- 1. Brace for the Rush
- (Management)
- ... customers and predict online sales between Cyber Monday and Christmas will produce an additional $284 million in sales over last year. This is great for online sellers and good, but not spectacular ...
- Created on 05 November 2018
- 2. Preparing Your Business for the Holiday Rush
- (Retail)
- ... quantities on hot items. You can also use it for customer service and to drum up hype before sales even start. Keep Going Into The New Year While the main rush leads up to the Christmas holiday, ...
- Created on 04 December 2017
- 3. Retail Flexibility For the Holidays
- (News)
- It's a Christmas wish and a little late, but Bill DuBois is hoping Santa brings a flexible supply chain in the future. For the retailer, the holidays are an inventory forecasting challenge.In his articl ...
- Created on 29 December 2016
- 4. A Christmas List
- (News)
- In a very timely article, Dan Gilmore shares his Christmas Wish List with us on his Supply Chain Digest site. He's not asking for much, but maybe he hasn't been good this year?Actually, if Dan gets wh ...
- Created on 20 December 2016
- 5. Urgent B2B Needs
- (News)
- B2B companies have identified a few items on their technology Christmas list they'd like to receive. There are not only new technologies popping up and convergence between them becoming more common, bu ...
- Created on 15 December 2015
- 6. It's That Time of Year, Again!
- (News)
- ... , a little thing called Christmas is on the way, and retailers who have their omnichannel act together should thrive- others, maybe not so much. On the Spend Matters site, Kaitlyn Macavoy takes a look ...
- Created on 17 November 2015
- 7. Christmas in July?
- (News)
- Is it too early to think about Christmas? If you're in the supply chain or electronic commerce areas, if you're just starting now you may be behind!Mobile consumers continue to drive changes across the busine ...
- Created on 22 July 2015
- 8. Supply Chain Predictions for 2015
- (Supply)
- ... 2014 there was an explosion in the application of drones for myriad purposes, so even if your Christmas parcels aren’t dropped on your doorstep by a drone, chances are drones were involved in weather, ...
- Created on 29 December 2014
- 9. Did You Get Your Presents?
- (News)
- As you're reading this, it's already Christmas or maybe a bit after. Did all of your presents arrive?The folks at Logistics Viewpoint took a shot at guessing how many packages would be delivered for t ...
- Created on 24 December 2014
- 10. Free Advice for UPS
- (News)
- Nothing like some free advice from top experts, after the fact. UPS experienced a disastrous Christmas delivery mess, shortly after a national business magazine printed a story touting their capabilities ...
- Created on 26 February 2014
- 11. Further Analysis of the Christmas Delivery Problem
- (News)
- When a great company like UPS experiences a big problem like the 2013 Christmas delivery debacle, it's bad for them but good for people who want to learn about supply chains. All sorts of analyses tak ...
- Created on 03 February 2014
- 12. Omnichannel - With Caution
- (Retail)
- The Christmas season delivery schedule is one of those things that while it only happens once each year, can put a dent in the reputation of the supply chain everywhere. When UPS underestimated the volume ...
- Created on 17 January 2014
- 13. Holiday Delivery Issue Analysis
- (News)
- ... on Christmas Eve to do your ordering! ...
- Created on 13 January 2014
- 14. Supply Chain Wishes
- (News)
- It's just a bit late for Christmas, but Paul Teague on the Procurement Leaders site has created a nice wish list for the holidays.If all of his wishes are granted, the world would indeed be a better place ...
- Created on 30 December 2013
- 15. Make it a Strong Finish to 2010
- (Supply)
- We are almost there…the close of another year. There are two ways to end the year. One way is to write off the rest of December because the year is just about shot and then just start fresh in January. ...
- Created on 15 December 2010
- 16. Time to Celebrate!
- (Management)
- Before I took the great leap of faith into retirement, I used to love this time of year. Not that I’m that much of a holiday guy, but things sort of progressively slowed down as the end of the year approached ...
- Created on 13 December 2010
