to feed customer-facing channels, like call centers, web, and mobile. Ultimately, this led to higher operating costs (MIPS), delayed response times, and longer time to market.
Ever-changing customer expectations demand more modern digital experiences, and the bank needed to find a solution that could provide real-time data to its customer channels with low latency and operating costs. Join this session to learn how Citizens is leveraging Precisely to replicate mainframe data to its customer channels and deliver on their “modern digital bank” experiences.
"Choosing proper type of scaling", Olena SyrotaFwdays
Imagine an IoT processing system that is already quite mature and production-ready and for which client coverage is growing and scaling and performance aspects are life and death questions. The system has Redis, MongoDB, and stream processing based on ksqldb. In this talk, firstly, we will analyze scaling approaches and then select the proper ones for our system.
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
"Frontline Battles with DDoS: Best practices and Lessons Learned", Igor IvaniukFwdays
At this talk we will discuss DDoS protection tools and best practices, discuss network architectures and what AWS has to offer. Also, we will look into one of the largest DDoS attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure that happened in February 2022. We'll see, what techniques helped to keep the web resources available for Ukrainians and how AWS improved DDoS protection for all customers based on Ukraine experience
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/how-axelera-ai-uses-digital-compute-in-memory-to-deliver-fast-and-energy-efficient-computer-vision-a-presentation-from-axelera-ai/
Bram Verhoef, Head of Machine Learning at Axelera AI, presents the “How Axelera AI Uses Digital Compute-in-memory to Deliver Fast and Energy-efficient Computer Vision” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
As artificial intelligence inference transitions from cloud environments to edge locations, computer vision applications achieve heightened responsiveness, reliability and privacy. This migration, however, introduces the challenge of operating within the stringent confines of resource constraints typical at the edge, including small form factors, low energy budgets and diminished memory and computational capacities. Axelera AI addresses these challenges through an innovative approach of performing digital computations within memory itself. This technique facilitates the realization of high-performance, energy-efficient and cost-effective computer vision capabilities at the thin and thick edge, extending the frontier of what is achievable with current technologies.
In this presentation, Verhoef unveils his company’s pioneering chip technology and demonstrates its capacity to deliver exceptional frames-per-second performance across a range of standard computer vision networks typical of applications in security, surveillance and the industrial sector. This shows that advanced computer vision can be accessible and efficient, even at the very edge of our technological ecosystem.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
Generating privacy-protected synthetic data using Secludy and MilvusZilliz
During this demo, the founders of Secludy will demonstrate how their system utilizes Milvus to store and manipulate embeddings for generating privacy-protected synthetic data. Their approach not only maintains the confidentiality of the original data but also enhances the utility and scalability of LLMs under privacy constraints. Attendees, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data managers, will witness first-hand how Secludy's integration with Milvus empowers organizations to harness the power of LLMs securely and efficiently.
The Microsoft 365 Migration Tutorial For Beginner.pptxoperationspcvita
This presentation will help you understand the power of Microsoft 365. However, we have mentioned every productivity app included in Office 365. Additionally, we have suggested the migration situation related to Office 365 and how we can help you.
You can also read: https://www.systoolsgroup.com/updates/office-365-tenant-to-tenant-migration-step-by-step-complete-guide/
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
Digital Banking in the Cloud: How Citizens Bank Unlocked Their MainframePrecisely
Inconsistent user experience and siloed data, high costs, and changing customer expectations – Citizens Bank was experiencing these challenges while it was attempting to deliver a superior digital banking experience for its clients. Its core banking applications run on the mainframe and Citizens was using legacy utilities to get the critical mainframe data to feed customer-facing channels, like call centers, web, and mobile. Ultimately, this led to higher operating costs (MIPS), delayed response times, and longer time to market.
Ever-changing customer expectations demand more modern digital experiences, and the bank needed to find a solution that could provide real-time data to its customer channels with low latency and operating costs. Join this session to learn how Citizens is leveraging Precisely to replicate mainframe data to its customer channels and deliver on their “modern digital bank” experiences.
"Choosing proper type of scaling", Olena SyrotaFwdays
Imagine an IoT processing system that is already quite mature and production-ready and for which client coverage is growing and scaling and performance aspects are life and death questions. The system has Redis, MongoDB, and stream processing based on ksqldb. In this talk, firstly, we will analyze scaling approaches and then select the proper ones for our system.
