What percentage of your total shopping is online? This past holiday season, almost 40% of seasonal shopping was through online channels. Late order cutoffs, and the ensuing last minute rush resulted in logistical nightmares for online retailers and logistics providers, who were overwhelmed with demand and paralyzed when bad weather struck. Expedient delivery is growing…
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7. From Back Office to Board Room: Supply Chain Gets Promoted
The days of the supply chain team being tucked under Operations and taking a back seat to functions like Marketing are waning. Supply chain is quickly becoming a board room topic as companies look to reduce costs and improve service, evolve to omni-channel, and become resilient to catastrophic events that could damage market share and…
8. Lean and Green: Sustainable Supply Chains
As consumers become more vocal about humanity’s impact on the planet, Corporate Social Responsibility is becoming a top priority for companies. Companies have taken on many Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects, and increased dialogue on their environmental impacts. Recent events, such as the factory fire and resulting collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, have continued to raise consumer awareness…
9. Black Hole or White Light: Harnessing Big Data
[twitter number=”5″ ] There is a lot of industry buzz about big data but few people can enunciate what it is and what benefits it will deliver. The Grocery Manufacturers’ Association (GMA) defines big data as: Data that appears in high volume, velocity, or variety, and encompasses billions of data points that can be…
10. Doing More With Less: Shrinking Resources and Growing Demand
As manufacturers and retailers continue to experiment with fulfillment options, they need a nimble distribution provider. Distribution to a consumer no longer follows one path, and systems need to be set up to plan for efficient fulfillment to each node of the supply chain, whether it be a consumer, store, or pick-up point. Seamless integration…