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- 22. Help Wanted: Supply Chain Roles
- (News)
- Opportunities about for the right people seeking roles in the supply chain, according to Lora Cecere in an article on LinkedIn. Although jobs for the middle class have transitioned away from manufacturing ...
- 23. Profiling the Supply Chain Staff
- (Management)
- The people who staff various supply chain positions are very different from people in other departments like finance, sales, and even IT because they have different talents specific to their jobs. Really? ...
- 24. Say Goodbye to RFID and Hello to IoT Tags
- (Technology)
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- (Retail)
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- 26. Competition for the Last Mile
- (Blogs)
- ... facility when they wanted to receive it. We couldn’t pull it off, as we were plagued by an immature distribution network, dependency on drop shipments from 3rd parties, a lack of visibility into exactly ...
- 27. Omnichannel - With Caution
- (Retail)
- ... sure they did plenty of. The children and other potential recipients of their most wanted gift were disappointed and probably blamed everyone down the chain of delivery. Certainly UPS got a good portion ...
- 28. To PMP® or to Not PMP® – That is the Question
- (Management)
- ... no change? These are the questions that run through one's mind when deciding to become PMP certified or not. They are normal. And they are very good questions. At first, I wanted to write this month's Know ...
- 29. A Different Use for Big Data
- (News)
- With all the discussion about the potential and actual uses for 'big data', here's a new one, at least for me: hiring.In an article in the New York Times, Steve Lohr discusses how data analysis has been ...
- 30. Ship From Store: The Trend In Order Fulfillment
- (Retail)
- ... while customers initially enjoyed this new and exciting way to get the products they wanted, they continued to crave even more convenience. Since then, many stores have adopted "in store pick up" programs, ...
- 31. Sharing Data Delivers Success
- (Integration)
- ... parties can view and interact with the information in detailed and summarized reports since it is accessible by Anna’s and its vendors. Many vendors also wanted to have detailed POS information for ...
- 32. Sharing Data Delivers Success
- (Retail)
- ... parties can view and interact with the information in detailed and summarized reports since it is accessible by Anna’s and its vendors. Many vendors also wanted to have detailed POS information for ...
- 33. Sharing Data Delivers Success
- (Supply)
- ... parties can view and interact with the information in detailed and summarized reports since it is accessible by Anna’s and its vendors. Many vendors also wanted to have detailed POS information for ...
- 34. Are You Staring Into a Crystal Ball? For POS Suppliers 101
- (Blogs)
- ... This shift in mindset could bring me down so many paths as it really is all about collaboration on so many levels. So if I were a Supplier and wanted to focus on what I believe is the biggest win-win ...
- 35. Keeping Score for the Consumer
- (News)
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- 36. On-Line Connects With Stores
- (News)
- There used to be a clear separation between the on-line and off-line worlds. That's no longer the case. Big-box stores such as WalMart now use their websites to generate orders customers pick up at ...
- 37. To Showroom, or Not....
- (Retail)
- ... expertise as such, since we already knew what we wanted and just needed to see if they had stock on hand. On the third example, we’ll probably order from the store since the price differential is small ...
- 38. Leveraging Stores as Fulfillment Nodes in the Supply Chain
- (Retail)
- ... within the supply chain is critical for successful ecommerce and overall retail operations. Retail chains do leverage pools of inventory, at least to in-store shoppers, by manually checking for wanted ...
- 39. Leveraging Stores as Fulfillment Nodes in the Supply Chain
- (Logistics)
- ... within the supply chain is critical for successful ecommerce and overall retail operations. Retail chains do leverage pools of inventory, at least to in-store shoppers, by manually checking for wanted ...
- 40. Start With Core Functions to Pick the Right Tool for the Job
- (Technology)
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