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APRIL 30, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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. In our daily life, we do not get time to buy grocery in weekdays. Financial Services.

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. » 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.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Medical Devices.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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. Healthcare.

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. « 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. Financial Services.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. This commentary is the third and final follow-up to this authors series of Infosys Limited Supply Chain Management guest commentaries related to the 2012 holiday buying season and its implications on industry strategies and technology investments. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. « 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. Healthcare.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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.

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JANUARY 15, 2014

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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.

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MARCH 8, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. This could discourage the consumers to buy these products in previous seasons in the expectation of a price cut. Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing. Media and Entertainment.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Some of the reasons why an increasing number of consumers buy groceries online are convenience of shopping and / or Home delivery of purchased items. Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. « 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. Consumer Packaged Goods. Healthcare.

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JUNE 20, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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. Healthcare.

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JULY 26, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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.

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MARCH 6, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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. Financial Services.

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MAY 24, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Similarly a periodic query of t-lanes that will expire soon will help in preventing purchase requisitions without source of supply. Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Cloud Simple meaning of Cloud in context of SMAC is using software applications as a service without buying them. New application purchases are being evaluated to be cloud deployable. Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Moreover, since the SMEs are experts in their areas of expertise only (eg: SMEs for inventory, purchasing, shipping, financials etc.), Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing.

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JULY 3, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. The global buying group also achieved execution efficiencies with a single view of all procurement worldwide, managing different replenishment programs and multiple communication channels with their supplier base using a single system. Supply Excellence. Healthcare.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Mobile gift cards allow the purchaser to add things like their own text message, their own picture into the mobile gift cards. Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing. Follow us on.

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JULY 1, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. 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. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Medical Devices.

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MAY 25, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. When a colleague forwarded the news of SAP (finally) buying Ariba past midnight India time on Wednesday ( [link] ), my first response was roughly on the lines of "better late to the dance than allow Oracle to steal your partner". Supply Excellence. Healthcare.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Also, with increasingly shorter lifecycles for the components, it is getting increasingly important in the High-Tech industry to plan the components considering substitutes, before placing a buy signal to the Suppliers. Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. « The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities | Main | Factors Influencing Delivery Address Amendment » Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices. Supply Excellence. Healthcare.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. One of the ways by which E-Retailers are attracting people to buy on the net is by offering Cash on Delivery (CoD) payment option. While CoD is an excellent option for the customer; it is the least attractive payment mode for E-Retailer. Supply Excellence.

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MARCH 6, 2014

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Low Entry Cost / Capital Cost Saving With cloud based offerings, companies opt for a pay-per-use model, where they need not buy licenses in bulk, but migrate to a subscription based model. Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. For example, an internal social media application can help the purchasing team collaborate more effectively with the payables team. Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing.

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. « Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing. Media and Entertainment. Medical Devices. Public Sector. Business Services.

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. « Fulfillment Options - Recent Trends | Main | The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments » Scheduling Order Release Process Intelligently. Supply Excellence. Healthcare.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. « One Place for all Types of Business Contracts across Enterprise | Main | Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity » Mapping Your Way To Faster Shopping. Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. « Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices | Main | Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season » Factors Influencing Delivery Address Amendment. Supply Excellence. Healthcare.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Supply Excellence. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing. Media and Entertainment. Medical Devices. Public Sector. Publishing Resources Industries. Business Services. Business Applications. Follow us on.

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