Contributed Editorial

1. Redesigning Your Supply Chain
   5/17/2010
   In recent years, Supply Chain Management has received a lot of attention due to the extensive globalization of the businesses across the sectors. Designing or redesigning the physical Supply Chain to achieve certain business objectives is therefore becoming more and more important. By Milind Patil, Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
2. Inventory Policy Optimization: Unlocking The Cash Flow Hidden In Your Supply Chain
   5/4/2010
   Increased product mix. Corporate consolidation. Economic fluctuation. Consumer demand variability. As companies face an increasingly volatile working environment, many struggle to simply keep their proverbial heads above water. In the process, inventory has become an afterthought, with tradition and habit dictating policies and processes. But, forward-thinking companies have realized the magnitude of the untapped opportunities in optimizing inventory policies and are focusing on it as a strategic corporate initiative.
3. 12 Things Retailers Did Last Year To Improve Supply Chain And Overall Business Performance
   3/23/2010
   Last year was a tough year for retailers. Many had to close stores, some failed and almost all made an effort to carry less inventory and maintain margins. When there is less inventory in the pipeline, there is less work to do in the supply chain. Unfortunately, this meant that many retailers were forced to do layoffs. With slowed sales, many also cut back on new capital expenditures. By Leslie Hand, Research Director, IDC Retail Insights
4. Librarians At The Gate - Customer Experience Versus Merchandising Metrics
   3/2/2010
   Did you know that merchandising methods trace their roots to the industrial revolution where products were merchandised to maximize manufacturing capability? Does the old adage pile it high and watch it fly really work in our current economy. By Inez Blackburn, Retail Expert/Marketing Consultant
5. Super-Streamlining High-Speed Throughput In Retail Apparel Distribution
   1/13/2010
   For The Children's Place, the task was straightforward - build a new distribution center to help supply its expanded number of retail apparel stores in the southern United States, and relieve some of the distribution load on its other three North American DCs to speed up store delivery times across the continent. With a net increase of 250 The Children's Place stores over the past 5 years, the new DC could not be too soon to arrive. Add to this the necessity to replenish store product several times a week, and conduct full store change-outs monthly, it was clear that this new DC was destined for a dose of high-tech super streamlining to meet the high-speed throughput demands assigned to it.
6. Punished By Rewards
   11/23/2009
   Are your incentives and rewards focused on metrics or customer satisfaction? By Inez Blackburn, Retail Expert/Marketing Consultant
7. Integrating PLM And PIM For Maximum Value
   11/15/2009
   Historically, product lifecycle management (PLM) has focused on driving product profitability by shaping the cash flow curve and getting answers to where to invest, how to maximize revenue, and how to control product transitions and minimize after-market costs. By John Choate, Hitachi Consulting

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