- 1. In Order to free up Shelf Space, Retailers are offering Black Friday Deals Today
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- ... 31st. But don’t wait too long as it ends November 13th at their Brick-and-Mortar stores. If you missed out on their in-store deals, Costco will be hosting their on-line Black Friday deals starting the ...
- 2. Micro Fulfillment Centers on the Horizon
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- An Israeli company is testing a ‘micro-fulfillment center’ that will turn empty retail space into fulfillment centers, report Supply Chain Digest. For several years, some retailers have used “dark stores” ...
- 3. Looking at Omnichannel Fulfillment Costs
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- 4th quarter data is still being analyzed and different players in the supply chain are drawing their respective conclusions. Bob Ferrarri views the information about UPS' performance and discusses what ...
- 4. Is eCommerce Greener?
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- One aspect of ecommerce that's under the radar is its impact on the environment. Many of us might intuitively feel that taking driving out of the shopping experience would be a net positive, but a lot ...
- 5. Impact of Omnichannel Buying Continues
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- It's nearly impossible to over exaggerate the effects omnichannel consumers have had on retailers. Bob Ferrarri takes a look at how 3 well-known names have recently made significant business changes in ...
- 6. Making Reservations for On-Line Customers
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- The impact of the omnichannel consumer on retailers is hard to overstate. One of the crucial decisions to make is how much inventory to reserve for shipments to ecommerce customers and how to reserve it.On ...
- 7. The Importance of Product Information
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- Product information is the lifeblood of companies who sell on-line. Making sure it's consistent across channels, understandable, and accessible in many ways is a huge challenge.Retailers who recognize the ...
- 8. The Importance of MDM
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- We're swimming in data, but many business leaders don't know what's being collected and how it's managed. Elizabeth Skipor, writing on the My Purchasing Center site, tries to resolve that by explaining ...
- 9. Summary of MHI Supply Chain Discussions
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- Dan Gilmore recently chaired an interesting panel at the MHI 2016 conference and provides a great summary of the topics. Workforce, technology, consumers, and infrastructure were discussed by a solid lineup ...
- 10. Executing Those Holiday Plans
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- If you're in retail and you don't yet have your plans in place for the holiday season, good luck to you! All aspects of supply chains, from purchasing, to order fulfillment, logistics, and transportation ...
- 11. Omichannel Capabilities Have Improved
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- The omnichannel experience isn't as seamless as it needs to be for customers, but retailers are improving. Although Amazon is the clear leader in most shopping process categories, others are closing the ...
- 12. The Inventory Balancing Act
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- Inventory management is a tough one. The traditional thought is that if you don't get it right, too much inventory is a waste of money, too little and you risk missing sales.The omnichannel consumer has ...
- 13. WalMart's Big Acquisitio
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- In hot news for the retail market, WalMart has spent big to acquire an Amazon competitor, Jet.com. According to Bob Ferrarri on the Supply Chain Matters site, this is an effort to jump-start their omnichannel ...
- 14. Meeting Omnichannel Expectations
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- Meeting customer expectations in an omnichannel, 'I want it right now' world is a real challenge. A number of systems and processes must be orchestrated to perfection in order to deliver what the customer ...
- 15. WalMart's Newest Supplier Challenge
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- Any supplier who does business with WalMart knows it can be, in a word, challenging. With the pressures facing the world's largest retailer from all sides, its suppliers may feel a little more pain.On ...
- 16. Supply Chain Changes Driven by eCommerce
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- When you consider all the changes in our lives brought about by ecommerce, consumer topics like convenience, speed, selection, and so forth come to mind. For those of us in supply chain roles, think about ...
- 17. Succeeding at the Last-Mile Challenge
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- The race is on to solve the 'last-mile' dilemma, according to Bridget McCrea on the Supply Chain 24/7 site. Getting products purchased on-line from the DC into the customers' hands can make or break a company' ...
- 18. Omnichannel + IoT = Opportunity
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- 'Convergence' is a word you'll hear a lot in the tech world. It's relevant to retailers as well, especially now that the Internet of Things (IoT) is impacting the omnichannel consumer.Bill Ashburn posts ...
- 19. Fast Fashion Arrives
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- The retail trend known as 'fast fashion' is upon us, and guess what'll determine whether a fasion retailer sinks or swims with it? That's right, the supply chain.Bob Ferrari looks at a couple examples ...
- 20. The Last 1000' Challenge
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- Remember the old days, when the 'last mile' was a huge challenge for customer fulfillment? Now it's the 'last 1000 feet'.According to a new report on the Forbes site, in-store technology must be used to ...
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