What Causes Shelf Out-of-Stocks?
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…
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In-Store Logistics at IKEA
At many companies, the vision statement is comprised of empty words. Not at IKEA, where the company has a clear vision and its various functions work together to support its distinctive value proposition. IKEA, the world’s largest home furnishings retailer,…
Eliminating the Bullwhip Effect across the Extended Retail Supply Chain
The Bullwhip Effect is a 50 year old problem first described by Jay Forrester at MIT in 1958. Forrester demonstrated it could take up to 6 months for a 10 percent increase in store demand to cascade across the extended…