Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 12, 2015

Head judge Jack van der Veen (Nyenrode Business University) explained that important selection criteria included authenticity, presentation skills, excellence in one’s own context and the ability to look beyond cultural borders. Edith van Erp-Slot, Market Logistics Director, Mars Nederland. The judging panel. Previous winners.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

The company won the ISM 2012 Award for Excellence in Supply Management (category:process). Resilience Project, its methods has been tested under many extreme circumstances such as, - 2008: Chengdu Earthquake in China. The only solid case study about supply chain risk is definitely from Cisco System. And according to the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. « Mapping Your Way To Faster Shopping | Main | Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying Period Point to Significant Change and Fulfillment Challenges » Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity. Communication Services. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Services. | Main | Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices » The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 30, 2017

Trade promotion, almost two centuries old, was used as an incentive for the retail channels to buy enough product to keep the shelves stocked with the brand and reach the local shopper with the message of price and where to buy. These are aptly named Demand Signal Repositories or “DSR’s.”

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. This commentary is an interim follow-up to this authors previous Infosys Limited guest commentary: Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity. They have embraced the conveniences of in-home buying and cyber-based price and feature comparisons.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. « Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season | Main | Fraud vs Customer Centricity - III » Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! Layaway: • The customer selects the product that she wants to buy. Financial Services.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

In general, it focuses on supply chain management of non-manufacturing companies such as those in the logistics and distribution, consulting and hospitality industries. Nevertheless, they hit a very important milestone of reaching $1 billion in gross sales in 2008. One of the most notable case study is from a company called Zappos.com.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. We are familiar with the concept of buying online books, electronic goods, gift articles, apparels. But do we purchase grocery online (excluding the perishables) in India. All questions asked do we really need to purchase grocery online when we can get it in a nearby supermarket. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. » The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. As we approach the latter stages of the 2011 holiday buying season, the uptick in online buying has indeed occurred. Communication Services. Financial Services.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Online sales have been growing at double-digit rates and the implications profoundly point to the reality that consumers prefer online tools and have shifted their shopping and buying preferences. cities with these lockers in-place are located in states that already collect sales taxes for online purchases.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 29, 2014

As rapid change takes place in online ordering and fulfillment for retail, consumer goods, distribution, and third-party logistics (3PLs), the needs for real estate space change too. Sales growth in B2C has been primarily in online and discount sales since 2008 and going into the future. 2008-2013 Overall Growth. You bet it can.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 20, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. A few months ago, I was looking to buy a laptop to replace my old desktop at home. I then walked into some of the stores near my house to compare prices in the stores for similar configuration, but more importantly, to "touch and feel" the product I was about to buy. Supply Excellence.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Stuart William was in one of my former MBA classes at NC State in 2008, and graduated into one of the worst economies ever in May of 2009. He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. Upon graduation, there simply weren’t any jobs available at all! Today, we are at 5.5M

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. In todays Contract Management world Organizations are looking to have one system which can maintain contracts for both Buy side business and Sell side business, a single repository which meets all business and compliance requirements relevant to the Contract. Supply Excellence. Communication Services.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

Logistics and Distribution. Similarly condition based maintenance has to be something like an intertwined hi-tech device capturing some godly information and involving analysis which is so expensive that one would rather scrap the equipment and buy a new one instead! Supply Excellence. December 2008. November 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Some enable a buy-online-in-store-pickup approach while a few expand their reach to include home deliveries and the usage of dark stores. Supply Excellence. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 27, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. The implications profoundly point to the reality that consumers prefer online tools and have shifted their shopping and buying preferences. Wal-Mart has enabled its shoppers the option to pick-up purchases from a nearby physical store or FedEx shipping location. Communication Services. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. « Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying Period Point to Significant Change and Fulfillment Challenges | Main | Information Driven Innovation in Supply Chain » The Learning from the 2012 Holiday Buying Season: Balanced Investments in Online and Physical Supply Chain Fulfillment Capabilities.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. « Factors Influencing Delivery Address Amendment | Main | Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! » Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season. Supply Excellence. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 10, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. « The Learning from the 2012 Holiday Buying Season: Balanced Investments in Online and Physical Supply Chain Fulfillment Capabilities | Main | Green Supply Chain Management » Information Driven Innovation in Supply Chain. Supply Excellence. December 2008. November 2008.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In his role, Ernest owns strategic sourcing, materials planning, customer care, and logistics operations globally. In 2008, Rockwell Automation prepared to embark on something intentional: the redesign of manufacturing operations and the supply chain. The total cost of ownership analyzes the total costs of the buying decision.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 31, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. In his previous blog , my colleague Amit Ambekar had talked about various payment types such as Cash on Delivery, Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later. In Carrier billing form of mobile payment purchases are billed on the subscribers mobile phone bill. Supply Excellence. December 2008.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

With new supply chain innovations , trends in logistics technology and advancements like automated robots making a big impact on operational efficiency, it seems that supply chain optimization is within reach for more companies than ever before. Some strategies for an excellent supply chain are: 1. Brown @TheMichaelBrown Michael D.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 8, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. This could discourage the consumers to buy these products in previous seasons in the expectation of a price cut. Supply Excellence. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Key decisions on programme approach, governance, team formation and logistics etc are taken during this phase. Once the teams are (both client and service provider) identified and logistics are planned the next step is to conduct process design workshops. Supply Excellence. December 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Some of the reasons why an increasing number of consumers buy groceries online are convenience of shopping and / or Home delivery of purchased items. Growing interest by consumers to buy grocery online; has made retailers to launch internet based grocery selling channel. Supply Excellence.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In other words, many supply chain and purchasing solutions looks at historical transaction activity (what happened in the past and is captured in our ERP systems). This can be interesting as a “post mortem” after action review, but doesn’t tell you where the puck is going!

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 5, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. « The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments | Main | Mobile Payment Options » Has Best of Breed WMS Won the Race? Supply Excellence. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. In my current project about a year ago, North America region Supply Chain Planners were having major concerns related with flawed planning resulting from incorrect or no Source of Supply (SoS) for receipt elements such as Purchase requisitions &/or Planned orders. Supply Excellence. December 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Logistics and Distribution. Cloud Simple meaning of Cloud in context of SMAC is using software applications as a service without buying them. The point here is that user need not buy and install hardware, software, network and infrastructure and start using the software without any capital expenditure, and pay as per use.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 6, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. For example, imagine if it was possible to predict the percentage of customers that were interested in buying a black colored Reebok T-shirt against a brown colored one or to predict the percentage of customers interested in buying a sportz model of a car versus an another model. Supply Excellence.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Moreover, since the SMEs are experts in their areas of expertise only (eg: SMEs for inventory, purchasing, shipping, financials etc.), Supply Excellence. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 3, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. A punch-out mechanism for buying medicines/equipments from a custom - catalogue which again is based on personal profile, can further do the value addition. An excellent article, really on the cutting edge of EAM scope innovation. Supply Excellence. December 2008. November 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 24, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Similarly a periodic query of t-lanes that will expire soon will help in preventing purchase requisitions without source of supply. Supply Excellence. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. One of the most important factors which tempt people to buy online - is good deal or discounts. For example, when Home appliances are purchased from leading e-commerce retailers, the price would be approximately 6%-7% less than the market price. Logistics is and will remain a critical factor in India.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 1, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. There have been some cases, where a client buys licenses from product vendor and gives them to a third party hosting service provider for hosting. Supply Excellence. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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