Kevin Smith, the President of Sustainable Supply Chain Consulting, gave an entertaining speech at the Descartes Global User Group Conference last month. Before starting his own consulting practice last year, Kevin spent eight years as the SVP of Supply Chain & Logistics, followed by a year as the SVP of Corporate Sustainability, at CVS Caremark Corporation.
One of the best ways companies can save money in the supply… Continue reading
Stanley Black & Decker is a $9 billion hardware and home improvement manufacturer. Carl focused his… Continue reading
I’ve been writing about the Demand Signal Repository (DSR) market a fair bit recently (see, for example, “How to Best Describe Demand Signal Repositories”). DSR solutions leverage a variety of different types of downstream data, including POS data, to power more robust and dynamic forms of replenishment.
As the saying goes, “everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about… Continue reading
I recently spoke with Mike Spindler, the CEO of ShelfSnap, about the company’s entry into the “shelf-level collaboration” arena.
(Quick aside: As I mentioned in a previous posting, I prefer the term “Shelf-level Collaboration Solutions” over Demand Signal Repository (DSR) products because I believe it’s both more accurate and evocative.)
ShelfSnap is in start-up mode, and although the company has conducted some interesting pilots for large… Continue reading
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Guest Commentary: Inventory–Not What It Used To Be
Remember when inventory was just something off the production line stored in a warehouse until it was pushed out to customers? In the past, companies worried about how much safety stock to keep, along with inventory turn rates and the associated carrying costs, but the most important thing was keeping production lines running, driving the most efficiency one could from the machines.
Fast forward to today, and those production… Continue reading
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