Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. This is both more complex and more top-of-mind due to ESG [environmental, social and governance]; no one likes to ship air.”

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Fulfillment Shipping Supply Chain Management Consumer 278

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This enables a robust omnichannel retail strategy that delivers a unified, seamless and consistent customer experience across all physical stores, websites and mobile apps. Optimized supply chain management to avoid stockouts and overstocking. A fast, flexible and responsive fulfilment process.

Supply Chain Management 264

Supply Chain Management Fulfillment Shipping Consumer 264

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

“While we’ve returned to some sense of normalcy, the VUCA [volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous] proposition has become a reality,” said Dr. Thomas Goldsby, Professor and Chair in Logistics in the Supply Chain Management Department of the University of Tennessee. We’re now battle-tested.”

Returns 306

Returns Supply Chain Management Fulfillment Customer Experience 306

Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Using automation and robotics, grocers can build a ‘delivery pallet’ with merchandise that is sequenced for a specific store aisle. This vastly improves in-store operational efficiency,” says Dimitrovski.

Fulfillment 130

Fulfillment Supply Chain Management Grocer Shipping 130

Retalon

MARCH 21, 2025

Its typically built through a collaborative effort between finance, merchandising, marketing, supply chain, and store operations. Allocate Inventory Efficiently A precise AOP informs better inventory allocation decisionswhat to ship, when, and to which location. Why this matters? trillion annually.

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Markdowns Finance Promotions Planning 41

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Retailers that are in the best position to accomplish this are those that have “leveraged learnings from the disruptions of the past two years, and also realized that nothing is ever going to be perfect,” said Peter Bolstorff, EVP for Corporate Development at ASCM (Association for Supply Chain Management) in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Supply Chain Management Promotions Consumer Fulfillment 290