With today's enterprise resource planning systems, companies can view aggregate shipping locations of each distributor, wholesaler and reseller. Most of the time, though, product tracking ends there.
Growing from a single product into a global lifestyle and gift brand, Pearhead needed a system that could access real-time information from its retailer customers.
The role of the procurement professional in the supply chain is changing. What used to be a discipline focused exclusively on cost savings has become an integral and strategic part of the larger organization.