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Marlow Busts the Myths About Landed Costs
- Monday, 12 April 2010
- Supply
- Written by Marlow Atticus
The 1st quarter is now behind us, and as I have suggested over the past several months, companies are indeed looking at productivity efficiencies by adding new partners to their electronic trading program. In addition, they are looking at new types of data from existing partners. Doing this is a great tactic that will move toward the strategy of having visibility and/or controlling costs. However, many are now looking at “what is my true cost and are we charging the correct price to our customer?”
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What is my Supply Chain
- Saturday, 24 July 2010
- Supply
- Written by Marlow Atticus
Over the years we've been discussing automating a Retailer or Grocer's supply chain. To many, this means working with suppliers or vendors that sell finished goods for resale. However there are supply chains within supply chains. So you may be wondering is "What is my supply chain?"
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When is Your Supply Chain Considered Completely Automated?
- Friday, 13 August 2010
- Supply
- Written by Marlow Atticus
As companies continue to look at automating more and more of their suppliers, several have moved beyond the scope of the traditional merchandise purchases. They have found that with different partnerships there are other supply chains to automate. Areas that are being looked at are what some call Expense suppliers which would include Service suppliers, Utility companies, replacement or repair parts and services and some are even looking at automating the process of warranty parts.
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Supporting Personalized and Customized Products
- Thursday, 25 November 2010
- Supply
- Written by Marlow Atticus
Last January you may have read my article regarding retailers that were traditionally distributing merchandise via Brick and mortar but are now looking at a Vendor Direct model to supply their customers. Many of these retailers appear to have realized the value of what I wrote and as such I have seen higher growth in the number of retailers having customer orders ship directly from suppliers/factories. The value to the retailer is that this allows the retailer to maintain or increase sales without the investment in maintaining inventory levels.
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Supply Chain Automation Advocate or Foe
- Monday, 10 January 2011
- Supply
- Written by Marlow Atticus
2010 is now behind us; many had a good holiday season while others, no so much. Regardless, it’s a new calendar year and time to start working on those 2011 projects. For some of you these projects will include the items that I’ve written on over the last 12 months such as –
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Keeping Up With SKUs
- Friday, 18 November 2011
- Supply
- Written by
Our largest client has well over twenty-five million sku-store combinations. They manage all those sku’s sales tracking and demand planning with a small team of about 10 people.
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From the Top - CargoSmart
- Monday, 12 April 2010
- Supply
- Written by Scott Koegler
This From the Top interview is with CargoSmart's Joe O'Brien Joe O’Brien, managing director of CargoSmart North America.
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Mark Shapiro of Gladson and GS1/US Certification [Video]
- Tuesday, 29 June 2010
- Supply
- Written by Scott Koegler
Mark Shapiro talks with Scott Koegler at U Connect 2010 about Gladson's recent GS1/US certification as the first Data Quality Solution Partner, and what the certification means to Gladson, its customers, and trading partners in general.
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From the Top - Matt Gersper of CiGDM
- Monday, 13 December 2010
- Supply
- Written by Scott Koegler
Scott Koegler talks with Matt Gersper of CiGDM at the recent VCF conference, about global trade, tariffs, and how companies can maximize their trading relationships by better understanding the duties and fees associated with international commerce.
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From the Top - Steve Smith - GCommerce
- Monday, 14 March 2011
- Supply
- Written by Scott Koegler
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