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Research & Trends: Retail Logistics: Key Cross-Channel Realities In The Present Economy
7/26/2011
Multitier, multichannel, and multisite retail logistics is now a reality in the face of an aging warehouse logistics infrastructure, as is the rapid growth in sales volume of digital sales and service channels, such as online and mobile. By Sahir Anand, Aberdeen Group
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Q&A: Collaboration Key To Supply Chain Vitality
7/26/2011
We caught up with Frank Scappatori, senior director – strategic sales, retail at Damco USA, Inc., to discuss the impact that everchanging demand channels have on retail
supply chains. His perspective stresses visibility-enabling
technology as the key to managing supply chain dynamics. By Matt Pillar, Integrated Solutions For Retailers magazine
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Rugged Mobile Computers Render Immediate Benefits
6/22/2011
Ben E. Keith is the second largest Anheuser-Busch wholesaler in the United States, and the company is on pace to sell more than 38 million cases of beer
in 2011. Steve Fleming, VP of administration and information at Ben E. Keith, is responsible for ensuring the company makes informed decisions about solutions spending. By Erin Harris, Integrated Solutions For Retailers magazine
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Vendor Insight: Mobile Analytics
6/22/2011
The Internet offers a great source of statistical material to support virtually any point of view. A quick search on mobile commerce spending reveals that: “The mobile retail market is predicted to exceed $12B by 2014 (Source: Juniper Research, 2010).” By Peter Charness, Manthan Systems Americas
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Mobile Analytics
6/22/2011
The Internet offers a great source of statistical material to support virtually any point of view. A quick search on mobile commerce spending reveals that: “The mobile retail market is predicted to exceed $12B by 2014 (Source: Juniper Research, 2010).” By Peter Charness, Manthan Systems Americas
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Meeting Sustainability Targets
6/22/2011
I’d like to applaud all of those organizations that have made great strides
to reduce carbon consumption, particularly those in the retail sector, driving
many of the supply chain initiatives related to product packaging and
distribution. By Leslie Hand, IDC Retail Insights
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Research & Trends: Meeting Sustainability Targets
6/22/2011
I’d like to applaud all of those organizations that have made great strides
to reduce carbon consumption, particularly those in the retail sector, driving
many of the supply chain initiatives related to product packaging and
distribution. That said, unfortunately, many companies are falling short
of targets.By Leslie Hand, IDC Retail Insights
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Q&A: Demand Forecasting: The Foundation Of Inventory Management
6/22/2011
Demand forecasting is an age-old retail science, but recent developments have drastically improved forecasting executions. Here, Churchill Systems President and Founder Harve C. Light discusses how new solutions enhance applications from merchandise planning and pricing to inventory management and replenishment. By Matt Pillar, Integrated Solutions For Retailers magazine
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Why EDI Outsourcing Works
5/25/2011
A sort of ideological warfare arises between two camps supporting their particular view of the “best way” to design EDI (electronic data interchange) solutions: in-house versus hosted. Perhaps the first question is why this really matters and, more importantly, why bother to change an existing implementation? By Thuy Mai, DiCentral
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Why EDI Outsourcing Works
5/25/2011
A sort of ideological warfare arises between two camps supporting their particular view of the “best way” to design EDI (electronic data interchange) solutions: in-house versus hosted. By Thuy Mai, DiCentral