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Brewing Supply Chain Transformation at Caribou Coffee
Four years ago, Caribou coffee's supply chain was managed with spreadsheets. Their only method of gauging demand was the order-fill numbers of product leaving the warehouse - basic replenishment. The team knew they were missing a big opportunity - accurate visibility to drive a more efficient operation, right-size inventory, improved customer service, as well as the expansion of product sales. The supply chain team also knew they were faced with a lot of risk. Could they respond to demand variability?
Ikea Continues Drive to Generate All of Its Needed Energy Supply by 2020
Ikea Group, the world's biggest furniture retailer, will double its investment in renewable energy to $4bn by 2020 as part of a drive to reduce costs as cash-strapped consumers become more price sensitive.
Celestica Pioneers the Model for Supply Chain Managed Services
After working from 2007 to 2011 to transform its own supply chain, Celestica took what it learned to the market, offering managed supply chain services that complement its contract manufacturing business. Erwin Hermans, vice president of supply chain solutions, explains Celestica's strategy.
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Report Details Trends In Overseas Chemical Bulk Freight Market
On an aggregate basis, freight rates for shipping chemical liquid bulk loads throughout Europe have decreased slightly between 2011 and 2012, according to a benchmark study conducted by LHC Consulting, a CLX Logistics company.
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Managing Risk in the Biopharma Supply Chain
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How Johnson & Johnson Introduced Lean Across the Supply Chain
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The Importance of UDI to the Healthcare Supply Chain
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Manhattan Associates Partners With Kronos, Debuts Store Commerce Activation
Manhattan Associates is partnering with Kronos Inc. to aid retailers in integrating their physical stores and digital sales efforts.
JDA Issues App to Manage Customer Engagement for Retailers
JDA Software Group Inc. has released JDA Customer Engagement Cloud, an application that supports multichannel retail commerce and optimization logic in real time.
With Ship-from-Store Initiative, Macy's Has '800 Fulfillment Centers'
Back in the fall, Macy's spokesman Jim Sluzewski said his company would consider further expansion of its ship-from-store initiatives after it evaluates its 2012 holiday sales figures. The chain already expanded the project to more than 290 stores before the holiday season began.
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Japanese Clothing Store Chain Uses RFID for Inventory Control and POS Information
Tokyo-based retailer BEAMS Co. Ltd. has incorporated radio frequency identification technology at five B:MING Life Stores that it recently opened in Japan. The stores are employing RFID technology for both tracking inventory and improving efficiency at the point of sale.
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Benefits of Analytics Realized More and More in Retail as Cost of the Tools Comes Down
Even in today's data-hungry analytics environment, collecting and keeping every tiny granule of retail data - down to the level of each individual transaction and web click - might seem like overkill. But Sears Holdings has discovered that data storage costs have gotten low enough, and analytical tools have grown powerful enough, that this approach to Big Data has shortened the time needed for analytics projects by 60 percent to 70 percent, while also improving promotion conversions, lowering inventory levels and boosting sales.
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