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Product Design Trends in 2024 | Teenage EngineeringsPixeldarts
The realm of product design is a constantly changing environment where technology and style intersect. Every year introduces fresh challenges and exciting trends that mold the future of this captivating art form. In this piece, we delve into the significant trends set to influence the look and functionality of product design in the year 2024.
How Race, Age and Gender Shape Attitudes Towards Mental HealthThinkNow
Mental health has been in the news quite a bit lately. Dozens of U.S. states are currently suing Meta for contributing to the youth mental health crisis by inserting addictive features into their products, while the U.S. Surgeon General is touring the nation to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation. The country has endured periods of low national morale, such as in the 1970s when high inflation and the energy crisis worsened public sentiment following the Vietnam War. The current mood, however, feels different. Gallup recently reported that national mental health is at an all-time low, with few bright spots to lift spirits.
To better understand how Americans are feeling and their attitudes towards mental health in general, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey of 1,500 respondents and found some interesting differences among ethnic, age and gender groups.
Technology
For example, 52% agree that technology and social media have a negative impact on mental health, but when broken out by race, 61% of Whites felt technology had a negative effect, and only 48% of Hispanics thought it did.
While technology has helped us keep in touch with friends and family in faraway places, it appears to have degraded our ability to connect in person. Staying connected online is a double-edged sword since the same news feed that brings us pictures of the grandkids and fluffy kittens also feeds us news about the wars in Israel and Ukraine, the dysfunction in Washington, the latest mass shooting and the climate crisis.
Hispanics may have a built-in defense against the isolation technology breeds, owing to their large, multigenerational households, strong social support systems, and tendency to use social media to stay connected with relatives abroad.
Age and Gender
When asked how individuals rate their mental health, men rate it higher than women by 11 percentage points, and Baby Boomers rank it highest at 83%, saying it’s good or excellent vs. 57% of Gen Z saying the same.
Gen Z spends the most amount of time on social media, so the notion that social media negatively affects mental health appears to be correlated. Unfortunately, Gen Z is also the generation that’s least comfortable discussing mental health concerns with healthcare professionals. Only 40% of them state they’re comfortable discussing their issues with a professional compared to 60% of Millennials and 65% of Boomers.
Race Affects Attitudes
As seen in previous research conducted by ThinkNow, Asian Americans lag other groups when it comes to awareness of mental health issues. Twenty-four percent of Asian Americans believe that having a mental health issue is a sign of weakness compared to the 16% average for all groups. Asians are also considerably less likely to be aware of mental health services in their communities (42% vs. 55%) and most likely to seek out information on social media (51% vs. 35%).
AI Trends in Creative Operations 2024 by Artwork Flow.pdfmarketingartwork
Creative operations teams expect increased AI use in 2024. Currently, over half of tasks are not AI-enabled, but this is expected to decrease in the coming year. ChatGPT is the most popular AI tool currently. Business leaders are more actively exploring AI benefits than individual contributors. Most respondents do not believe AI will impact workforce size in 2024. However, some inhibitions still exist around AI accuracy and lack of understanding. Creatives primarily want to use AI to save time on mundane tasks and boost productivity.
Organizational culture includes values, norms, systems, symbols, language, assumptions, beliefs, and habits that influence employee behaviors and how people interpret those behaviors. It is important because culture can help or hinder a company's success. Some key aspects of Netflix's culture that help it achieve results include hiring smartly so every position has stars, focusing on attitude over just aptitude, and having a strict policy against peacocks, whiners, and jerks.
PEPSICO Presentation to CAGNY Conference Feb 2024Neil Kimberley
PepsiCo provided a safe harbor statement noting that any forward-looking statements are based on currently available information and are subject to risks and uncertainties. It also provided information on non-GAAP measures and directing readers to its website for disclosure and reconciliation. The document then discussed PepsiCo's business overview, including that it is a global beverage and convenient food company with iconic brands, $91 billion in net revenue in 2023, and nearly $14 billion in core operating profit. It operates through a divisional structure with a focus on local consumers.
