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The Hidden Complexity in the Retail Supply Chain!

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Check out Introducing Lean In Retail … Start in the Backroom! As consumers the complexity in the retail supply chain is usually oblivious to us. There is a tremendous amount of complexity which Retailers must navigate to provide this experience. So what makes the Retail Supply Chain so complex?

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Introducing Lean In Retail … Start in the Backroom!

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Check out 10 Signs You Should Reboot Your Lean Program! The Retail company I had just joined was undergoing a massive transformation. I decided that I would introduce Lean process improvement techniques to this company. This gave me the latitude to now proceed with deploying various Lean techniques throughout the company.

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Get Ready for Holiday Now … Make It Boring (From A Supply Chain Perspective)!

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For the upcoming Holiday our theme was that we were going to have a BORING Holiday season … from a Supply Chain perspective. But by BORING, from a Supply Chain perspective , I did mean that we were going to do all of the necessary planning. And we would deliver a great customer experience.

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Value Stream Mapping your Future State Process!

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Check out Lean in Retail … Value Stream Mapping your Current State Process! The company was just being introduced to Lean process improvement techniques. Check out Global Process Excellence (Part 6) – Lean Transformation in Retail … Value Stream Mapping your Current State Process!

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Value Stream Mapping your Current State Process!

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We decided to attack this by introducing the Lean technique of Value Stream Mapping to the organization. The company had no experience in Lean process improvement. Even though none of the team members had been through a Lean transformation or Value Stream Mapping exercise before they eagerly volunteered to participate.

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From Click to Ship in 4 Minutes! … Principles for World Class E-Commerce Fulfillment!

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As a Supply Chain Services company we needed a dramatically better capability if we were wanted to have customers trust their growing E-Commerce business with us. One of the elements of the Lean definition of waste is transportation and having your employees push carts to the material is highly wasteful. All Rights Reserved.

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Omni-channel vs Multi-channel: How many E-Commerce Fulfillment Solutions do you have?

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From a Lean perspective this option does eliminate the waste associated with unnecessary transportation and handling. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2017. Omnichannel #ECommerce #Retail #SupplyChain #SCM. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. All Rights Reserved. Check out To DC Or Not To DC?