ARTICLES BY MATT PILLAR

• Identifying New DC Operations

  6/17/2015

  Omni-channel consumer demand has pushed the connection between shoppers and goods deeper into the supply chain, creating fundamental shifts in DC operations.

• Mobile 2014: Best Bets And Epic Fails In Retail Mobility

  2/18/2014

  Mobile POS races to the bottom, customer service apps reign supreme, and BYOD begins to make perfect sense.

• How BI Improves Omni-Channel Supply Chain Efficiency

  1/23/2014

  Business intelligence tools help omni-channel retailers mitigate costs on both ends of the supply chain.

• Stein Mart Masters Returns Management

  1/23/2014

  After a major returns fraud bout with an ORC ring, Stein Mart put data and analytics behind its returns policies and reduced its shrink rate to less than one percent of sales.

• Consumer Expectations vs. Retail Reality

  1/9/2014

  Progressive retailers like Amazon have made commerce readily available to consumers—all the time and everywhere—setting the tone for the customer expectation of fast, accurate fulfillment. What will it take for the industry to keep pace?

• Resale Retail: Printing In The Self-Contained Supply Chain

  12/17/2013

  At hip resale retailer Kid to Kid, the POS workstation serves receiving, tagging, labeling, and transaction duties, requiring a unique printing environment.

• Omni-Channel Fulfillment Enables Rapid Growth

  12/17/2013

  A fast-growing health supplement manufacturer meets distribution demand with omni-channel order management and fulfillment tools.

• Securing The App-Congested Network

  8/22/2013

  As retail networks strain under the weight of application proliferation, network security and uptime once again take center stage.

• Data Sharing Mitigates Cargo Risk

  7/22/2013

  When LP/security, supply chain, and law enforcement stakeholders collaborate over good data, cargo theft is thwarted.