Retail

Price Optimization Software Helps Bolster Gross Margins

April 1, 2004

Relying in part on point-of-sale data, this software improves merchandise assortment, boosts total sales and helps increase average selling prices.

POS Data Is Used To Quickly Recalibrate Store Replenishments

April 1, 2004

Ira Breskin

Point of sale is "where the facts are" that help retailers readjust orders to accommodate sales peaks and valleys that may be predictable but aren't always intuitive.

ImagePoint Scores Savings With Strategic Sourcing

March 1, 2004

Jean V. Murphy-Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

A conversation with Steve Hammond, chief information officer at ImagePoint Inc., the nation's largest sign company.

For Ford Motor Co.,the Aftermarket Is No Longer an Afterthought

March 1, 2004

The automaker teams up with Caterpillar Logistics and SAP to forge a new information system to manage the flow of service parts to dealers around the world.

Whether Building Block or Hurdle, VMI Generates Renewed Interest

February 1, 2004

Jean V. Murphy, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

Is vendor-managed inventory a boon to suppliers or another problem for them to overcome? Regardless of where you come down on that question, analysts say a confluence of forces is whipping up renewed interest in VMI.

'Operation Transformation' Under Way at DLA

February 1, 2004

Jean V. Murphy- Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

Alan A. Banghart discusses the massive supply-chain re-engineering and transformation project under way at the Defense Logistics Agency.

Time Warner Books Creates a Showpiece for Distribution

January 1, 2004

Improvements in warehousing and transportation have created a profit center at the publisher's centralized distribution facility.

Taking the Risk Out of Your Supply Chain

January 1, 2004

Thomas A. Foster, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

Terrorists are well aware of the opportunity that global supply chains present to deliver a devastating attack on the U.S. It's up to both the government and U.S. importers to protect us all.

West Marine Leaves Inefficient Supply Chain In Its Wake

January 1, 2004

Jean V. Murphy, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

A Conversation with West Marine Senior Vice Presidents Larry Smith and Patrick Murphy

Managing Merchandise 'Flows' Straight to the Corporate Top Line

December 1, 2003

Jim Brownell, Escalate

Retail

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the retail industry — which comprises companies that operate physical or internet stores with diversified product lines. Learn how pharmaceutical and biotech companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.