Content Methodology: A Best Practices Report (Webinar)contently
This document provides an overview of content methodology best practices. It defines content methodology as establishing objectives, KPIs, and a culture of continuous learning and iteration. An effective methodology focuses on connecting with audiences, creating optimal content, and optimizing processes. It also discusses why a methodology is needed due to the competitive landscape, proliferation of channels, and opportunities for improvement. Components of an effective methodology include defining objectives and KPIs, audience analysis, identifying opportunities, and evaluating resources. The document concludes with recommendations around creating a content plan, testing and optimizing content over 90 days.
How to Prepare For a Successful Job Search for 2024Albert Qian
The document provides guidance on preparing a job search for 2024. It discusses the state of the job market, focusing on growth in AI and healthcare but also continued layoffs. It recommends figuring out what you want to do by researching interests and skills, then conducting informational interviews. The job search should involve building a personal brand on LinkedIn, actively applying to jobs, tailoring resumes and interviews, maintaining job hunting as a habit, and continuing self-improvement. Once hired, the document advises setting new goals and keeping skills and networking active in case of future opportunities.
A report by thenetworkone and Kurio.
The contributing experts and agencies are (in an alphabetical order): Sylwia Rytel, Social Media Supervisor, 180heartbeats + JUNG v MATT (PL), Sharlene Jenner, Vice President - Director of Engagement Strategy, Abelson Taylor (USA), Alex Casanovas, Digital Director, Atrevia (ES), Dora Beilin, Senior Social Strategist, Barrett Hoffher (USA), Min Seo, Campaign Director, Brand New Agency (KR), Deshé M. Gully, Associate Strategist, Day One Agency (USA), Francesca Trevisan, Strategist, Different (IT), Trevor Crossman, CX and Digital Transformation Director; Olivia Hussey, Strategic Planner; Simi Srinarula, Social Media Manager, The Hallway (AUS), James Hebbert, Managing Director, Hylink (CN / UK), Mundy Álvarez, Planning Director; Pedro Rojas, Social Media Manager; Pancho González, CCO, Inbrax (CH), Oana Oprea, Head of Digital Planning, Jam Session Agency (RO), Amy Bottrill, Social Account Director, Launch (UK), Gaby Arriaga, Founder, Leonardo1452 (MX), Shantesh S Row, Creative Director, Liwa (UAE), Rajesh Mehta, Chief Strategy Officer; Dhruv Gaur, Digital Planning Lead; Leonie Mergulhao, Account Supervisor - Social Media & PR, Medulla (IN), Aurelija Plioplytė, Head of Digital & Social, Not Perfect (LI), Daiana Khaidargaliyeva, Account Manager, Osaka Labs (UK / USA), Stefanie Söhnchen, Vice President Digital, PIABO Communications (DE), Elisabeth Winiartati, Managing Consultant, Head of Global Integrated Communications; Lydia Aprina, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Nita Prabowo, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Okhi, Web Developer, PNTR Group (ID), Kei Obusan, Insights Director; Daffi Ranandi, Insights Manager, Radarr (SG), Gautam Reghunath, Co-founder & CEO, Talented (IN), Donagh Humphreys, Head of Social and Digital Innovation, THINKHOUSE (IRE), Sarah Yim, Strategy Director, Zulu Alpha Kilo (CA).
Trends In Paid Search: Navigating The Digital Landscape In 2024Search Engine Journal
The search marketing landscape is evolving rapidly with new technologies, and professionals, like you, rely on innovative paid search strategies to meet changing demands.
It’s important that you’re ready to implement new strategies in 2024.
Check this out and learn the top trends in paid search advertising that are expected to gain traction, so you can drive higher ROI more efficiently in 2024.
You’ll learn:
- The latest trends in AI and automation, and what this means for an evolving paid search ecosystem.
- New developments in privacy and data regulation.
- Emerging ad formats that are expected to make an impact next year.
Watch Sreekant Lanka from iQuanti and Irina Klein from OneMain Financial as they dive into the future of paid search and explore the trends, strategies, and technologies that will shape the search marketing landscape.
If you’re looking to assess your paid search strategy and design an industry-aligned plan for 2024, then this webinar is for you.
5 Public speaking tips from TED - Visualized summarySpeakerHub
From their humble beginnings in 1984, TED has grown into the world’s most powerful amplifier for speakers and thought-leaders to share their ideas. They have over 2,400 filmed talks (not including the 30,000+ TEDx videos) freely available online, and have hosted over 17,500 events around the world.
