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AIM Expo
November 1 - 3, 2010
Hyatt Regency O'Hare
Chicago, IL, USA
www.AIM-Expo.com
The AIM Expo will inform you about Auto ID and Mobile IT for solutions in healthcare, government, retail, and manufacturing. Understand how to improve operations, streamline production, reduce costs, and enhance overall business processes.
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Editor's Notebook
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Does Loyalty Equal Retention?
By Erin Harris, associate editor
Some industry executives believe grocers should focus less on promoting high-volume products and more on understanding what their best customer wants. As grocers explore how to leverage technology to uncover their customers' subtle buying patterns, they must also identify customers who may be likely to purchase in categories they've never purchased in before.
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Featured Integrated Solutions For Retailers Article
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Control Labor Costs With Web-Based Scheduling
By Erin Harris, associate editor
By automating employee scheduling and timekeeping, you can reduce overstaffing, lower administrative costs, and drive efficiency. Life Time Fitness, a health and fitness club chain with 84 locations in 19 states, continues to grow its business by using technology to drive efficiency. John Schuele, senior operations analyst at Life Time Fitness, wanted to streamline staffing by expanding the company's time and attendance solution to include an automated scheduling application.
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Guest Expert Series
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The Blurring Lines Of Retail Verticals: The Impact On Workforce And Inventory Management
By Dawn Andre, retail industry expert, RedPrairie
With the U.S. unemployment rate at 9.5% and 14.6 million fewer people able to contribute to household income, those who are employed are focused on savings strategies and paying off credit cards. The post-recession era leaves us with a consumer who is savings-focused and smart, cautious about spending as they return to the marketplace, and intently focused on value.
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Featured Articles
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Unlocking The Wholesale Value Chain
Submitted By Jesta I.S.
Faced with constantly shifting sourcing alternatives, IT executives are being asked to provide solutions that improve supply chain visibility and increase supply chain flexibility. The key to justifying technology projects is developing and adhering to a sound ROI business plan.
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A Good Move For Goodwill Industries
Submitted By Datamax - O'Neil
Goodwill needed a system that would eliminate weighing and tracking materials manually. Employees would weigh a bail or box of goods and hand record the data on a bail tag for record keeping and tracking purposes. "We needed a new system that would make the labels more uniformly legible, eliminate manual tracking, and standardize data collection in the surrounding area Goodwill stores."
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Top 5 Reasons To Implement Insight-Driven Inventory Management
Submitted By Oracle Retail
Most retailers are now realizing the impact of effective inventory management on their bottom line. Inventory management is the number-one supply chain initiative, current and planned, according to the Retail Horizons study from the National Retail Federation (NRF). As many as 97% of retailers will have inventory management strategies implemented by mid-2010, an increase of 12% over the previous year.
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Featured Content
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| PCI DSS Compliance Demystified |
| Failure to comply with PCI DSS standards can send a company into bankruptcy, especially when you consider that some retailers, particularly Internet firms, do 70% to 100% of their business with payment cards. The bottom line is, any retailer avoiding the issue of PCI DSS compliance is likely to be out of business very soon, so a clear understanding of the requirements is vital.
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| Unilever's AXE Gets Increased Action In Wal-Mart |
| Brand mangers at Unilever felt there was a significant 15% gap in sales at Wal-Mart stores. It was believed that the primary cause for the gap resulted from the automatic replenishment system not effectively keeping AXE™ merchandise on the shelves.
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| Manage Every Aspect Of Your Organization - Celerant Command Retail |
| Celerant Command Retail is a real-time retail management system that manages all areas of a retail organization including point of sale, sales back office, inventory management, warehouse, distribution center, allocation, multi-channel, kiosk, data mining, and more, in a single integrated system.
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Industry Events
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| The Environmental Sustainability & Compliance Conference (ESCC) |
| ESCC brings together executives involved in establishing environmental programs and integrating green practices into their companies. The program will address the operational aspects of environmental sustainability and compliance for retail.
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Featured Webinar
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 It is clear that it's not enough for retailers to be multi-channel capable. Retailers must be seamlessly 'cross-channel' as well. If you want to learn more, but you missed E-Commerce: More than just an e-Store, a web event presented by Jesta I.S., you can still view it on demand here. |
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