Business Case For Enterprise Social Networks

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Published on Monday, 29 April 2013 09:06

How do we justify a Social Supply Chain? Companies are not going to have any MORE Information than they have now, but they will use it differently/better because of what is happening with social technologies. Much of this information is beyond the four walls, but he wall between employees, vendors and customers is falling down. Thus highly socially networked companies that take advantage will find themselves in a more favorable position and see improvements over less networked companies. This means increased working capital, decreased inventories and better service levels.

Sell baby Sell!

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Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:45

With two solid years of great retail sales, the S&P 500 breaking through to all new highs, and the Euro and financial crisis almost in the history books, how well position are you to ride the next wave?

Robots Are Running The Shipments

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Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:42

Think Logistics, a Canadian-based third party provider of supply chain products saw the handwriting on the wall a while back. Its parent company was a successful optical disk manufacturer for years, but as the industry has become heavily focused on digital and downloads, the future of optical became uncertain and it needed to find a way to stay relevant.

Be A Successful Shipper

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Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 10:16

Taking some ideas and attitudes that have been around for a while I developed this document for a 3PL logistics provider in Zimbabwe. It really applies to any company who ships or any company who hires a 3PL to ship for them. With everything going on in Supply Chain Management (control towers, etc) and the "Omni-Channel Revolution" underway, we can at least make our shipping process more effective.

Tracking Your Products Can Bring You Closer to Your Customers

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Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 11:25

For most suppliers the distance between their product and their consumers is a long and twisted path with little or no direct feedback. In a perfect world, this arrangement would work fine because retailers handle the direct consumer interaction and simply order more product from their suppliers to restock their shelves. And the tight margins, short lead times, localized demand cycles, and global distribution of the supply chain make it difficult to adequately plan production and delivery schedules. What's been termed 'supply chain visibility' has been touted as the answer to many supply chain issues, but is there any reality to this kind of monitoring?

Who Sits Where In The SCM Control Tower?

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Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 11:15

We recently wrote an article on Supply Chain Control Towers. Now, who is going to staff the control tower? Logistics was conceived by the military to get the right amount of supplies to the troops at the right time. Supply chain management takes a bigger approach of looking further back into the life of a product to its manufacture and even product design while integrating what were once thought to be unrelated disciplines: marketing and customer service.

RVCF Announces Keynote Jim Carroll For 2013 Fall Conference

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Published on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 15:49

"The future belongs to those who are fast!" by Jim Carroll, Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert

In the world of retail in 2013 and beyond, we will be seeing the more rapid emergence of new ways of doing business, and it's leading us to a time in which companies have to instantly be able to copy any move by their competition – or risk falling behind.