With over one billion views in a year, it’s no wonder that so many speakers are looking to TED for ideas on how to share their message more effectively.
The article “5 Public-Speaking Tips TED Gives Its Speakers”, by Carmine Gallo for Forbes, gives speakers five practical ways to connect with their audience, and effectively share their ideas on stage.
Whether you are gearing up to get on a TED stage yourself, or just want to master the skills that so many of their speakers possess, these tips and quotes from Chris Anderson, the TED Talks Curator, will encourage you to make the most impactful impression on your audience.
See the full article and more summaries like this on SpeakerHub here: https://speakerhub.com/blog/5-presentation-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers
See the original article on Forbes here:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=http://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2016/05/06/5-public-speaking-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers/&refURL=&referrer=#5c07a8221d9b
ChatGPT and the Future of Work - Clark Boyd Clark Boyd
Everyone is in agreement that ChatGPT (and other generative AI tools) will shape the future of work. Yet there is little consensus on exactly how, when, and to what extent this technology will change our world.
Businesses that extract maximum value from ChatGPT will use it as a collaborative tool for everything from brainstorming to technical maintenance.
For individuals, now is the time to pinpoint the skills the future professional will need to thrive in the AI age.
Check out this presentation to understand what ChatGPT is, how it will shape the future of work, and how you can prepare to take advantage.
The document provides career advice for getting into the tech field, including:
- Doing projects and internships in college to build a portfolio.
- Learning about different roles and technologies through industry research.
- Contributing to open source projects to build experience and network.
- Developing a personal brand through a website and social media presence.
- Networking through events, communities, and finding a mentor.
- Practicing interviews through mock interviews and whiteboarding coding questions.
Google's Just Not That Into You: Understanding Core Updates & Search IntentLily Ray
1. Core updates from Google periodically change how its algorithms assess and rank websites and pages. This can impact rankings through shifts in user intent, site quality issues being caught up to, world events influencing queries, and overhauls to search like the E-A-T framework.
2. There are many possible user intents beyond just transactional, navigational and informational. Identifying intent shifts is important during core updates. Sites may need to optimize for new intents through different content types and sections.
3. Responding effectively to core updates requires analyzing "before and after" data to understand changes, identifying new intents or page types, and ensuring content matches appropriate intents across video, images, knowledge graphs and more.
A brief introduction to DataScience with explaining of the concepts, algorithms, machine learning, supervised and unsupervised learning, clustering, statistics, data preprocessing, real-world applications etc.
It's part of a Data Science Corner Campaign where I will be discussing the fundamentals of DataScience, AIML, Statistics etc.
Time Management & Productivity - Best PracticesVit Horky
Here's my presentation on by proven best practices how to manage your work time effectively and how to improve your productivity. It includes practical tips and how to use tools such as Slack, Google Apps, Hubspot, Google Calendar, Gmail and others.
The six step guide to practical project managementMindGenius
The six step guide to practical project management
If you think managing projects is too difficult, think again.
We’ve stripped back project management processes to the
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the vital ingredients for success.
“If you’re looking for some real-world guidance, then The Six Step Guide to Practical Project Management will help.”
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2. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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Shutl:
who, why, what, how?
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3. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
About us Shutl Black:
Pantone BLACK
Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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•Team: 12 based in Shoreditch, 8 in Karachi
•Growth: 75+% month-on-month sales growth since Jan ’11
•Customers: 76% NPS - among highest of any UK biz
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4. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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11th August 1994
1st e-Commerce transaction
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5. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Web in ’94
Shutl Black:
Pantone BLACK
Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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6. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
e-Commerce and the web have
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come a long way in 17 years
Delivery has not...
Shoppers must still wait day(s) for
a delivery that occurs at a time
that suits the courier company
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7. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
The Delivery Problem
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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Failed deliveries cost e-retail £790m - £1bn pa
IMRG, April ‘10
2/3 cart abandoners cite delivery as reason
Continental Research (for RM Brighter Insights), ’09
90% online shoppers cite delivery as top annoyance
Co-op + CBI/Pfizer. Jul ’11
61% online comments about home delivery are negative
Ubervu, Sep ’11- 1,964 comments over 90 days, reach of 975k
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8. Delivery within 90
minutes of purchase
Shopper chooses 1 hour
delivery window
From £FREE*
*to consumer, from £4.95 to retailer
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10. “Point to Point” Courier
+3,000 more!
