Retail

Global Economic Crisis Demands New Strategies for Managing Global Supply Chains

March 4, 2009

From Gartner/C. Dwight Klappich/TradeBeam

Are You Fully Leveraging CRM Platform You Have?

February 25, 2009

CIO Today

A Diamond Is Forever. How About the Online Diamond Business?

February 25, 2009

CFO

Multi-Channel Retailing Initiatives Continue as Digital Consumer Needs Evolve

February 25, 2009

From Aberdeen

Give the Supply Chain Some Credit

February 20, 2009

Dr. Jarrod Goentzel, executive director, MIT-Zaragoza Intl. Logistics Program

Increased linkage between material and financial flows requires supply chain managers to learn more about topics like working capital optimization, margin and asset utilization, valuation and risk, managerial accounting and cash flows, taxes and transfer prices.

Supply Chain Experts View of ERP vs Best-of-Breed

February 20, 2009

John Hill, TranSystems, Dan Gilmore, Supply Chain Digest, Ken Mullin, EnVista

A Real World Look at Recall Technology in Action

February 20, 2009

RedPrairie

Focus Is on Return on Assets, Inventory Turns and Revenue Growth

February 20, 2009

Michael Griswold, research director at AMR Research

Retailers are making a fundamental shift in the way they do business by creating value networks that coordinate processes and technology to understand, shape and respond more efficiently to consumer demand. Leading supply chain organizations recognize the link between responsive networks and improved supply chain performance.

Tight Credit Markets? It's Time to Liberate Your Cash

February 19, 2009

Henri van der Eerden, global practice director, REL, a div. of The Hackett Group

Working capital optimization has always been the least expensive and most readily available form of cash. With tightening credit markets the option of liberating cash from a company's operational processes has moved to the forefront. Inventory optimization presents the second-largest opportunity among the working capital components after trade receivables and ahead of trade payables.

Closed-Loop Strategies for Distributors and Manufacturers

February 19, 2009

Nari Viswanathan, vice president and principal analyst, Aberdeen Group

Only 31 percent of organizations are looking at inventory management as a competitive differentiator versus the rest looking at it as a cost impactor. By adjusting the existing processes to configure a closed-loop inventory management process, organizations can gain significant improvement in customer service levels and reduced inventory carrying costs. The concept of closed-loop inventory management involves seven steps within the process: analyze demand, segment inventory, optimize inventory, replenish inventory, track inventory, manage events, and responsively execute.

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.