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Retailers' supply chains are in better shape for the holidays

Strategic Sourceror

Discount pricing, designed to incentivize customers to buy, has helped to take the sting out of inflation, which is also contributing to a more normalized supply chain. A looming work stoppage for rail workers could cause supply chain problems.

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The Hidden Complexity in the Retail Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

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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Bad habits in retail supply chain planning

The Network Effect

” This is especially true in the world of retail supply chain planning. Spend hours creating manual orders/transfer requests with the future ship dates you want – and pray that things don’t change a lot in the meantime that will require you to change those dates/quantities as it gets closer to execution time.

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Ava Ex Machina and the Retail Supply Chain

Supply Chain Action Blog

This is especially relevant for retailers. Redesigned, retail supply chains, enabled with analytics and augmented reality, are not only meeting, but raising consumer expectations. Target is redesigning the way their DC’s work, creating a flow-through operation with smaller replenishment quantities.

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The Elegance of the Costco Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And the standard items are invariably great deals, even if the quantities are larger than you will find in other stores. Having worked at a Retailer myself I have first hand knowledge of the challenges there can be in running a Retail Supply Chain. Low SKU Count. There are exceptions (eg.

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Product Management KPIs!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In this post I will cover the three basis of measurements I think should be taken in product management to create proper KPIs — quantity, quality and future proofing. Are you driving quality over quantity? I tend to put: Quality at 50%, Quantity at 30% Growth at 20%. The Basics of KPIs. And so on.

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What is the Warehouse Role in Fulfilment?

Supply Chain Game Changer

In a well-managed warehouse, as a minimum, there are clear records of: · What is being (and has been) stored · Exact location of the goods within the warehouse · Date the goods arrive · Where the goods arrived from · How long the goods have been at the warehouse · Quantity of individual items stored. The equipment is fully utilised.