3% Courier, Express & Parcel Market
Tuesday, 20 September 11
11. “Point to Point” Courier
+3,000 more!
3% Courier, Express & Parcel Market
Tuesday, 20 September 11
12. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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Shutl displayed
as branded
fulfillment
option within
retail channel
Tuesday, 20 September 11
13. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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Consumer selects:
Now/ Later and
receives a quote
Tuesday, 20 September 11
14. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones
Please note:
The black logo should never
££££ £££
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Quote generated
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from each carrier
within Shutl ££
platform, best
£££
picked based on
price & quality
£££
££££
Tuesday, 20 September 11
15. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
£££
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
On checkout,
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delivery sent via
API directly into
chosen carrier’s
transportation
management
system
SHOP
Tuesday, 20 September 11
16. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Shopper sent
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tracking email
enabling them to
GPS track courier
in real-time
Shutl takes
status updates
and measures
performance
against SLA
Tuesday, 20 September 11
17. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Carrier’s Quality
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Rating updated
with quantitative
& qualitative
feedback.
Carriers with
higher ratings are
able to access
more deliveries &
higher margins
Tuesday, 20 September 11
18. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Shopper is sent email
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requesting feedback
on qualitative aspects
of Shutl experience
Tuesday, 20 September 11
19. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Shopper is sent email
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requesting feedback
on qualitative aspects
of Shutl experience
All comments stream
live & undedited to
twitter: @shutlfeed &
shutl.co.uk/feedback
Tuesday, 20 September 11
20. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Shopper is sent email
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requesting feedback
on qualitative aspects
of Shutl experience
All comments stream
live & undedited to
twitter: @shutlfeed &
shutl.co.uk/feedback
Tuesday, 20 September 11
21. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Coverage Shutl Black:
Pantone BLACK
Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Towns Pop (m) % UK online
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shoppers
London 7.8 20%
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aug Leeds 11.3 33%
Manchester
Birmingham
Belfast
Sep Bristol
Cardiff
14.5 42%
Liverpool
Slough/Staines/
Oct* Maidenhead.
Tyne/Wear/Tees 16.2 46%
Sheffield
Basingstoke,
Coventry, Leicester,
Nov* MK, Nottingham
Oxford, Reading,
17.9 51%
Southampton
*Provisional
Tuesday, 20 September 11
22. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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Tuesday, 20 September 11
23. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Why offer Shutl?
Shutl Black:
Pantone BLACK
Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Using local stores/stock & multichannel systems to provide a
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sustainable competitive advantage that will:
!
Attract Shoppers Improve Conversion Increase Margin
Tuesday, 20 September 11
24. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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Argos
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25. About Argos
• Established in 1973
• UK’s largest general merchandise retailer
• £4.19bn sales for year-ending Feb ’11
• £1.9bn Multi-channel
• 46% Total Sales
• 17m households (≈ 2/3 UK population)
have the latest Argos Catalogue!
• 750 Stores
Tuesday, 20 September 11
26. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
Implementation Challenge
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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When Shutl approached Argos in ’09 there was
considerable risk associated with proposition:
Technological- could Shutl make a market out of couriers?
Operational- could couriers collect from stores & deliver to consumers?
Demand- if offered, would Argos shoppers want the service?
Experience- if they did try the service, would they like it?
Business case- would enough customers want the service to justify
making changes within business?
Tuesday, 20 September 11
27. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
Implementation Challenge
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
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Find a way to determine business case through pilot...
