- 21. When The Weather Gets Rough, Retail Goes Omni-Channel To Survive
- (Retail)
- ... information technology research, retailers are using existing store inventories to sate their customer’s desire for goods and merchandise in upwards of 60 percent of sales. This reality reveals the measures ...
- 22. Positive Numbers for the Economy
- (News)
- Good news continues to trickle in on the state of the US economy. In the latest ISM report for August, the numbers are pointing in the right direction. The economy isn't roaring by any means, but increases ...
- 23. Sourcing and Procurement Customers
- (News)
- Sourcing and procurement are at the 'tip of the spear' of the supply chain. They have many customers that need to be satisfied, both internally and externally. How will they achieve happiness?In a guest ...
- 24. Hazards of Big Data
- (Technology)
- ... can collect more accurate and detailed performance information on everything from product inventories to sick days, and therefore expose variability and boost performance. Leading companies are using data ...
- 25. Collaboration is Key
- (News)
- In a CFO article, Shawn Casemore shares the 'secret ingredient' for supply chain success. It's collaboration, and not just among supply chain participants.Companies need to look and share information both ...
- 26. Supply Chain Planning vs. Execution
- (News)
- On the Supply Chain Digest site, Dan Gilmore continues to flesh out the trends he's identified for supply chains. His most recent take is on the relative importance of execution vs. planning in a demand-driven ...
- 27. Supply Chains Moving Forward
- (News)
- In an Industry Week article, Steve Minter describes some positive signs he sees for the economy and how supply chains are being affected.They're putting plans in place to remove some of the uncertaintly ...
- 28. Engage Your Stakeholders
- (News)
- When procurement resources are viewed as problem solvers rather than compliance officials, good things can happen.In an article in My Purchasing Center, Charles Wardlaw discusses how the procurement - ...
- 29. Multi-Channel Retail Effects
- (News)
- Dan Gilmore always has an interesting take on supply chain subjects. In a recent article in Supply Chain Digest, he looks at a number of effects of multi-channel retail commerce. The rapid growth of ecommerce ...
- 30. 2012 year of Collaboration
- (Integration)
- ... For example, lighting companies like MyLightingShowRoom.com provide lighting retailers that don't have a way to manage inventory levels in one central location, now have access to many suppliers' inventories ...
- 31. Is an EDI ROI Just For Retailers, Grocers and Distributors?
- (EDI)
- ... inventory is as important. Companies spend thousands of dollars conducting physical inventories, however as automation starts to prove its value, many are moving to cycle-counting instead, and have been ...
- 32. EDI Scheduling and File Transfer Best Practices
- (Integration)
- ... easily tell apart Event-Driven scheduling vs Batched Scheduled Jobs: Batched-Scheduled-Method Scenario: A retailer’s procurement system completes a nightly replenishment job of inventories ...
- 33. Using 852 Data May Improve Your Vision
- (Retail)
- ... Partner Intelligence for POS Service. Vendors use the Web-based service to monitor their in-store inventories, identify locations where sales are over or under-performing, and collaborate with the retailers’ ...
- 34. From the Top - CargoSmart
- (Supply)
- ... point. As importers keep low inventories and operate within very tight delivery windows, on-time deliveries are extremely important. We see importers, exporters, and logistics service providers increasingly ...
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