All Supply chain articles – Page 138
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OpinionAye, aye Captain
A visit to Unilever’s Customer Insight & Innovation Centre highlights just how seriously it takes its role as a category captain.
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AnalysisSupply Chain: Tapping global sources
Sourcing overseas can help retailers innovate, but there are risks involved, says Mark Faithfull
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OpinionRetail surgery: Our overseas suppliers check our business’ credit worthiness, but should we also look into how able they are to pay their bills?
Our overseas suppliers check our business’ credit worthiness, but should we also look into how able they are to pay their bills?
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AnalysisDelivering the goods
The parcel delivery market has come a long way in a decade and as customer demands have increased so have the innovations and service levels of courier companies
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AnalysisA leaner, meaner, greener retail supply chain
A global recession, volatile oil prices and changing consumer demands meant retailers sought efficiencies and innovations in the supply chain throughout the noughties
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NewsDSGi ramps up team as Best Buy threat mounts
Electricals giant DSGi has poached supply chain expert Danielle Williams from Comet to beef up its commercial team as it prepares to square up to rival Best Buy, which opens its first UK store today.
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NewsVolcanic ash hits supermarket supply
The supply of flowers, green beans, mangetout, sugar snap peas and some exotic fruits are under threat as volcanic ash grounds planes destined for the UK.
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OpinionJoin the chain gang
Taking control of your supply chain can cut costs and extract more value, says David Wild
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NewsFurniture site Made.com launches with value offer
A new etail site, backed my ecommerce entrepreneur Brent Hoberman, has launched in the UK with a model aiming to save customers money on furniture by ordering directly from the manufacturer.
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Opinion
Automation’s what you need?
I’m no expert on the world of supply chain but one thing I do know is that there’s no bigger name in that vital yet unglamorous part of the retail world than Lawrence Christensen.
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AnalysisStock pools: The single source solution
As multichannel operations mature and seek greater efficiency, some retailers are moving to single stock pools. If managed properly these can have numerous benefits
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AnalysisA customer-focused supply chain
The sentiments expressed by many during Retail Week’s Supply Chain Summit that took place earlier this month in London showed that there is more supply chain executives can do for retail businesses than simply cut costs.
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AnalysisSupply Chain Summit: The customer is king
The challenges facing supply chains continue, but at the Retail Week Supply Chain Summit retailers agreed the customer is becoming ever more important. Joanna Perry reports
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AnalysisThe benefits of local sourcing
Local sourcing can not only be cost effective, it can help build community ties, says Liz Morrell
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NewsMorrisons to wireless-enable manufacturing sites
Morrisons is to spend £1.5 million introducing wireless networks and devices at five of its manufacturing plants.
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AnalysisThe Heroes of Home Delivery are here
The solution the home delivery market has been waiting for is now here, a one hour delivery window, which will make waiting in all day for your parcel to arrive a thing of the past.
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News
Online delivery to move to three-tier model
Retailers are moving to a “good, better and best” model for online delivery, according to a new report on the subject from Snow Valley.
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NewsSnow chaos to cost grocers ‘millions’
Major transport disruption wreaks havoc with supermarkets’ supply chains
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NewsWalmart to use supply chain to cut costs in 2010
Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, estimates that savings of between 5-15%, or $4bn-$12bn, will be possible by globalising its purchasing.
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NewsSnow disrupts online grocery orders
Heavy snow has played havoc with deliveries of Christmas groceries ordered online.