....without making real changes to Argos.co.uk
...or existing technical/operational processes
Tuesday, 20 September 11
28. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Implementation
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Aug ’10 - Sep ’11
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• Banner/Lightbox at end
Check & Reserve journey
• Cobranded whitelabel site
with EPDQ payment gateway
• Utilise existing in-store
reservation process
• Order charged against
internal credit account &
reconciled later
• 2-12 store pilot
commenced Aug ’10
• Roll out to additional 36
stores May ’11
Tuesday, 20 September 11
29. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Implementation
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Aug ’10 - Sep ’11
5 Branding Guidelines
• Banner/Lightbox at end
Check & Reserve journey
• Cobranded whitelabel site
with EPDQ payment gateway
• Utilise existing in-store
reservation process
• Order charged against
internal credit account &
reconciled later
• 2-12 store pilot
commenced Aug ’10
• Roll out to additional 36
stores May ’11
Tuesday, 20 September 11
30. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Implementation
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Aug ’10 - Sep ’11
5 Branding Guidelines
• Banner/Lightbox at end
Check & Reserve journey
• Cobranded whitelabel site
with EPDQ payment gateway
• Utilise existing in-store
reservation process
• Order charged against
internal credit account &
reconciled later
• 2-12 store pilot
commenced Aug ’10
• Roll out to additional 36
stores May ’11
Tuesday, 20 September 11
31. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Implementation
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Aug ’10 - Sep ’11
5 Branding Guidelines
• Banner/Lightbox at end
Check & Reserve journey
• Cobranded whitelabel site
with EPDQ payment gateway
• Utilise existing in-store
reservation process
• Order charged against
internal credit account &
reconciled later
• 2-12 store pilot
commenced Aug ’10
• Roll out to additional 36
stores May ’11
Tuesday, 20 September 11
32. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Implementation
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Aug ’10 - Sep ’11
5 Branding Guidelines
• Banner/Lightbox at end
Check & Reserve journey
• Cobranded whitelabel site
with EPDQ payment gateway
• Utilise existing in-store
reservation process
• Order charged against
internal credit account &
reconciled later
• 2-12 store pilot
commenced Aug ’10
• Roll out to additional 36
stores May ’11
Tuesday, 20 September 11
33. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Implementation
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
Aug ’10 - Sep ’11
5 Branding Guidelines
• Banner/Lightbox at end
Check & Reserve journey
• Cobranded whitelabel site
with EPDQ payment gateway
• Utilise existing in-store
reservation process
• Order charged against
internal credit account &
reconciled later
• 2-12 store pilot
commenced Aug ’10
• Roll out to additional 36
stores May ’11
Tuesday, 20 September 11
34. CTR on Shutl banner/lightbox
15%
Click through rate (CTR)
10%
5%
Aug ‘10
Oct ‘10
Dec ‘10 0%
Feb ‘11
Apr ‘11
Jun ‘11
Aug ‘11
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35. Shutl conversion:
Order Value / Delivery Value
The Effects of AOV/ADV on Shutl's Conversion Rate!
50%!
45%!
40%!
35%!
Conversion Rate (%)!
30%!
25%!
20%!
15%!
10%!
5%!
0%!
150%! 140%! 130%! 120%! 110%! 100%! 90%! 80%! 70%! 60%! 50%! 40%! 30%! 20%! 10%! 0%!
AOV / ADV (%)!
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36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42. Awareness of Shutl prior to
purchase
100%
75%
50%
25%
0%
Jan‘11 Mar ‘11 May ‘11 Jul ‘11 Sep ‘11
No Yes
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43. Last week we began marketing
proposition
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44. Last week we began marketing
proposition
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45. Last week we began marketing
proposition
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46. Findings to date
1) Increased AOV
2) Improved Conversion
3) New customers to Argos.co.uk
4) Customers actively shopping at Argos to use Shutl
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47. The Argos vision
750 Stores!
Reservations !
Home Delivery !
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48. Shutl Main Red: Shutl Accent Red:
Pantone 485 C Pantone 484 C
C0 M100 Y99 K4 C0 M100 Y99 K4
R208 G31 B40 R208 G31 B40
red on white HEX D01F28 HEX D01F28
red on lighter tones
Shutl Black: Shutl Accent Grey:
Pantone BLACK Pantone BLACK
C0 M0 Y0 K0100 C0 M0 Y0 K70
@ 70%
Please note:
Black on white Reverse (white) on darker tones The black logo should never
appear on in any ‘dark’ colour
background.
5 Branding Guidelines
any questions?
Tom Allason,
Founder & CEO, Shutl
tom@shutl.co.uk
David Tarbuck,
Multi-Channel Development and Operations Manager, Argos
David.Tarbuck@homeretailgroup.com
Tuesday, 20 September 11