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Only 38 percent of supply chain executives are confident their organization has the required competencies, reveals our ebook “Keeping Up with the Retail Consumer: 6 Supply Chain Disciplines Retailers Must Master.” Such low levels of faith in their existing employees…

“There’s so much change going on in supply chain today,” asserts Adrian Gonzalez, president of Adelante SCM. “The big challenge we have is keeping up with the rapid pace of change.” Could data be the answer? Collected at every point…

Formerly an annual-at-most exercise in response to a significant organizational change, the emerging discipline of supply chain design is infiltrating the on-going operational processes of supply chain management.

Undeniably, retail can be risky business. Potential for supply chain disruptions lurks around every corner. Supply chain risk management allows retailers to anticipate upheaval and rapidly recover from turmoil. Although retailers recognize the importance of supply chain risk management, many…

Supply chain visibility is among the most critical disciplines for successful supply chain management, according to industry experts in our popular webinar series: Are You a Supply Chain Leader or Laggard?: Part 1 – “6 Critical Disciplines to Becoming a…

An attempt to know the unknowable, to predict the future, to anticipate responses to the unforeseen – it’s the power of supply chain visualization. A necessary part of any retailer’s repertoire of supply chain best practices, supply chain mapping and…

Most companies know how common, and more importantly, how costly retail chargebacks can be. Chargebacks can be assessed for a number of reasons such as incorrect package labeling, incomplete order data transmission, improperly attached hang tags, and the list goes…

What’s the quickest and most cost efficient way to keep fast turning retail products moving from DC to store shelf? Although there are many factors to consider – the answer may be retail pool distribution. When distributing high volume retail…

As warehouses increasingly rely on technology, the potential for downtime due to a tech failure or system problem is on the rise as well. While downtime may be unavoidable, it doesn’t have to be debilitating. Here are some ways to…