Archive for Retail
This past February, we held a successful seminar on Performance-based Outsourcing, which combined case studies from leading companies with think tank discussions on the topic. This coming February 9-11 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld Hotel in Orlando, Florida we’re applying the same learning and networking model to another timely and important topic in the supply chain and logistics industry:
Beyond the Perfect Order Metric: Bringing Together Supply… Continue reading
This Week in Logistics News (July 5-9, 2010)
· CommentsLeBron James is playing for the Miami Heat next year. Lindsey Lohan is going to jail. The U.S. and Russia traded spies.
I could stop here, but in case your world doesn’t just revolve around athletes, celebrities, and espionage, here’s what else happened this week:
- Retail Container Traffic to be Up 16 Percent in July
- NRF Releases Blueprint for Retailers to Leverage Mobile Technology
CSCMP’s New England Roundtable recently visited Walgreens’ New England distribution center near Hartford, Connecticut. Following a presentation by Scott Sylvester, the Distribution Center Manager, we received a tour of this highly-automated facility. The material handling systems in the DC are truly an amazing piece of engineering.
However, even more amazing, is Walgreens’ track record in productively employing people with disabilities at this facility and a similar one… Continue reading
The Walmart Sustainability Value Chain
· CommentsI watched a Walmart television commercial recently that linked its ongoing efforts to transport goods more efficiently with its private fleet to its efforts to benefit the environment, lower its operational costs, and improve its ability to offer lower prices to consumers (its price rollback program).
I couldn’t find this commercial on YouTube or on Walmart’s web site, but I did find other ads and videos, with the… Continue reading
I was recently briefed by the executive leadership team of the GENERIX Group, a leading supply chain execution software vendor headquartered in France. One of its customers is Carrefour, the second largest retailer in the world. Carrefour is ramping up consolidation centers (CC) in Europe. The retailer currently has eight centers operating in France with twelve more in development. Carrefour is also conducting a network design study to… Continue reading
RedPrairie, an ARC client, held its annual user conference, RedShift 2010, in Orlando last week. It was the company’s largest user conference ever. The two biggest news items from the event were the CEO’s explanation for why RedPrairie was acquired earlier this year by New Mountain Group and RedPrairie’s acquisition of SmartTurn, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) multitenant WMS solution.
RedPrairie had been owned by Francisco Partners, a… Continue reading
This Week in Logistics News (May 3-7, 2010)
· CommentsA new style of terrorism was on display in New York this past week. No, I’m not talking about Faisal Shahzad’s attempt to blow up an SUV in Times Square. I’m talking about the terror unleashed yesterday by an errant trader on Wall Street who triggered a 1,000 point drop in the stock market with the press of a button (this rumor hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it’s a… Continue reading
Frito-Lay Drives Shelf-Level Demand
· CommentsI believe that one of the emerging trends that will differentiate leaders from followers in the consumer goods industries is that leaders will excel at integrating their demand management and replenishment processes with category management. Consequently, it benefits supply chain executives to better understand leading practices in category management.
Supply Chain Digest recently aired a videocast featuring Dave Boissevain, Director of Retail Strategy and Planning at… Continue reading
