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
In my “What Causes Shelf Out-of-Stocks?” posting last week, I reviewed some research conducted by Walmart on the major causes of shelf-level out-of-stocks. One reason, occurring about 20 percent of the time, is phantom inventory. Phantom inventory occurs when the store system shows inventory available but none really exists. It also occurs when the system shows more inventory than what is actually available in the store; this can be… Continue reading
Once upon a time there was a global, medical products company that was very unhappy with the way it was treating its customers in Asia. The company’s main customers are hospitals that use its products in emergency room surgeries. Not surprisingly, its customers wanted a high level of product availability. But this was a problem because the company’s factories are primarily located in North America and Europe, even though Asia… Continue reading
The other day I received a package from Manhattan Associates (an ARC client) via Priority Mail. I had to use a knife to cut through the shipping tape, and when I opened the package there was a pretty little blue box, very Tiffany-like, inside with a white ribbon on it. I had to use scissors to cut the ribbon off, and after all that effort, when I finally opened the… Continue reading
Last month, I wrote a piece on explaining the value of logistics to the CEO. Earlier this week, as I was catching up on my reading, I came across this quote from Jeff Fettig, Chairman and Chief Executive of Whirlpool, in a Wall Street Journal article by Joe Barrett: “[Logistics] and investment in new product innovation are the only areas that we’re spending the same on as we… Continue reading
New from Sponsor Blogs
Recent Comments